ketamine infusion therapy, and ketamine assisted psychotherapy.
The Story Behind
The Ketamine Journey
“The Ketamine Journey” is more than a medical diary; it is a survival guide. It is essential reading for anyone curious about psychedelic-assisted therapy, but also for anyone who loves someone with a chronic mental illness. Marie Moerkbak proves that even when the darkness seems absolute, there are new paths to the light, sometimes they require a little bit of science and a willingness to let go.
About the Author
Dr. Marie L. Moerkbak
occupies a unique and powerful space in the world of mental health: she is both the clinician in the chair and the patient in the hospital bed.
Served as a staff psychologist for 7 years, then assistant director, and now associate director.
Born and raised in Denmark, Marie moved to the United States in 1991, eventually earning her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology. For the last 18 years, she has served as a Staff Psychologist at a large university counseling center in West Texas, helping students navigate their own crises with empathy and expertise.
Pages from
The Ketamine Journey
By late 2022, Marie had reached the end of her rope. Having exhausted every standard psychiatric option and facing kidney damage from long-term Lithium use, she was preparing to end her life. As a last resort, and at the beginning of her husband’s treatment, she agreed to try Ketamine Infusion Therapy.
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The Descent
The book chronicles Marie’s harrowing twenty-year battle with mental illness, starting from her childhood in Denmark to her adult life in the United States. Despite being a high-functioning professional working toward her doctorate in clinical psychology, she was privately crumbling.
- The Struggle: She details a heartbreaking history of 26 failed medications, multiple suicide attempts, and involuntary hospitalizations.
- The Stigma: Perhaps the most shocking aspect of her story is the discrimination she faced within the mental health field. She exposes how she was punished for her illness by supervisors and colleagues, losing recommendation letters and being barred from her graduation ceremony simply for being a patient herself.
