Making Play Safe Again: Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy with Traumatized Autistic Adults
Psychoanalytic Inquiry August 28, 2026 Diana Moga
Autistic individuals are more susceptible to trauma due to higher baseline anxiety and overwhelm; poorer episodic memory; and the frequent lack of a sense of community, safety, and belonging that are both protective and needed to heal from trauma. Furthermore, many autistic adults have adopted a false self to get by in a neurotypical world and are often cut off from their affective, embodied...