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Clinician GuideSeptember 4, 2026·11 min read

Spravato Clinician Guide: Supporting Patients with Curated Audio

A practical framework for clinicians integrating lyric-free, curated audio into Spravato sessions — covering induction, maintenance, patient communication, and workflow standardization.

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Patient Guide

Spravato Book: A Complete Guide for Esketamine Therapy

How the Listening to Spravato® book helps patients and clinicians structure the two-hour monitoring period with music protocols, genre guides, and session-phase frameworks.

September 3, 202612 min read

Behind the Music

How the Listening to Spravato Playlists Are Made

From Justin's first personal sessions to fMRI volunteers and oscilloscope waveform monitoring — the rigorous science and lived experience behind every track.

August 30, 20267 min read

News

The Listening to Spravato® Audiobook Is Here

The full book is now available in audio on Apple Books, Spotify, Kobo, and 10+ more platforms. Here is where to find it and what to expect.

August 17, 20266 min read

Music Science

Why You Should Avoid Lyrics During Spravato® Sessions

Lyrics engage the language-processing mind and can pull you out of the inner experience. Here's the science behind why instrumental music works better — and what to use instead.

July 3, 20265 min read

Listening Guide

Music for Each Phase of a Spravato® Session

Onset, peak, and integration — each phase of a Spravato® session calls for different music. A phase-by-phase guide to building a session playlist that works with the medicine.

June 25, 20267 min read

Music Science

Healing Music for Treatment-Resistant Depression

What makes music 'healing'? Research in music therapy and psychedelic-assisted treatment points to specific qualities — emotional arc, harmonic openness, and the absence of demand.

June 18, 20269 min read

Patient Stories

The Sonic Environment of the Clinic — and How to Work With It

You can't control the HVAC hum, the fluorescent buzz, or the muffled voices down the hall. But you can build an inner acoustic space that makes all of it irrelevant.

July 19, 20266 min read

Listening Guide

How to Build the Best Spravato Playlist for Your Sessions

A step-by-step guide to curating your own Spravato playlist — from choosing the right genres to sequencing music across session phases.

June 2, 202610 min read

Music Science

How Music Guides the Ketamine Experience

Music doesn't just accompany esketamine treatment — it actively shapes the therapeutic journey. Here's the neuroscience behind why sound is so powerful during Spravato® sessions.

July 12, 20267 min read

Patient Stories

Finding My Anchor: A Personal Essay on Music and Spravato®

My first Spravato® session taught me everything I was doing wrong with music — and everything I needed to do differently. A personal account of learning to listen.

July 17, 20268 min read

Opinion

Spravato: Now Just Another Toy for the Chronically Online

Give younger people anything — a meal, a mood, a medical treatment — and they'll turn it into content. Spravato was meant to help people climb out of despair. Instead, it's become another stage.

July 20, 20264 min read

Science & Neuroscience

Does Shaking Spravato Do Anything?

It's one of the most common questions in patient communities. The short answer is no — and understanding why helps you focus your preparation energy on what actually matters.

July 29, 20265 min read

Music Science

Spravato Music Therapy: How Sound Supports Healing

Music therapy and Spravato® are a powerful combination. Here is what the research says and how to apply it to your own sessions.

August 8, 20268 min read

Listening Guide

Music for Spravato® Anxiety: What to Listen to When You Are Scared

Pre-session anxiety is real. The right music can calm your nervous system before and during Spravato® treatment — here is exactly what to use.

August 9, 20267 min read

Listening Guide

Spravato® and Meditation Music: A Surprisingly Powerful Pairing

Meditation music and Spravato® share more than a calm aesthetic. Here is why this pairing works neurologically and how to use it in your sessions.

August 10, 20267 min read

Music Science

Music for Ketamine Infusion: What Works and Why

Whether you are doing IV ketamine or Spravato®, music is one of the most powerful variables in your treatment. Here is what the evidence says.

August 11, 20268 min read

Listening Guide

Spravato® Session Tips: How to Use Music to Get More From Treatment

These practical music tips for Spravato® sessions can meaningfully improve your experience and outcomes — starting with your very next appointment.

August 12, 20267 min read

Patient Stories

Confessions of a Spravato Nurse

Two years inside a Spravato clinic — the floating hands, the panic attacks, the whispered confessions, and the quiet victories. A nurse reflects on what it means to witness healing.

August 10, 20266 min read

Music Science

Why the Johns Hopkins Ketamine Playlist Doesn't Work for Spravato

The Hopkins playlist is widely shared — but it was never designed for Spravato. Here's why it fails esketamine patients on timing, mastering, cultural fit, and sequencing, and what to use instead.

August 10, 20267 min read

Music Science

Why Language Interferes With Spravato® — The Default Mode Network Explained

Journaling, podcasts, audiobooks, and spoken-word content during Spravato® sessions activate the default mode network and work against the medicine. Here's the neuroscience.

August 25, 20268 min read

Listening Guide

How to Choose Your Spravato Playlist (And Why Most People Get It Wrong)

Choosing music for a Spravato session feels simple — until you realize how much it actually matters. Here's a practical framework for getting it right.

August 15, 20268 min read

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