The Remarkables mountain range, Queenstown, New Zealand

Medicine for the Mind

Queenstown's first clinic planning to offer ketamine, psilocybin, and MDMA-assisted therapy. Led by respected, capable practitioners specifically trained in Psychedelic Assisted Therapy.

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About Us

We are establishing Medicine for the Mind and will be registering to offer various Psychedelic Assisted Therapies in Queenstown, New Zealand in 2027.

Our intention is to offer a safe, respected and trusted service balancing clinical needs and the aspirations and hopes of our clients to achieve a better life with the use of Psychedelic Assisted Therapy.

What is Psychedelic Assisted Therapy?

Psychedelic Assisted Therapy (PAT) combines carefully supervised use of medicines such as ketamine or psilocybin or MDMA with structured psychotherapy, helping the mind access and process difficult experiences in ways that talk therapy alone often can't reach. It's an emerging treatment option for people living with PTSD, depression, anxiety, and end-of-life distress, offered with full clinical support and supervision.

Journey work typically follows three stages: Preparation, where you and your therapist build trust and set intentions; the Journey or medicine session itself; and Integration, where insights from the experience are processed, understood and woven into everyday life.

Different medicines suit different clinical presentations and intentions. Which is right for you is best discussed with our team.

Medicines

Ketamine-Assisted Therapy

Ketamine has been used safely as an anaesthetic for decades. More recently, its ability to ease treatment-resistant depression and anxiety has made it a valuable tool in mental health care, offered here alongside psychotherapy to support deeper, more lasting change.

In New Zealand, ketamine is a Class C controlled drug and is prescribed off-label for mood disorders by a registered medical practitioner. It isn't Pharmac-funded for this use, but it is a legitimate, medically supervised treatment. Every course at Medicine for the Mind begins with a full clinical assessment, is delivered under direct medical supervision, and is paired with preparation and integration support, so the experience is safe and grounded in your goals.

Our clinic in Queenstown, NZ will be opening in 2026. Please contact support@medicineforthemind.co.nz for more information or to go on the waitlist.

Our Team

Dr Pragati Gautama

Medical Director

Dr Pragati Gautama brings more than 30 years of medical experience to Medicine for the Mind, built across primary care, emergency medicine, rural hospital medicine, women's health, and palliative care in New Zealand, Australia, and Papua New Guinea. A Fellow of both the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners and the Division of Rural Hospital Medicine, her career has been shaped by working at the sharp end of medicine and in under-resourced settings. That experience taught her to listen first and think carefully before acting. Dr Gautama has recently completed Mind Medicine Australia's Certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies (CPAT)™, the region's leading clinical training in delivering MDMA, psilocybin, and ketamine-assisted therapy safely and skilfully. Her guidance, depth of clinical experience, and evidence-led approach means you will be well supported in your journey.

Grace Cooper

Therapeutic Sitter

As your sitter, Grace is trained to hold space through the various stages of the journey. She stays steady and fully present, attuned to what the moment needs. She brings a Registered Nurse background spanning palliative care, geriatrics, and general practice, work that has shaped a deep respect for dignity and safe clinical care. This clinical grounding is matched by specialist training: 18 months with Sound Mind in the US, and completion of the first New Zealand cohort of TheraPsil's training programme from Canada. A postgraduate qualification in applied psychology sits alongside 20 years' experience in risk management, giving her the rare ability to hold both the emotional depth of this work and its practical safety. With Grace, you're in safe, capable hands.

News

Mountain Club Podcast

Grace Cooper and Dr Pragati Gautama join the Mountain Club podcast to discuss psychedelic assisted therapy: what it is, how it works, and what's changing in New Zealand. A wide-ranging conversation covering the history of psychedelics in medicine, the science behind these treatments, and what the therapeutic process actually looks like.

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Be the first to know when we open

Medicine for the Mind opens in Queenstown in 2027. Join our waitlist to receive updates on our progress, early access to appointments, and information on ketamine, psilocybin and MDMA assisted therapy as it becomes available over 2027 & 2028.

Questions? Reach out directly:

support@medicineforthemind.co.nz

Queenstown, New Zealand