At a Glance : Seaside Ketamine provides physician-led ketamine therapy in a calm, oceanfront San Diego setting. Dr. Scott Gillin combines medical-grade IV treatments with root-cause metabolic psychiatry. This comprehensive approach rapidly relieves severe depression and anxiety while building long-term mental resilience.
Depression, anxiety, PTSD, and chronic pain can leave you feeling stuck, especially when medications or talk therapy haven’t produced lasting results. At Seaside Ketamine in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, we combine physician-led ketamine therapy with an evidence-based 4-phase Seaside Method to help you achieve real relief and meaningful transformation.
Traditional psychiatric medications often take weeks to show results and primarily target serotonin pathways. Ketamine acts differently — it affects the glutamate system, increasing neuroplasticity and helping the brain form new neural connections. This mechanism allows ketamine to produce noticeable improvements in mood and cognition within hours or days, rather than weeks.
At Seaside Ketamine, we administer ketamine through:
IV Ketamine Infusions – the gold standard for precise, physician-controlled dosing
IM Ketamine Sessions – reliable weight-based dosing without IV access
Spravato® (Esketamine) – an FDA-approved nasal spray option with insurance coverage potential
Each option is medically supervised in our calm oceanfront clinic, with continuous monitoring to ensure safety and comfort throughout your session.
Seaside Ketamine doesn’t stop at acute relief. Our Seaside Method is a structured framework that guides you from crisis to long-term change:
Rapid Relief: Break entrenched mood patterns with evidence-based ketamine protocols.
Root Cause: Metabolic psychiatry and lab-driven evaluations assess inflammation, hormonal balance, gut health, and metabolic function — key biological systems that influence brain health and mood.
Rewire: Use Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP), trauma-informed therapy models like Compassionate Inquiry, and nervous system retraining to solidify new neural pathways.
Resilience: Lifestyle medicine — nutrition, sleep optimization, exercise, stress management, and ongoing support — sustains change for years to come.
This comprehensive model makes Seaside Ketamine one of the most integrated ketamine therapy practices in North County San Diego.
Ketamine therapy at Seaside Ketamine can be transformational for people who:
Have struggled with treatment-resistant depression
Experience chronic anxiety, PTSD, or trauma responses
Are looking for more than symptom management
If you’ve tried antidepressants, therapy, or lifestyle changes with limited success, ketamine therapy may be the breakthrough you’ve been searching for.
Schedule your free consultation to see if ketamine therapy is a fit for you.
We offer personalized IV ketamine infusions, intramuscular (IM) sessions, and FDA-approved Spravato (esketamine) nasal spray. Our medical team administers all treatments in a private, oceanfront suite in Cardiff-by-the-Sea to ensure your maximum comfort and safety.
Dr. Scott Gillin, a dual board-certified physician with over thirty years of medical experience and 3,500 successful ketamine sessions, oversees all treatments. Our specialized medical team continuously monitors your vital signs before, during, and after your session.
Most standard clinics only provide standalone ketamine infusions. We actively integrate medical-grade ketamine therapy with metabolic psychiatry, lifestyle medicine, and specialized psychotherapy. This root-cause approach rapidly relieves your symptoms while addressing the underlying biological drivers of your mental health
