Product Description

Known For: One of Rhode Island’s few private-practice Spravato providers outside the Butler Hospital academic system — integrating esketamine treatment with in-house therapy, medication management, and couples counseling for a full mental health medical home.

HealingMaps Take: Rhode Island Counseling & Psychiatric Associates fills an important gap in the Rhode Island market by offering Spravato outside the formal academic referral pathway at Butler Hospital. That matters for patients who want private-practice accessibility — simpler scheduling, integrated therapy relationships, and a less formal intake process — rather than navigating a hospital system. The practice’s two-location structure (Cranston and Lincoln) provides geographic flexibility across the central and northern Rhode Island metro. Offering Spravato alongside individual therapy, medication management, couples counseling, and group therapy creates a genuine mental health medical home where patients can access interventional treatment within a pre-existing therapeutic relationship. That continuity is clinically meaningful — patients doing Spravato often benefit most when the esketamine work is paired with consistent talk therapy, and having that therapist in the same practice eliminates the coordination friction. The Cranston flagship on Reservoir Avenue is centrally located in the Rhode Island metro — easy access from Providence, Warwick, Cranston, Johnston, and the I-295 corridor. For Rhode Island patients who want Spravato delivered within a private-practice therapeutic home rather than a hospital program, this is a strong option.

Patient Review

“I had been doing talk therapy at RI Counseling for over a year when my depression became treatment-resistant. Being able to start Spravato with the same practice — with my existing therapist coordinating directly with the prescriber — was a massive improvement over going to a separate hospital program and starting cold with new clinicians.”

About Rhode Island Counseling & Psychiatric Associates

Rhode Island Counseling & Psychiatric Associates is a multi-location Rhode Island mental health practice offering Spravato (esketamine) nasal spray at their Cranston and Lincoln offices. The Cranston location is at 1150 Reservoir Avenue, Suite 203, Cranston, RI 02920. Services include Spravato for treatment-resistant depression, psychiatric medication management, individual therapy, couples counseling, and group therapy. Spravato is administered under medical supervision in a REMS-certified setting; patients must arrange transportation home due to potential drowsiness or dissociation. The practice treats treatment-resistant depression, major depressive disorder, anxiety, and co-occurring mental health conditions.

For more on how ketamine therapy works, see our complete guide to ketamine therapy.

What People Like

Offers Spravato outside the formal academic referral pathway. Two locations — Cranston and Lincoln — for geographic flexibility. Integrated mental health medical home — therapy, medication, Spravato, couples work all in-house. Private-practice accessibility easier than hospital system. Central Reservoir Avenue Cranston location convenient across the Rhode Island metro. Therapist-coordinator model pairs Spravato with ongoing talk therapy.

What People Don’t Like

No IV ketamine option — Spravato only. No KAP model. Pricing and insurance details not published online. Lead clinician names not prominently featured for Spravato specifically. Less clinical-research depth than academic medical alternatives.

Getting Started at Rhode Island Counseling & Psychiatric Associates

Call (401) 259-0340 or visit ricounselingassociates.com/spravato-treatments.html. Cranston location: 1150 Reservoir Avenue, Suite 203, Cranston, RI 02920. Also available at their Lincoln RI office. Existing therapy patients can ask about adding Spravato within their current treatment relationship.

Learn more about the evidence behind ketamine for depression at the National Institute of Mental Health.