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How to Become a Psychedelic Therapist
Until recently, the only opportunity to train and work legally as a psychedelic therapist was in clinical trials. That will likely change over time as expanded access becomes the next step for current trials (evaluating MDMA and psilocybin) and if psychedelic-assisted therapies become FDA approved.
Reframing Psychedelic Integration into a Continuum with Community
The psychedelic journey through other states of consciousness potentially impacts the journeyer mentally, emotionally, spiritually, physically and environmentally. Following these experiences there is an immediate need to return to baseline safely and with the least possible amount of disruption to our stability, while successfully assimilating themes and lessons that are illuminated. Touring through different realms
Can We Quantify the Placebo Effect in Psychedelic Medicine?
Here, take these pills. It will make you better. Likely you’ve heard these phrases before if you’re living in a medicalized society. For whatever ails you, there is a pill or an entire arsenal of medications that your doctor may prescribe. Some of these drugs are life-saving remedies with biological targets that interrupt disease progression
MDMA Could Revolutionize Care for Trauma, a Social Worker’s Perspective
An article about why mental health professionals are in dire need of better treatment for PTSD, how MDMA-assisted psychotherapy works, and how important a treatment like this could be for addressing the immense burden of trauma in vulnerable communities, especially communities of color and low-income communities.
Psychedelics and Psychosis: The Limitations and Risks of Chaos Consciousness
Undoing the Tape: Experiencing Trauma Release Through MDMA Therapy
A Journey in Sound: Music in Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy
The Mindfulness of Psychedelic Integration
The pulsating aliveness of a tree … the sensuous softness of a kiss … the mind being blessedly silent and only consciousness exists: These are experiences of mindfulness, whether brought to our attention by psychedelics or meditative awareness.
Sitting in Sanctuary: Psychedelic Peer Support
The young man I'm sitting with has been expressing a thought loop for over an hour, maybe two. Suddenly, he bolts upright. He’s just concluded that his need to take control aggressively of every unpredictable situation he confronts stems from a deep seated fear of death. The loop is over.The young woman I'm sitting with
Exploring Psychedelics for Emotional Healing
In this article, I will be integrating understandings I have gleaned from the disciplines of neuroscience, shamanism and psychology to explore the role that spirit plant medicines can play in emotional healing. I want to state up front that I’m not an expert at neuroscience or shamanism or psychology. My intent is to share one
Healing Trauma with MDMA: A New Study Published
Patchwork Art from MAPS Therapist Training Program 2017Photo Credit: Alyssa Gursky Findings from the last study in a series of six Phase 2 trials of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was published today in the Journal of Psychopharmacology [1]. The clinical trial in Boulder, Colorado (MP-12) enrolled 28 participants suffering from
First Clinical Trial: Social Anxiety in Autistic Adults Successfully Treated with MDMA Therapy
The first clinical trial in adults on the autism spectrum investigating MDMA, or any psychedelic substance for that matter, was published in Psychopharmacology this week [1]. This groundbreaking research looked at whether MDMA combined with psychotherapy could help with the severe social anxiety that autistic adults commonly experience. The drug-therapy combo wasn’t intended to be