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There are many tools to help a psychotherapist help clients learn to speak the language of cognitive behavioral therapy, especially tools which may help facilitate therapeutic alliance, including, but not limited to telehealth.

Are drugs like psilocybin and MDMA still safe and effective in the absence of psychotherapy?

Part 3 Psychedelic as experience that when experienced, seems to help people profoundly more often than it harms people irreparably Although working on many different parts and systems in the brain, some overlapping with serotonergic psychedelics, some not, the experience and its effects have be...

https://psychedelictherapy.institute/ketamine-research-1/at-home-ketamine-therapy At-home, telehealth-supported ketamine treatment for depression: Findings from longitudinal, machine learning and symptom network analysis of real-world data (Mathai, et al, 2024) #ketamine #psychedelics #psychedelicre...

The Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA, in collaboration with the FDA, is hosting a hybrid public workshop on "Understanding Current Use of Ketamine for Emerging Areas of Therapeutic Interest."

Attached: 1 image #ketamine At home ketamine can be safe. Working with a licensed psychotherapist through a course of ketamine-assisted psychotherapy is one way to decrease risk. (2024) https://www.biospace.com/article/opinion-can-ketamine-be-safely-used-at-home-/ #psychedelics #psychedelicresearch...

A recent study found no link between trauma history and the severity of psychedelic challenges or subsequent psychological growth, suggesting individual reactions to ayahuasca are highly variable.

We examined if the therapeutic alliance between study participants and intervention facilitators in a psilocybin-assisted therapy (PAT) trial changed over time and whether there were relationships between alliance, acute psilocybin experiences, and depression outcomes. In a randomized, waiting list-...

Following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s veto last year, lawmakers hope SB 1012 can finally regulate supervised use of psychedelics in California.

EFT shows wonderful outcomes in helping couples in distress. Come hear about how ketamine can be combined with EFT to assist those who just feel stuck in couples therapy.

This workshop describes a model for ketamine-assisted couple therapy that attendees can use in their own practices.

Ketamine Therapy for End of Life Care: Developing Protocols and Informing Consent in an Emergent Field of Practice

When the link between psychedelic drugs and mystical states of experience was first discovered in the 1960s, Huston Smith challenged scholars in religion and philosophy to consider the implications. Very few took up his challenge. Beginning in 2006, hundreds of studies have linked psychedelics not j...

Researchers at Maryland University have completed an early phase clinical trial to asses the feasibility and preliminary outcomes of treating Bipolar II Disorder with single-dose synthetic psilocybin. Specifically, this recently published study treated patients with a BD II diagnosis in a current de...

Attached: 1 image The oldest archeological data evidencing the relationship of Homo sapiens with psychoactive plants: A worldwide overview (2019) https://akjournals.com/view/journals/2054/3/2/article-p63.xml #psychedelics #psychedelic #plantmedicine #history

Our Purpose To ensure that Californians have the right to obtain and use Entheogenic Substances for medical, therapeutic and spiritual purposes where the medical and therapeutic use is deemed appropriate and has been recommended by a physician, nurse practitioner, or licensed counseling therapist, w...

In this episode, David interviews Alexander Beiner: an Executive Director of Breaking Convention; writer of The Bigger Picture substack; and author of The Bi...

Psychedelics have a reputation for humbling people, but "hallucinogenic elitism" is also common. What gives?

Early evidence suggests psychedelics could help alleviate end-of-life anxiety and depression. Yet there has been little study or discussion of their integration into hospice and palliative care settings, where patients often have complex comorbidities and medication regimens. The authors discuss rel...

While it is unrealistic to attempt to treat all mental health problems with psychedelic therapy, given the therapeutic potential of ego-dissolution and connectedness, equivalent non-psychedelic experiences could be emphasized in other modes of therapy as well as in daily life.

In ketamine therapy and other contexts, dissociation is seen as an unwanted side-effect. But what if there’s more to it?

Introduction<p>Despite an emerging understanding regarding the pivotal mechanistic role of subjective experiences that unfold during acut...</p>

MAPS Integration Station A Journey Beyond the Psychedelic: Embracing Transformation Through Mindful Integration Get the Workbook What is Psychedelic Integration? https://vimeo.com/898203191Integration is an important component of psychedelic healing, and there are many definitions of the practice. I...

A Missouri Senate committee has approved a Republican-led bill to legalize the medical use of psilocybin by military veterans and fund studies exploring the therapeutic potential of the psychedelic. The Senate Emerging Issues Committee passed the legislation from Sen. Holly Thompson Rehder (R), with...

TEL AVIV, Israel, Feb. 27, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SciSparc Ltd. (Nasdaq: SPRC) ("Company" or "SciSparc"), a specialty clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focusing on the development of therapies to treat disorders and rare diseases of the central nervous system, announced today that as part of i...

Attached: 1 image Synthetic surprise as the foundation of the #psychedelic experience (De Filippo, et al, 2024) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10839673/ #paychedelics #psychedelicresearch #psychedelicexperience

Join somatic salvia guide, Christopher Solomon, for an informative and in-depth lecture about Salvia Divinorum.

With a psychedelics legalization initiative pending before lawmakers ahead of a potential vote on the November ballot, a Massachusetts legislative committee has advanced a separate bill that would legalize psilocybin therapy in the commonwealth and set up a framework to license facilitators who woul...

PDUFA date is August 9, 2024 If approved, this would be the first MDMA-assisted therapy and psychedelic-assisted therapy SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Lykos Therapeutics (formerly...