A Clinical Psychologist’s First Experience with Ayahuasca
A colleague and friend referred a shaman to my private practice. We did
brief and very focused work in one area of distress. As our...
Children and Psychedelics: Using Indigenous Wisdom to Examine Western Paradigms
For Westerners, the topic of children and psychedelics is a near-untouchable one, mired in taboo and stigma. Many find the idea of allowing children...
Ubulawu: There is More to Shamanic Healing Than Psychedelic Visions
Imagine this story appearing in the news headlines in the near future:
“Once, not too long ago, psychoactive substances were seen as a threat to...
Integration: Psychedelics, Spirituality and the Ego
Integration has become a buzzword in the world of psychedelics, but there are still questions being asked about what it means to be integrated,...
Love and Psychedelic Psychotherapy: Bridging the Divide
There is incredible potential for the psychedelic renaissance to rehabilitate and revitalize the concept of love in psychotherapy and in our culture more broadly. Studying the emergence of love in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapies, from medicine-induced experiences of love, to the importance of the felt sense of love between therapist and client, is a means of bridging the divide between the discourse of therapy and the experience of this powerful healing energy.
