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SUMMARY:Memory Emergence in Psychedelic Contexts: True\, False\, and Everything In Between
DESCRIPTION:Do you wish you got into this event for free? Become a Chacruna member and receive free or discounted access to all Community Forums\, Courses\, Workshops\, and more! Also get full access to our entire archive of past forum recordings and join our global network of psychedelic professionals and activists to dive deeper into discussion and discovery.\n\nWe invite you to explore the complex terrain where memory\, trauma\, and psychedelic states intersect. This Community Forum examines how memories emerge during psychedelic experiences\, whether true\, false\, or somewhere in between\, and what this means for therapists\, guides\, and the people they support. How can clinicians distinguish between implicit somatic memory activation\, symbolic material\, and autobiographical recall in altered states\, and what responsibilities do they hold in preventing premature narrative consolidation? The suggestibility and autonomic activation characteristic of psychedelic states raise profound questions about how ambiguous internal experiences become organized into memory\, and how therapeutic relationships and cultural context shape that process. As psychedelic-assisted therapy expands into mainstream clinical settings\, ensuring that practitioners are equipped to navigate these vulnerabilities with skill and ethical clarity becomes increasingly urgent. We’ll discuss the risks of inadvertent memory implantation\, the power dynamics inherent in therapeutic relationships\, and the competencies therapists need before working with trauma-related material in psychedelic contexts. How should the field balance honoring the lived reality of a client’s experience while remaining epistemically careful about its historical truth? Manuela Mischke-Reeds\, somatic trauma psychotherapist and author of Embodied Psychedelic Therapy; Dr. Jim Hopper\, Harvard Medical School psychologist and leading researcher on traumatic memory; Dr. Elowyn Samadhi\, clinical psychologist and psychedelic-assisted therapy specialist; and Dr. Franklin King IV\, Director of Training at the MGH Center for the Neuroscience of Psychedelics will explore these questions together in a conversation moderated by Ali McGhee\, co-founder of Appalachian Psychedelic Society and part of the Chacruna Chronicles editorial team.
URL:https://chacruna.net/event/memory-emergence-in-psychedelic-contexts-true-false-and-everything-in-between/
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SUMMARY:Psychedelics and the Future of Pain Care
DESCRIPTION:Do you wish you got into this event for free? Become a Chacruna member and receive free or discounted access to all Community Forums\, Courses\, Workshops\, and more! Also get full access to our entire archive of past forum recordings and join our global network of psychedelic professionals and activists to dive deeper into discussion and discovery. \nWe invite you to explore the emerging intersections of psychedelic medicine and chronic pain care in our next Community Forum\, which will examine how psychedelic-assisted approaches to pain may both align with and challenge existing mental health treatment models. As interest in psychedelic therapies continues to grow\, important questions remain about how these interventions work in the context of long-term pain conditions\, and whether current frameworks adequately address the realities faced by people living with chronic pain. We’ll discuss the mechanisms through which psychedelics may influence pain\, whether by reducing pain itself\, transforming the relationship individuals have with pain\, or improving overall quality of life. What role do factors such as dose\, intensity of experience\, and therapeutic support play in pain outcomes? Do all patients benefit from traditional talk-therapy models as part of care? And as the field advances\, how can clinicians\, researchers\, educators\, and patient advocates work together to develop responsible\, evidence-based models of care? We’ll also discuss the key issue of how to communicate both the promise and the limitations of psychedelic therapies without creating unrealistic expectations for those living with serious pain. You’ll hear from Joe Moore\, co-founder and CEO of Psychedelics Today; Tess Veuthey\, neurologist and pain physician; and Jagpaul Kaur Deol\, Clinical Advisor with TheraPsil and member of MAPS Canada Board of Directors; in a conversation moderated by Lorien Chavez\, Development and Operations Officer for the Chacruna Institute.
URL:https://chacruna.net/event/psychedelics-and-the-future-of-pain-care/
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SUMMARY:Who Owns Psychedelic Knowledge?
DESCRIPTION:Do you wish you got into this event for free? Become a Chacruna member and receive free or discounted access to all Community Forums\, Courses\, Workshops\, and more! Also get full access to our entire archive of past forum recordings and join our global network of psychedelic professionals and activists to dive deeper into discussion and discovery. \nWe invite you to explore the contested landscape where knowledge\, authority\, and psychedelic experience intersect. This Community Forum examines who gets to define legitimate expertise in psychedelic studies\, whether rooted in clinical research\, lived experience\, Indigenous tradition\, or social media influence\, and what is at stake in those definitions. How can researchers\, practitioners\, and communities distinguish between biomedical authority\, embodied knowledge\, and influencer-driven narratives in a field undergoing rapid transformation\, and what responsibilities do institutions hold in preventing the consolidation of new epistemic hierarchies? The visibility and charisma characteristic of today’s psychedelic renaissance raise profound questions about how certain voices come to be trusted over others and how commercial\, cultural\, and therapeutic contexts shape what counts as credible knowledge. As psychedelic-assisted therapy expands into mainstream clinical and public discourse\, ensuring that diverse forms of knowing\, including Indigenous and Global South perspectives\, are not marginalized or commodified becomes increasingly urgent. We’ll discuss the risks of epistemic injustice\, the power dynamics embedded in competing knowledge claims\, and the ethical standards the field needs before expertise can be responsibly exercised or publicly communicated. How should the field balance honoring the experiential reality of psychedelic states while remaining critically attentive to who benefits from particular definitions of truth and authority? Deepak Sarma\, Distinguished Scholar in the Public Humanities and Professor of Religious Studies and Bioethics at Case Western Reserve University; Pierce Flynn\, cultural sociologist and ethnographic researcher with deep expertise in psychedelic cultures and sacred plant medicines; and Paulina Valamiel\, sociologist of religion and Research and Communications Officer at Chacruna Institute\, will explore these questions together in what promises to be a rich and necessary conversation.
URL:https://chacruna.net/event/who-owns-psychedelic-knowledge/
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