With an uptick in the microdosing trend, the decriminalization movement, federal psychedelic research, and media like Michael Pollan’s How to Change Your Mind, more people are becoming curious about the mental health applications of psychedelics. But despite the public’s growing curiosity around substances like shrooms or MDMA, there’s a gaping hole in the medical model, whereby mental health professionals may not be adequately equipped to help clients—who may be experimenting with psychedelics on their own time—integrate their often profound, ineffable experiences into mundane life.

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