
Foundations of Psychedelic Therapy | Spring 2023
A Reading & Study Group focusing on various psychological concepts central to psychedelic therapy.
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Course Description
This 12-week reading and study group provides an overview of the concepts, models, and ideas that help therapists and clients contextualize and explain the impact of psychedelic states, especially when it comes to mental health outcomes. The course will explore the application of these theories to psychedelic use in research contexts, including with microdosing and full-dose experiences. The papers and chapters that are selected for this course cover a range of topics from the psychological processes in psychedelic therapy to the roles of creativity, music, and therapeutic relationships. Psychological aspects of ayahuasca shamanism and traditional and contemporary dialogues within the field of psychology are a part of this course.
A limited number of Diversity Fund scholarships are available, please complete this application, in addition to the course application.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this course, the participant will be able to:
- Describe and clinically recognize the emergence of increased interpersonal ”connectedness” as a central component of improvement from depressive disorders seen with psychedelic therapy
- Use the direct subjective experiences reported by participants in psychedelic therapy to work with substance use
- List the ways that psychedelic therapy helped individuals with cancer related anxiety regain meaning in their lives and recover from existential distress caused by their cancer diagnosis and treatment
- Describe the components of psychological rigidity and psychological flexibility and list the ways that psilocybin therapy facilitates improvement in anxiety and depressive disorders
- Explain the phenomena that occur during placebo psychedelic experiences and discuss the implications of these findings in terms of user expectation in psychedelic experiences.
- Critique the concept of creativity and microdosing of psychedelic medicines and describe how these medicines may be used to enhance creativity in the future.
- Analyze a recent research study on psychedelic and creativity to explain the historic anecdotal reports of enhanced creativity through use of psychedelic experiences.
- More TBA
Perks
- Registration includes access to our online classroom, course handouts, and private course discussion board. All attendees may opt to be added to our professional community email list of about 1,000 professionals who have completed this (or similar) courses with us.
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