Psychedelic Integration Therapy
What is Psychedelic Integration Therapy?
Psychedelics is a broad term that can include any of the following: psilocybin (mushrooms), mescaline (peyote and san pedro cactuses), DMT (ayahuasca), MDMA (ecstasy), Ibogaine, ketamine, LSD (acid), and a host of lab created substances. Psychedelics (although not all of the aforementioned) have been used for thousands of years by humans in healing and spiritual traditions, as well as, for recreation.
Users of these psychedelics report transcendental and transformational life experiences, often resulting in positive outcomes. Across history, psychedelics have been used in spiritual and healing contexts, like that of peyote ceremonies within the Native American Church, Ayahuasca ceremonies in the Amazon, or mushroom ceremonies in southern Mexico.
Recently, people have been able to seek out psychedelics as a way to recover from trauma and PTSD, anxiety, depression, and even addiction. Controlled research studies have demonstrated their effectiveness when used in a therapeutic setting. Anecdotally and empirically, people report coming out of these experiences with an increased sense of compassion, connection, understanding, and meaning. These are profound experiences and oftentimes it is difficult to make meaning out of them on your own.
