Events

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Webinar Dec 9th, 2024 Max Wolff: What competencies should psychedelic therapists have and develop? - To practice psychedelic therapy safely and effectively, practitioners need a broad range of competences. Many of these overlap with what is needed from regular psychotherapy practices, but there are also psychedelic-specific areas. Psychologist and psychotherapist Max Wolff, who leads MIND Foundation’s Augmented Psychotherapy Training (APT) program, will present on the topic on Monday Dec 9th… Read more
Webinar Nov 18th, 2024 Balázs Szigeti: Is psychedelic citizen science the future? - One of the key challenges related to researching psychedelics is the high cost involved. One way to get around this challenge is by citizen science which involves the active participation of the public in the scientific process. Psychedelic science stands to benefit significantly from this approach due to the widespread use of these substances. Millions… Read more
Webinar Oct 7th, 2024. Jay Olson: Tripping on nothing – the hidden role of placebo effects in psychedelic drugs - Is it possible to have a psychedelic experience from a placebo? The past decade has seen a surge of interest in psychedelics across the world, but there are growing concerns about study methodology. One of those concerns relates to blinding: because participants generally know whether they have taken a psychedelic drug, maintaining experimental blinding is… Read more
Webinar April 29th, 2024: Jules Evans – Psychological harms and ethical mishaps in psychedelic culture and industry - Based on discussions of psychedelics in scientific journals and the media, you might get an impression that they are pretty much safe and almost risk-free, at least in clinical settings and for carefully screened participants. There are, however, estimates that perhaps 10 % of people who’ve taken psychedelics have experienced difficulties that last longer than… Read more
Webinar April 10th, 2024: Grant Jones – Naturalistic psychedelic use and health in communities of color - Psychedelics are gaining increased attention in both clinical research and popular culture as they represent novel treatments for a host of difficult-to-treat mental health conditions (e.g., PTSD, depression). Much of this interest has been driven by a number of groundbreaking clinical trials that have demonstrated the possible therapeutic efficacy of these substances in carefully controlled… Read more
Webinar March 6th, 2024: Alex Belser – EMBARK Psychedelic Therapy: a New Open-Source Model - The conventional history of psychedelic-assisted therapy (PAT) research has been criticized for things such as missing critical histories of harm and the stories of marginalized groups, and a lack of focus on key therapeutic elements such as therapist–participant relationship, attentiveness to the body, counseling for spiritual experiences, and ethical considerations. On Wednesday March 6th 2024… Read more
Webinar February 5th 2024: Rafael Moliner – How do psychedelics induce neuroplasticity and therapeutic effects? - Recent studies have shed light on the potential use of psychedelics such as LSD and psilocybin for depression. While known for their quick and lasting antidepressant effects, the hallucinogenic properties of these substances, with the risks inherent to them, may limit their widespread clinical adoption. Recent research indicates that some of their therapeutic benefits might… Read more
Webinar December 7th 2023 | Charles S. Grob – Psychedelics for Human Suffering: A New Paradigm for the 21st Century? - Clinical research on psychedelics has come a long way from its origins in the middle of the 20th century. One of the key figures in the current revival of psychedelic research is psychiatrist Charles S. Grob who has, since the 1990s, conducted important research on ayahuasca and psilocybin, amongst others. On Thursday December 7th, 6PM… Read more
Webinar October 25th 2023 | David Dupuis – Hallucinogens as tools for belief transmission. Social underpinnings and ethical stakes of psychedelic insights - The use of psychedelics in the collective rituals of numerous indigenous groups suggests that these substances are powerful catalysts of social affiliation, enculturation and belief transmission. This feature has recently been highlighted as part of the renewed interest in psychedelics in Euro-American societies, and seen as a previously underestimated vector of their therapeutic properties. However,… Read more
Webinar October 4th 2023 | Sandeep Nayak – To what extent is psychedelic-assisted therapy just psychotherapy? - To what extent is psychedelic therapy just psychotherapy? How does psychedelic therapy relate to other forms of psychotherapy? What is psychotherapy, actually? On Wednesday October 4th at 6PM (UTC+3), we’ll dive into these questions in a webinar presentation offered by psychiatrist Sandeep Nayak, Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research. … Read more