Events

Upcoming events in English:

 

 

Webinar |Tuesday April 29th 2025, 6PM UTC+3
Gül Dölen: Reopening critical periods with psychedelics (and why we gave octopuses MDMA)

 

Webinar |Thursday May 8th 2025, 6PM UTC+3

Victoria Litman: The Necessity of Regulating Psychedelic Spiritual Care

 

Webinar | Thursday May 22nd 2025, 6PM UTC+3
Helena Aicher: Psychedelic therapy – refining the claim of a paradigm shift

 

 

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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
Webinar September 13th 2023 | Matthew W. Johnson – Pitfalls of Psychedelic Medicine and Science - It is not uncommon for high dose psychedelic experiences to involve “big questions,” for example: What is the meaning of life? What is the nature of reality? Does God exist? In Psyty’s webinar presentation held on Wednesday, September 13th at 6PM UTC+3, Dr. Matthew W. Johnson will discuss the responsible handling of such experiences in… Read more
Webinar August 31st 2023 | Ruben Laukkonen – Psychedelics, insight, and the pursuit of truth - The emergence of insights during psychedelics is remarkably important for therapeutic progress. Insights can be a source of creativity, discovery, and even healing, but they can also mark the beginning of a delusional episode, or potentially entrench and perpetuate false beliefs. From this starting point, neuroscientist Ruben Laukkonen will present a fascinating webinar lecture on… Read more
The 2nd Finnish Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelics in November - Psykedeelit 2023 The 2nd Finnish Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelics What is (a) psychedelic? November 23–24, 2023 Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland In collaboration with Åbo Akademi University and the Emerging Technologies Lab of Tampere University, we are organizing Psykedeelit 2023 – The 2nd Finnish Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelics, in Turku, Finland, on November 23–24, 2023.… Read more
Webinar June 12th 2023. Erika Dyck – Psychedelic Psychiatry: What can we learn from the past? - In 1956, psychiatrist Humphry Osmond first used the word ‘psychedelic’ to describe the feelings and sensations associated with LSD. The term, conceived during his correspondence with the literary genius Aldous Huxley, was soon added to the English lexicon. In spite of the popular connotations now connected to the word, Osmond developed the term out of… Read more
Webinar May 25th 2023. Jeffrey Guss: Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Psychedelic Therapy - What do psychedelics have to offer for dealing with existential crises? What are the correspondences between psychotherapy and shamanic healing? How can psychoanalytic perspectives enrich our understanding of psychedelics, and vice versa? We’ll be spending time with these questions on Thursday, May 25th at 6PM UTC+3 in a Zoom presentation by psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, researcher and… Read more
Psykedeelit 2023 Psykedeelit 2023 – The 2nd Finnish Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelics - Psykedeelit 2023 The 2nd Finnish Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelics What is (a) psychedelic? November 23–24, 2023 Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland In collaboration with Åbo Akademi University, we are organizing Psykedeelit 2023 – The 2nd Finnish Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelics, in Turku, Finland, on November 23–24, 2023. This year’s conference focuses on the specific theme… Read more
Webinar February 28th 2023. David B. Yaden: Psychometric Perspectives on Psychedelic Research - What is a psychedelic experience like? That is, what does it feel like and what other kinds of experiences are similar? And how can such a subjective event be measured? These are some of the questions studied by David B. Yaden, PhD, Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine working in The Center… Read more