In this talk, we’ll cover the promise, practice, and pitfalls of conducting psychotherapy with psychedelic medicines such as psilocybin, MDMA, and ketamine. (1) We’ll cover the key findings in scientific research in psychedelic science in the last fifteen years. We’ll discuss the broad implications of this new paradigm for the treatment of depression, suicidality, anxiety, trauma, etc. (2) We’ll discuss the various approaches to psychedelic psychotherapy, with a focus on the role of the clinician, pathways of healing, and spiritual and mystical experience. (3) We’ll outline common pitfalls, from the complications of “integration” to the “therapeutic bends,” and we will also critique the influence of money and ownership in psychedelic practice.
There is no template for the current COVID-19 induced world health and financial crisis. All of us are trying to maintain balance in an environment of unpredictability and threat. As part of our commitment to apply ancient wisdom and current science, mental health professionals within the Contemp...
Depth Hypnosis is a counseling process that combines Buddhism, shamanism, energy medicine, transpersonal psychology and hypnosis to address a wide range of symptoms that are related to trauma and other root causes. Central to Depth Hypnosis is the understanding of the nature of karma, the way tha...
How do you function in relationship? How do you move from fear to fearlessness? How are you with your own process of aging, illness and dying? In this talk, Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison, Co-Founder of the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care, will explore these questions and six ways of refl...
