Dec 28, 2017
Download Tim Cools joins us on Psychedelics Today to talk about his project, Psychedelic Experience, a web platform that allows individuals to post reviews about different psychedelic retreat centers and organizations. There is a psychedelic journal feature that is currently in beta-testing that allows users to write about their experiences, in hopes to further phenomenological and qualitative research in the future. As described on the site, this is a "one-stop-shop" for resources surrounding psychedelics.
About Psychedelic Experience
We aim to reduce harm and stigma associated with psychedelics by helping to best inform users, offer tools to help with integration of their experiences, and a space for communal support.
One-stop-shop web resource surrounding psychedelics
- Online community by and for beginning and experienced psychonauts.
- Promote safe use of psychedelics by providing scientific, responsible information.
- Privacy is a top-priority. Users have full control over what is public and what isn’t.
Psychedelic experiences journal
- Keep a private journal of your psychedelic experiences.
- Share your experiences with your friends or the community. Reports are peer-reviewed by community to ensure quality.
- Integrate your experiences by discussing them with fellow psychonauts and professional therapists.
- Advanced search functionality by substance and keywords. Anonymous statistics can beused for scientific research.
Global organisations directory
- A community managed global directory of organisations related to psychedelic experiences.
- Connect people with honest organisations to stay updated on meetings, events and retreats.
- Collect reviews by the community to create an unbiased image of the organisations.
- Promote sustainable projects to help indigenous communities.
- Issue warnings for organisations linked to abuse or dishonesty.
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Show Notes/Links
About Tim Cools
Tim lives in Belgium as a professional software developer/social entrepreneur. With his latest project, PsychedelicExperience.net, he aims to reduce harm and stigma associated with the use of psychedelics, and to support psychedelic research. Driven by some profound experiences, he hopes to make psychedelics more accessible in a safe way.
Dec 19, 2017
Download Nicholas Powers Ph.D. is a poet, journalist, and Associate Professor of English, SUNY Old Westbury. Nick joins us to talk about psychedelics, race, cultural diversity, and the future of psychedelics. Race and diversity within the psychedelic community has been a hot topic lately, and it is an important topic to continue discussing and examining. Unfortunately, the community is exclusive to people of privilege and power, which shows some concern when it comes to the future direction of this field, as it leaves out diverse ideas and beliefs from people from other cultural backgrounds and communities. What are your thoughts on this topic? Leave us a comment below!
https://vimeo.com/237699822
Nicholas Powers is a poet, journalist and professor. His books, The Ground Below Zero and Theater of War, was published by Upset Press. He has written for The Indypendent, Alternet and The Village Voice. He has spoken and read all over the country. He teaches literature at SUNY Old Westbury and co-hosts the long running New York City College Poetry Slam at the Nuyorican Cafe. If you would like to work with Nick, please contact tara@upsetpress.org.
Show Topics
- Diversity in research
- Monica Williams - Diversity in the psychedelic research
- The trust between diverse populations and institutional research
- History of forced sterilizations and the Tuskegee syphilis study
- The importance of storytelling and authentically listening to stories of people from other cultural backgrounds
- Start your own psychedelic community
- Psychedelics and intergenerational trauma
- Including minority groups into the psychedelic community
https://vimeo.com/237699822
Nick's Book
The Ground Below Zero: 9/11 to Burning Man, New Orleans to Darfur, Haiti to Occupy Wall Street
Links/Show Notes
- Nick's Blog
- SUNY Old Westbury
- Nick's Writing on "The Indypendent"
- Race-Based Trauma: The Challenge and Promise of MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy
- Tuskegee syphilis experiment
About Nicholas Powers, Ph.D.
Nicholas Powers is a poet, journalist and professor. His books, The Ground Below Zero and Theater of War, was published by Upset Press. He has written for The Indypendent, Alternet and The Village Voice. He has spoken and read all over the country. He teaches literature at SUNY Old Westbury and co-hosts the long running New York City College Poetry Slam at the Nuyorican Cafe. If you would like to work with Nick, please contact tara@upsetpress.org.
Dec 13, 2017
Download Dr. Matt Brown of the Chicago Psychedelic Club and the Psychedelics and the Future of Psychiatry Meetup joins us to talk about his interests and involvement with psychedelics. We talk about how Dr. Brown got interested in psychedelic research and how he got involved in forming two psychedelic meet up groups in Chicago. Leave us a comment below and let us know what you think!
Dr. Brown Specializes in whole health psychiatry. This approach differs from many other practitioners who more and more practice symptomatic management when it comes to mental health. Dr. Brown takes the perspective that the body has the ability to heal itself, but from time to time may need assistance through balancing the things that are important for physical health that are also important from mental health. These include, sleep, diet, exercise, meditative/spiritual practice and cultivating positive social relationships. Dr. Brown also has a strong command of how to balance vital nutrients in our body with the aid of supplementation to augment traditional psychopharmacological therapies. Dr. Brown's method is aimed primarily at the treatment of Depression and Anxiety as well as other mood disorders and ADHD. Dr. Brown is a specialist in the treatment of OCD specifically and is board certified by the ABPN in both adult as well as child and adolescent psychiatry.
Show Notes
- Perspectives on psychedelics
- Creating a psychedelic meetup
- Building community
- Introducing more voices into the conversation besides medical professionals and students - artists and other creative people can help to provide various insights into the psychedelic conversation.
Show Links
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About Dr. Matt Brown D.O., M.B.A.
Dr. Brown Specializes in whole health psychiatry. This approach differs from many other practitioners who more and more practice symptomatic management when it comes to mental health. Dr. Brown takes the perspective that the body has the ability to heal itself, but from time to time may need assistance through balancing the things that are important for physical health that are also important from mental health. These include, sleep, diet, exercise, meditative/spiritual practice and cultivating positive social relationships. Dr. Brown also has a strong command of how to balance vital nutrients in our body with the aid of supplementation to augment traditional psychopharmacological therapies. Dr. Brown's method is aimed primarily at the treatment of Depression and Anxiety as well as other mood disorders and ADHD. Dr. Brown is a specialist in the treatment of OCD specifically and is board certified by the ABPN in both adult as well as child and adolescent psychiatry.
Dec 5, 2017
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Dr. Scott Shannon joins Psychedelics Today to share his experience and insights about ketamine therapy used in conjunction with integrative psychiatry. Dr. Shannon has been working with ketamine for the past year within his psychiatry practice and has found tremendous benefit in using this medicine for particular disorders. Dr. Shannon is also part of the Fort Collins MAPS MDMA-assisted psychotherapy Phase 3 study, which is just starting up.
Show Topics/Notes
- What is ketamine?
- Mechanisms of action of ketamine.
- What is the ketamine experience like?
- Three types of administration methods - IV, IM, and oral
- MDMA-assisted psychotherapy and the MAPS Phase 3 trials
- Transpersonal experiences fostering change and transformation
- Critiques of traditional psychiatry.
- Patient with 40 years of depression became a new person no longer suffering from depression.
- Electro Convulsive Therapy was almost an option, thankfully avoided.
- The importance of music with ketamine therapy and other psychedelics
Scott Shannon: Cannabidiol in the Treatment of Anxiety
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About Scott Shannon, MD
