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Agnieszka D. Sekula

2 papers in the library · 28 citations · publishing 2022-2024

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Producing Altered States of Consciousness, Reducing Substance Misuse: A Review of Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy, Transcendental Meditation and Hypnotherapy

Psychoactives March 25, 2024 Agnieszka D. Sekula, Prashanth Puspanathan, Luke A. Downey et al. 1 citation

A set of interventions that can produce altered states of consciousness (ASC) have shown utility in the treatment of substance misuse. In this review, we examine addiction-related outcomes associated with three common interventions that produce ASCs: psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy (PP), Transcendental Meditation (TM) and hypnotherapy (HT). While procedurally distinct, all three...

Virtual Reality as a Moderator of Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy

Frontiers in Psychology March 4, 2022 Agnieszka D. Sekula, Luke A. Downey, Prashanth Puspanathan 27 citations

Psychotherapy with the use of psychedelic substances, including psilocybin, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), ketamine, and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), has demonstrated promise in treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, addiction, and treatment-resistant depression. Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy (PP) represents a unique psychopharmacological model that...