WHAT KIND OF HEALING DOES PSYCHEDELIC-ASSISTED PSYCHOTHERAPY FOSTER?
PEOPLE: International Journal of Social Sciences November 15, 2019 Candice L Shelby
Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, using substances like MDMA and psilocybin, has shown high effectiveness for conditions such as PTSD, addiction, and depression, often healing patients where conventional pharmaceuticals fail. Unlike biological drug treatments or traditional talk therapies, these therapies do not rely on chronic brain chemistry alteration or extended therapeutic models. Using philosophical methods, the paper argues that objections to psychedelics in psychotherapy are unwarranted, and that the healing they foster is well-suited to address the competitive, isolating, and alienating nature of modern society.