Is Personal Experience Essential for Effective Psychedelic Therapists?: The Challenges of Small, Accumulating Therapist Effects.

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Characteristics	Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed
Topics	Psychedelic-assisted therapy
Keywords	Therapist competence Therapist skills Professional training Therapeutic competence Clinical skills Therapist expertise Therapist personal experience Therapist self-experience Therapist's lived experience Patient outcomes Treatment success Therapeutic results Patient success
Citations	5
Key points	Argues that personal psychedelic experience is not essential for effective psychedelic therapists, and that small, accumulating therapist effects present challenges for the field.