Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison are joined by Dr. Alan Davis, MD. Alan is a physical medicine and rehabilitation physician and shamanic practitioner. They cover the following topics: (1:38) Alan introduces himself (2:38) What does "shamanism" mean? (4:55) Shamanic initiations (10:00) What is "Core S...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison discuss finding purpose, meaning, mental health stigma, and diagnostic labels.  They cover the following topics: (2:44) The pressure to "find your purpose" (4:39) Perhaps the purpose of life is simply to "live" (7:51) Living in alignment with your truest self. Kn...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison are joined for the second time by Dr. Paul Theilking, MD. Paul is a psychiatrist, zen practitioner, and Chief Scientific Officer at Novamind. They cover the following topics: (2:45) What is a contemplative practice?  (4:38) Contemplative practices go by many names (e.g., "spiri...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison discuss self-compassion, why it is so hard (but so important) to forgive, and how to detox from judgement. They cover the following topics: (1:29) The pitfalls of the self-esteem movement (3:47) Self-compassion vs. self-love/-esteem (6:49) Scrupulosity and OCD (9:09) The contributor...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison discuss fear, the difference between pain vs. suffering, and the value of struggle in life. They cover the following topics: (1:02) Steve recounts his recent experience with fear on a mountaineering trip (9:30) Steve tells the story of navigating a frightening cannabis experience (1...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison are joined by Dr. Paul Theilking, MD. Paul is a psychiatrist, zen practitioner, and Chief Scientific Officer at Novamind. They discuss healthcare provider burnout and other unique challenges of being in the helping/healing professions. (1:20) Paul introduces himself (3:11) What is b...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison are joined by returning guest, Vhari Macbeth, CSW, to discuss psycholytic ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP). They cover the following topics: (1:49) Some differences between psycholytic and psychedelic (4:26) Psychedelics assist the therapy process, but don't do the work fo...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison are joined by Hannah Cross, LCSW, to discuss how psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy is used to treat trauma. They cover the following topics: (1:00) Hannah introduces herself. Wild Sunflower Counseling   (1:45) How is trauma defined? (3:25) "Little t" vs. "Big T"...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison discuss how ketamine-assisted psychotherapy is used to treat eating disorders. They cover the following topics: (1:00) The combination of nature and nurture that leads to the development of disordered eating and eating disorders (2:55) Holy Anorexia, by Rudolph M. Bell (4:00) Center...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison are joined by Bob Mcnutt, LCSW, to discuss the how ketamine is combined with a variety of psychotherapy modalities, particularly EMDR. They cover the following topics: (1:50) Bob introduces himself and explains his interest in ketamine-assisted psychotherapy.  becoming a ketamine th...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison talk about the relationship between psychedelics and psychosis and discuss the abuse potential of ketamine. They cover the following topics: (0:51) Should we be worried that psychedelics will cause or exacerbate psychosis?  (4:00) Psychedelic research is getting more comfortable stu...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer, Dr. Reid Robison, and Vhari Macbeth, CSW, discuss the concept of the self, multiple "selves", and how we work with "selfhood" in psychedelic medicine. They cover the following topics: (1:50) The hosts talk about their personal quests for meaning and selfhood (4:10) Self-awareness fr...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer, Vhari Macbeth, CSW, and Derick Moody, PA-C, explore the curious phenomenon of self-sabotage. They cover the following topics: (1:30) The various ways we are self-defeating (3:29) The inner healing intelligence and looking internally for answers (4:14) We aren't programmed for success, we're p...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Reid Robison, Dr. Steve Thayer, and Derick Moody, PA-C, discuss the art and science of psychedelic trip-sitting. They cover the following topics: (1:24) The distinctions between psychedelic trip-sitting, guiding, and harm reduction. (2:48) Zendo Project   (10:20) When you would want a psychedelic guide vs. a trip-si...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Reid Robison and Dr. Steve Thayer explore several aspects of the unconscious mind. They cover the following topics: (1:00) What is the unconscious mind? (2:01) The shadow and unconscious contracts (2:50) How a person's growth can be disruptive to those around them (6:15) Intergenerational trauma, healing, and w...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Reid Robison and Dr. Steve Thayer discuss the many facets of human emotion and how we work with it in psychotherapy. They cover the following topics: (1:14) What are feelings? (2:02) How emotions show up in the body. (2:43) Primary vs secondary emotions. (3:55) Are there bad emotions? (4:55) The repression of feelin...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Reid Robison, Dr. Steve Thayer, and Derick Moody, PA-C discuss whether or not the mystical experience caused by many psychedelic medicines is a necessary factor for the healing they promote. They cover the following topics: (1:10) Nature article about non-psychoactive psychedelics. (4:00) What do we mean by "my...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Reid Robison and Dr. Steve Thayer discuss the historically messy relationship between spirituality and modern psychiatry and the role that psychedelics are playing in a spiritual renaissance. They cover the following topics: Scientific American article by Harvard psychologist, David Rosmarin, about psychiatry and spirituality. Sigmund Freud's assertion that religion is a...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Reid Robison and Dr. Steve Thayer  are joined by Derick Moody, PA-C, to discuss the role that the inner healing intelligence plays in psychedelic medicine. They explore the following topics: What is the inner healing intelligence? The role of the clinician is to foster an ideal environment for the healing process to commence and to remove the obstacles that frustrate that proc...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Reid Robison and Dr. Steve Thayer discuss how to integrate a psychedelic experience into every-day life. They cover the following topics: The transformative potential of the psychedelic experience itself How crucial it is to take deliberate actions to make changes prompted by psychedelics stick The dangers of chasing one ecstatic, psychedelic experience after another without t...