First, Dr. Marusak talks with two black women therapists who specialize in psychedelic psychotherapy: Jamilah George (@MilahSingz), a Clinical Psychology PhD student, and Sara Reed (@minds_health), a licensed Marriage and Family therapist and CEO of a mental health technology company called Minds iHealth Solutions. Then, she talks with Dr. Jessica Maples, a researcher at Emory University who specializes in exposure-based treatments for PTSD, including psychedelic augmentation of psychotherapy such as MDMA and psilocybin. For a video version of this episode, visit our BrainSTEMpodcast Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcJA47yll5ffIZ_xZgXqPiw/featured.
Interested in learning more about psychedelics and psychedelic research? https://medium.com/north-star/the-shadows-you-wont-face-dd586fa57716. https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2020/09/21/psychedelic-medicine-will-it-be-accessible-to-all/. https://psychedelicstoday.com/2020/09/01/sara-reed-ketamine-therapy-through-a-culturally-responsible-lens/. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212144719301218?via%3Dihub . https://www.mindsihealth.com/. https://akjournals.com/view/journals/2054/4/3/article-p125.xml . https://akjournals.com/view/journals/2054/4/1/article-p4.xml. https://akjournals.com/view/journals/2054/4/3/article-p146.xml. To learn about the Grady Trauma Project, visit http://gradytraumaproject.com/. To learn more about Dr. Jessica Maples-Keller, go to https://jessmaples.wixsite.com/website-1
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