Ketamine therapy is paving the way for psychedelic therapy and today we talk with Sara Reed on healing racial and generational trauma through psychedelic assisted therapy. Sarah was the first black therapist to provide MDMA-assisted psychotherapy in a clinical trial and today she shares with us her first hand experience working with these life changing modalities.
In this episode, I share:
- How Sarah became involved in psychedelic studies
- MDMA and Ketamine therapies
- The spirit in therapy sessions and how we can work with it
- Mental health advocacy in underserved American communities
- Functional PTSD and race based trauma in society
- Changing the way we talk about mental health to take our power back
- Using Psychedelics as a tool to help resolve trauma stored in the body
- What the potential impact of Covid 19 could have on mental health going forward
- What common threads Sarah has noticed through her experience with psychotherapies
- The effectiveness of psychedelics in psychotherapy
- Amazing personal stories of change in participants with trauma and PTSD
- The use of music and how it can be used to heal along with these therapies
Resources From This Episode:
Athletic Greens ~ Exclusive Discount for listeners
Work with Jennifer
https://linktr.ee/illuminatedwithjennifer
Work with Sarah
Sacred Plants and the Americas II
MAPS: Advancing Practices
For People of Colour
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