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The Conscious Consultant HourAwakening Through PleasureThis week on The Conscious Consultant Hour, Sam welcomes Dee Dee Goldpaugh, LCSW, a psychotherapist, educator, and leading voice in the intersection of psychedelics, sexuality, and healing.With over seventeen years of clinical experience, Dee Dee serves as Clinical Director of Chrysalis Integrative Psychotherapy, Women & Gender Diversity Advisor for the Chacruna Institute, and part of the Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy team at Woodstock Therapy Center.Their groundbreaking forthcoming book, Embrace Pleasure: How Psychedelics Can Heal Our Sexuality, redefines what it means to heal sexual trauma and reclaim embodied joy.In this deeply compassionate conversation, Dee Dee share...
2025-12-0458 min
Earth AncientsDestiny: Dee Dee Goldpaugh, Embrace Pleasure“A compelling, radical exploration of psychedelics’ healing potential.”—Kirkus ReviewsExplains how psychedelic experiences offer a way to reconnect with the body, reclaim pleasure, rekindle joy, and reawaken to loveExplores how psychedelics can support our sexual healing and offers a range of psychedelic integration techniques and somatic exercises to help release trauma and foster insightShares recent research on trauma and case studies from more than a decade of professional clinical work as well as lessons from the author’s own healing journey from sexual trauma and PTSDIn this groundbreaking book, psyc...
2025-11-191h 22
Podcast Archives | Psychedelics TodayDee Dee Goldpaugh – Embracing PleasureJoe Moore interviews Dee Dee Goldpaugh, LCSW about their new book Embrace Pleasure: How Psychedelics Can Heal Our Sexuality. The discussion covers the book’s reception, critiques of over-medicalization, personal healing experiences, definitions of erotic energy and pleasure, historical repression of substances, and contemporary ethical concerns. Key topics Conversion therapy: historical use of psychedelics in conversion […]
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2025-09-1600 min
Podcast Archives | Psychedelics TodayDee Dee Goldpaugh – Embracing PleasureJoe Moore interviews Dee Dee Goldpaugh, LCSW about their new book Embrace Pleasure: How Psychedelics Can Heal Our Sexuality. The discussion covers the book’s reception, critiques of over-medicalization, personal healing experiences, definitions of erotic energy and pleasure, historical repression of substances, and contemporary ethical concerns. Key topics Conversion therapy: historical use of psychedelics in conversion […]
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2025-09-1600 min
Psychedelics TodayPT 623 - Dee Dee Goldpaugh - Embracing PleasureJoe Moore interviews Dee Dee Goldpaugh, LCSW about their new book Embrace Pleasure: How Psychedelics Can Heal Our Sexuality. The discussion covers the book's reception, critiques of over-medicalization, personal healing experiences, definitions of erotic energy and pleasure, historical repression of substances, and contemporary ethical concerns. Key topics Conversion therapy: historical use of psychedelics in conversion practices, risks today, and need for professional consensus to ban psychedelic-assisted conversion therapy. Motivation: reaction to dominance of the clinical/medical model in psychedelics. Author background: clinical social worker, ketamine-assisted therapy provider, sexual abuse survivor, early psychedelic integration...
2025-09-161h 17
Interview Radio ShowTMMT Aug 15 2025 Pleasure & Psychedelics in Sexual Healing Dee Dee Goldpaughhttps://www.embracepleasure.com/
2025-08-151h 27
Pathways Radio by Paul O'BrienPathways for August 10, 2025: Embrace Pleasure – Dee Dee Goldpaugh
Dee Dee Goldpaugh is the author of the book, Embrace Pleasure: How Psychedelics Can Heal Our Sexuality. Dee Dee is a psychotherapist, educator, clinical supervisor, consultant, and leading voice in the development of psychedelic integration psychotherapy, specifically with survivors of sexual trauma. Goldpaugh is a facilitator of ketamine-assisted retreats for both couples and individuals and has taught and published widely on psychedelics and sexuality, trauma, gender, and spirituality. A frequent presenter at international conferences and trainings, Goldpaugh lives in Woodstock, New York.
2025-08-0830 min
Sex Love Psychedelics175: Erotic Power, Psychedelics for Sexual Trauma Healing + The Politics of Pleasure with Dee Dee GoldpaughPsychotherapist and educator Dee Dee Goldpaugh joins me to explore how psychedelics can support survivors of sexual trauma in reclaiming pleasure, embodiment, and power. We unpack eroticism as a life force, the stigma of pleasure in healing spaces, and the nuance of recovered memories during psychedelic journeys. This episode is a deep dive into love, safety, and the nervous system, reminding us that joy isn’t a luxury; it’s essential to our collective healing.In this episode, you’ll hear:00:27 Intro07:32 The Censorship of Pleasure in Psychedelic Spaces11:26 Redefining Erotic Relati...
2025-08-071h 00
High On HealthyHealing Through Pleasure and Psychedelics Rather Than PainDee Dee Goldpaugh, a trauma and sex therapist, explained how her book, "Embrace Pleasure: How Psychedelics Can Heal Our Sexuality," offers a gentle critique of current psychedelic-assisted therapy, defining "pleasure" as a sensory experience of being alive, which, combined with psychedelics, helps individuals overcome trauma, trust themselves, and foster deeper connection. The conversation delved into the importance of preparation and integration for psychedelic journeys, the communal aspect of individual healing, the role of psychedelics in sexual flourishing, and how different psychedelic medicines offer unique benefits for healing and relationship depth.
2025-07-1832 min
Relish The Most Eye-Opening Full Audiobook Today!Embrace Pleasure by Dee Dee GoldpaughPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/125410to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Embrace Pleasure
Author: Dee Dee Goldpaugh
Narrator: Aura Paige
Format: mp3
Length: 13 hrs and 45 mins
Release date: 07-15-25
Ratings: Not rated yet
Genres: Psychology
Publisher's Summary:
Sharing recent research on trauma and case studies from more than a decade of professional clinical work, Dee Dee Goldpaugh explores specific ways psychedelics can heal sexual trauma, enhance sexual pleasure, and deepen our interpersonal connections. Goldpaugh looks at MDMA, psilocybin, ayahuasca, mescaline, 5-MeO-DMT, and other psychedelics and offers a range of integration techniques as well as somatic exercises to help foster...
2025-07-151h 45
THE NEW HEALTH CLUBThe New Health Club & Psychedelics Today Morning Show! Fresh from Psychedelic Science 25/PT1: Sex and PsychedelicsThis is a special episode I recorded in collaboration with Joe Moore from Psychedelics Today at the largest conference in the field "Psychedelic Science 2025" in Denver last week. It very early in the morning, at 8am, and it was fabulous. Our guests: Tommaso Barba, Neuroscientist from Imperial College London and Dee Dee Goldpaugh, therapist, author and clinical consultant, me and Joe were talking about Sex, Intimacy and Psychedelics! Check out this episode, it's fun and very insightful.IG: @Tommaso.barba @deedeegoldpaugh @psychedelicstoday Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-06-2647 minPodcast Archives | Psychedelics TodayPS 25 Morning Show – Day OneJoe Moore and Anne Philippi (New Health Club) are hosts of the PS25 Morning Show! This one features Dee Dee Goldpaugh, LCSW and Tommaso Barba, PhDC! We talk about all things Sex and Psychedelics!
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2025-06-1900 minPodcast Archives | Psychedelics TodayPS 25 Morning Show – Day OneJoe Moore and Anne Philippi (New Health Club) are hosts of the PS25 Morning Show! This one features Dee Dee Goldpaugh, LCSW and Tommaso Barba, PhDC! We talk about all things Sex and Psychedelics!
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2025-06-1900 min
Psychedelics TodayPS 25 - Morning Show Number 1Joe Moore and Anne Philippi are hosts of the PS25 Morning Show! This one features Dee Dee Goldpaugh, LCSW and Tommaso Barba, PhDC! We talk about all things Sex and Psychedelics!
2025-06-1947 min
The Erotic Liberation PodcastEpisode # 62: Erotic Healing and Psychedelics with Dee Dee GoldpaughDee Dee Goldpaugh (they/them/theirs) is a psychotherapist, educator, consultant, clinical supervisor, author, and activist. They are the Clinical Director of Chrysalis Integrative Psychotherapy and the author of the forthcoming book Embrace Pleasure: How Psychedelics Can Heal Our Sexuality. In this dynamic and important conversation, ELP hosts Craig Cullinane and Reno Johnston welcome Dee Dee to talk about her personal journey of healing sexual trauma through psychedelics and how they can serve the erotic liberation of individuals and the world.
Learn more about Dee Dee at https://www.deedeegoldpaugh.com and pre-order her book HERE (Due to be published on Ju...
2025-05-291h 04
Curious FoxPsychedelics, Sexual Trauma and Pleasure as a Healing Modality with Dee Dee Goldpaugh (Interview)How might we challenge and expand upon the established medical definitions of trauma? Can our understanding of healing evolve to encompass not just the alleviation of symptoms but also the reclamation of joy and pleasure? What are the recent shifts in utilizing psychedelics as tools for trauma treatment?In this episode, Effy sits down with Dee Dee Goldpaugh, a psychotherapist, educator, author, activist, and the Clinical Director of Chrysalis Integrative Psychotherapy. Together, they embark on an in-depth exploration of the transformative potential of psychedelics in trauma therapy. Shedding light on prevailing medical models and their constraints, Effy...
2023-10-1158 min
Curious FoxPsychedelics, Healing Trauma and Sexuality with Dee Dee Goldpaugh (Interview)Can psychedelics be more than a party drug? How are they used in therapy and why are they so effective? What does it take to get into a psychedelic treatment program? Effy and Jacqueline are joined by Community Support and Integration Director of the Hudson Valley Psychedelic Society, psychotherapist and clinical supervisor Dee Dee Goldpaugh to discuss her work with psychedelics and their effective use in treating and healing trauma psycho-chemically as well as spiritually. More about Dee Dee Dee Dee (they/them/theirs) is a psychotherapist, educator, clinical supervisor, author, and a...
2023-03-1559 min
The Erotic PhilosopherSex, Psychadelics and Therapeutic Integration with Dee Dee GoldpaughDee Dee Goldpaugh, LCSW (they/them/theirs) is a psychotherapist and clinical supervisor in private practice specializing in sex and relationship therapy, trauma, spirituality, and Psychedelic Integration Psychotherapy. They are also a member of the Woodstock Therapy Center Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) Team. Dee Dee has written and presented widely on the topic of psychedelics and sexuality, queer identity, trauma, spiritual practice, and pleasure. Dee Dee is the Community Support and Integration Director of the Hudson Valley Psychedelic Society and has a clinical training background in Sex Therapy, EMDR, Internal Family Systems Therapy, and psychodynamic psychotherapy. They are an artist...
2022-07-0644 min
Curious FoxPsychedelics, Therapy and Healing Sexual Trauma with Dee Dee Goldpaugh (Interview)Can psychedelics be more than a party drug? How are they used in therapy and why are they so effective? What does it take to get into a psychedelic treatment program? Effy and Jackie are joined by the Community Support and Integration Director of the Hudson Valley Psychedelic Society, psychotherapist, and clinical supervisor Dee Dee Goldpaugh to discuss their work with psychedelics and their effective use in treating and healing trauma psycho-chemically as well as spiritually. To learn more about Dee Dee Goldpaugh, follow them on Instagram @deedeevega, or via their website: deedeegoldpaugh.com. You ca...
2021-11-051h 04
MIND CURIOUSSex, Drugs, & Therapy: Healing Sexual Trauma With Psychedelic-Assisted PsychotherapySexual trauma has the power to destroy well-being. Sexual violations are among the human experiences most likely to cause long-term psychological distress and mental illness. Sexual trauma has the power to destroy well-being. Sexual violations are among the human experiences most likely to cause long-term psychological distress and mental illness. Psychotherapy is incredibly intimate and, when combined with psychedelics, can have significant power to help heal past experiences of sexual violation and restore a sense of pleasure and healthy sexuality. One concern among many clinicians is the potential that these tools have in increasing the risk of s...
2021-10-0442 minMIND CURIOUSSexual Health Beyond the Body: Intersecting Sexuality, Spirituality, & PsychedelicsTherapy isn’t just tackling singular aspects of a person’s humanity anymore; the whole person is worth both seeing and healing. Integration will always be a core part of this process, which is where our guest comes in. Today, Dr. Walling talks with integration therapist Dee Dee Goldpaugh about their work which focuses on the use of psychedelics to recover from sexual trauma. Intro (0:00 – 2:50) Why The Field of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy? (2:51 – 5:06) Their Personal Experiences (5:07 – 7:04) Thought, Intuition, and Healing (7:05 – 9:22) Their Take on Integration (9:23 – 11:48) The Hard Work (11:49 – 16:59) How Can Psychedelics Help with Sexual Trauma? (17:00 – 19:43) Can Psychedelics Be Unhelpful During Therapy? (19:44 – 23:22) Potential Boundary I...
2021-08-1036 min
SexologyEP217 - Psychedelic Assisted Therapy with Dee Dee Goldpaugh Welcome to episode 217 of the Sexology Podcast! Today I'm delighted to welcome Dee Dee Goldpaugh, LCSW to the podcast. In this episode Dee Dee talks to me about psychedelic assisted therapy, how it can be used safely, and the benefits people can experience from it when done properly with a therapist. Dee Dee Goldpaugh, LCSW (they/them/theirs) is a psychotherapist in private practice in New York City and Woodstock, NY. Their practice specializes in queer, sex and body-positive psychotherapy, and psychedelic integration, a form of therapy that assists clients in processing and applying the lessons fr...
2021-02-1630 min
Psychedelics TodayLeia Friedman - The Boston Entheogenic Network and Tips on Creating a Psychedelic GroupDownload In this episode, Kyle talks with Leia Friedman, co-founder of the Boston Entheogenic Network (BEN) and also known as "The Psychedologist." Kyle recently was invited to facilitate an "Introduction to Transpersonal Breathwork" workshop for BEN. Joe also was in town for the weekend and presented a talk about "Breathwork, Psychedelics, and Ecological Collapse." It was a great psychedelic weekend in Massachusetts. After the workshop, Kyle had the opportunity to sit down and talk with Leia about her interests in the psychedelic field, feminism and eco-feminism, and how she got involved with starting a psychedelic group in Boston. She provides...
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