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TrueLifeKeith Heinzerling - This Man Is Rewiring HumanitySupport the show:https://www.paypal.me/Truelifepodcast?locale.x=en_US🚨🚨Curious about the future of psychedelics? Imagine if Alan Watts started a secret society with Ram Dass and Hunter S. Thompson… now open the door. District216Marquee Event:District216 "Death & Psychedelics" Marquee Event🎙️🎙️🎙️ Keith Heinzerling Aloha, fellow travelers of the interior cosmos—welcome back to TrueLife.Today, we cross the event horizon of healing and vision—not with blind faith, but wit...2025-06-2445 min
Think Neuro63. The Psychedelic Renaissance Turns 25 | Dr. Keith HeinzerlingTo say that the medical world’s view of psychedelics has changed would be a vast understatement. Until about two decades ago, drugs like LSD and psilocybin—the active compound in psychedelic mushrooms—were considered dangerous party drugs. Then, a small group of scientists began reconsidering the therapeutic value of the compounds, known for centuries in many non-industrial cultures. In 2000, doctors at Johns Hopkins got regulatory approval to study the drugs. Since then, doctors there and elsewhere have shown that psychedelics can help people quit smoking, quit drinking, ease anxiety, and lift depression. PNI started its Treatment & Research In Psyche...2025-03-191h 02
Living MedicineBeyond Healing: Consciousness Expansion With Psychedelic MedicineDr. Keith Heinzerling, MD, is the Director of the Pacific Treatment and Research in Psychedelics (TRIP) program at the Pacific Neuroscience Institute, where he develops psychedelic-assisted therapies for conditions such as addiction, depression, anxiety, and PTSD. He is also an Internal Medicine and Addiction Medicine Specialist at the Pacific Brain Health Center at the Pacific Neuroscience Institute, focusing his clinical research on treating alcohol, drug, and substance use problems. Before joining the Pacific Neuroscience Institute, Dr. Heinzerling was an Associate Professor in the UCLA Department of Family Medicine and a founding member of the UCLA Comprehensive Chronic Pain Integrated...2025-02-1353 min
TrueLifeRewilding the Mind -How Psychedelics are Transforming Healing & Conciousness W/Keith HeinzerlingSupport the show:https://www.paypal.me/Truelifepodcast?locale.x=en_US🚨🚨Curious about the future of psychedelics? Imagine if Alan Watts started a secret society with Ram Dass and Hunter S. Thompson… now open the door. District216Marquee Event:District216 "Death & Psychedelics" Marquee Event🎙️🎙️🎙️Aloha, everyone, and welcome back to TrueLife! Today, we’re diving deep into the frontier of consciousness, healing, and human potential with a guest who stands at the cutting edge of psychedelic research and medicine.2025-02-081h 47
Dirty White CoatPsychedelics in Medicine the History and Science and the RisksSend us a textMel interviews Karina Sergi, MS, MFT Director, Psychedelic Therapy Training; Director, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and Keith Heinzerling, MD Director, Treatment & Research In Psychedelics (TRIP) Center; Addiction Medicine.We discuss psychedelic associated therapy, ketamine, DMT, Psilocybin, Hallucinogen persisting perception disorder (HPPD, Ontological shock, Psychnaughts and so much more as we continue our series on mental health treatment optionsThe Treatment and Research in Psychedelics clinic (TRIP) located at Pacific Neuroscience Institute. Their website: https://www.pacificneuroscienceinstitute.org/treatment-research-in-psychedelics/Support the show2025-01-061h 11
Think Neuro46. Psilocybin for Major Depressive Disorder | Guest PodcastIn a study published on August 31, 2023, in the Journal of the American Medical Association, psilocybin showed promise as a treatment for major depressive disorder (MDD). JAMA Associate Editor Dr. Donald C. Goff, speaks with publication author Dr. Charles L. Raison, from the Usona Institute, about the study, as well as Dr. Rachel Yehuda from Mount Sinai School of Medicine, who wrote an accompanying editorial about the potential benefits of psychedelic therapies. Pacific Neuroscience Institute's director of Treatment & Research In Psychedelics Center, Dr. Keith Heinzerling and PNI director Dr. Daniel Kelly were a co-investigators in this...2023-09-0629 min
Think NeuroThink Neuro Mini: Treatment & Research In Psychedelics (TRIP) at Pacific Neuroscience InstituteAt PNI’s Treatment & Research In Psychedelics (TRIP) Program, we conduct clinical trails at the forefront of innovative and transformative medicine. TRIP, spearheaded by Daniel Kelly, MD and Keith Heinzerling, MD, explores the effect of psychedelic-assisted therapy in treating conditions such as anxiety, depression, and addiction. Our wraparound program includes preparation and integration talk therapy along with one or a few doses of medicine in a safe, nurturing, clinical setting. We are finding that people experience epiphanies and long-lasting breakthroughs, which could otherwise have taken years to achieve through conventional talk therapy and daily medicine. Our larger medical community st...2023-08-3002 min
Think Neuro43. Magic Mushrooms: Pushing Frontiers in Mental Health Dr. Keith Heinzerling & Dr. Daniel Kelly On "Your Daily Dose with Kym Douglas"This episode comes from the Saint John’s Health Center Foundation’s podcast, Your Daily Dose with Kym Douglas. Pacific Neuroscience Institute experts, Dr. Keith Heinzerling and Dr. Daniel Kelly discuss the Treatment & Research in Psychedelics (TRIP) program at PNI. Dr. Heinzerling, an addiction medicine specialist and TRIP director, and Dr. Kelly, director and one of the four founders of PNI describe how psychedelic-assisted therapy with compounds such as psilocybin from “magic mushrooms” in clinical trials can help treat conditions such as alcohol use disorder, anxiety, and depression. Listen to this episode to learn how these doctors envision psychedelic-assisted therapy...2023-06-2149 min
Psy DiariesTop clips — trailerTim Moore, CEO of HavnDennis McKenna, CEO McKenna AcademyPeter Reitano, CEO of GwellaDr. Keith Heinzerling, Director of T.R.I.P. Pacific NeuroscienceDr. Randy Scharlach, Medical Director of Field TripDr. Tom Horvath, CEO of Practical RecoveryDr. Jim Fadiman, Author of "Psychedelic Explorer's Guide"Jasper Simons, CPO of American Psychological Association2022-02-2004 min
Think NeuroThink Neuro Mini: Meet Dr. Keith HeinzerlingDr. Heinzerling is the Director, Pacific Treatment & Research In Psychedelics Program; Internal Medicine – Addiction Medicine, Brain Health Center. He practices internal medicine and is an addiction medicine specialist at the Pacific Brain Health Center, Pacific Neuroscience Institute. His research and clinical focuses are on the discovery, development, and dissemination of anti-addiction medications. He is the director of the Pacific Treatment & Research In Psychedelics (TRIP) Program.
For more information or to schedule an appointment, please call 310-582-7612.
Clinic location:
2125 Arizona Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90404
https://www.pacificneuroscienceinstitute.org/people/keith-heinzerling/2022-01-1201 min
Psy Diaries#001 Interview with Dr. Keith Heinzerling: running a psilocybin clinical trialWe talk with Dr. Keith Heinzerling, Director of the Treatment and Research In Psychedelics (TRIP) program at the Pacific Neuroscience Institute, about his experience running a psychedelic clinical trial.Show highlights:1) psychedelics for creativity  2) what it's like sitting with a patient that's on a psychedelic trip  3) why TRIP chose psilocybin (active ingredient in magic mushrooms) for their clinical trial  4) surprises as he watches patients go through the experience  5) viability of "remote trip monitoring" for psychedelics  6) what Dr. Heinzerling would do if he was the "U.S. drug czar"  --2021-07-1327 min
Think Neuro11. Combining Psychedelic Science and Wisdom at TRIP │A PNI PanelAfter decades of stigma, psychedelic compounds from magic mushrooms are being rediscovered as a powerful treatment for alcoholism, drug addiction, and depression. This comes as no surprise to people like Françoise Bourzat, who has been guiding people on psychedelic journeys with psilocybin mushrooms for over three decades in Oaxaca, Mexico, where they are legal and considered sacred. Dr. Keith Heinzerling, an addiction medicine specialist and director of the new Treatment & Research in Psychedelics (TRIP) program, was impressed by stunning results in these settings as well as at other institutions. With Bourzat as an advisor for clinical trials using psilocybin, T...2020-12-301h 12
Think Neuro9. The Promise of Psychedelics | Dr. Keith Heinzerling & Louie SchwartzbergAddiction and depression are two of the most widespread conditions in all of medicine. After decades of research, doctors are still looking for alternatives for when medication and cognitive training don’t work, which is all too often. Dr. Dan Kelly, one of the founders of the Pacific Neuroscience Institute, thinks there is a game-changer in our midst: psilocybin. Better known as the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, psilocybin has demonstrated staggering results for people trying to kick alcoholism, relieve depression and PTSD, and master the existential dread that comes at the end of life. Addiction medicine specialist Dr. Keith He...2020-11-1856 min
Think NeuroThink Neuro Mini: Meet Dr. Keith HeinzerlingDr. Heinzerling is the Director, Pacific Treatment & Research In Psychedelics Program; Internal Medicine – Addiction Medicine, Brain Health Center. He practices internal medicine and is an addiction medicine specialist at the Pacific Brain Health Center, Pacific Neuroscience Institute. His research and clinical focuses are on the discovery, development, and dissemination of anti-addiction medications. He is the director of the Pacific Treatment & Research In Psychedelics (TRIP) Program.
For more information:
https://www.pacificneuroscienceinstitute.org/about-us/our-team/ | (310) 829-82652020-08-1202 min
Taproom TalksTrailblazers Panel Pt. 1We're pre-empting your regularly scheduled podcast to bring to you... a special live recording of our Trailblazers NTX Beer Week panel! We assembled an all-star summit to discuss the past, present & future of craft beer in North Texas: Fritz Rahr of Rahr & Sons Brewing Co., Dennis Wehrmann of Franconia Brewing Co., Jamie Fulton of Community Beer Co., Tim Deemer of Lakewood Brewing Co., Dan Heinzerling of Humperdinks Restaurant & Brewery, Keith Schlabs of Flying Saucer Draugh Emporium, Rick Ali of Lone Star Beverages & Brian Brown, Beer Historian & Co-Author of North Texas Beer:: A Full-Bodied History of Brewing in Dallas, Fort...2016-11-1859 min