Post-Psychedelic Therapy
How can psychedelic experiences be integrated with therapy?
While the use of psychedelics in therapy has not yet been fully approved by the Canadian government (restricted to life-threatening illnesses and with approval through a physician application), it is imperative that people have access to therapies that specialize in helping people integrate and make sense of both positive and negative experiences one can have by using psychedelics. With the creation of post-psychedelic therapy, Wahab has refined and elaborated the techniques developed in the 1950s to achieve this goal.
Does post-psychedelic therapy help with positive and negative symptoms of psychedelic experiences?
Yes.
The positive changes are related to the profound and transcendental experiences people can experience on moderate to full psychedelic doses, and require careful psychoanalysis in order for one to fully integrate these experiences, achieve positive trait changes, and gain persistent and lasting benefits.
The negative symptoms like the prolonged adverse reactions to psychedelics people have also reported — which include flashbacks, derealization, depersonalization — require careful examination with proper techniques in order to achieve a therapeutic effect.
Both these goals — i.e., integrating positive experiences and treating negative symptoms — are met with the overarching framework of the ARIA method and Post-Psychedelic Therapy here at Tenet Psychology.
Please feel free to email us to obtain more information about Post-Psychedelic Therapy or to book your appointment.