Psychedelic Healing

What is the current, normal, neurotic situation for most people?

Psychopharmacology

Rites of Passage, Ritual, and Self-Medication

Neal M. Goldsmith Ph.D. on January 17, 2013

It's arguable that the whole rave scene and the use of psychoactive drugs like MDMA at raves are actually acts of self-medication at the cultural level-youth crying out for a structured, ritualized way to grow, to deconstruct their mental concepts and then reconstruct them at the next developmental level.

It's arguable that the whole rave scene and the use of psychoactive drugs like MDMA at raves are actually acts of self-medication at the cultural level-youth crying out for a structured, ritualized way to grow, to deconstruct their mental concepts and then reconstruct them at the next developmental level.

The psyche is the most influential factor in effecting behavioral change. Not coincidentally, it is also the part of us that we see illuminated during the psychedelic experience...

I titled this new blog: "Psychedelic Healing: Psychedelics, Psychotherapy, and Change" because I want to discuss some intriguing questions about the effectiveness of psychotherapy, and whether psychedelic therapy a useful tool for lasting change in adults.