Psychedelics and Psychotherapy: The Healing Potential of Expanded States explores modern psychedelic psychotherapy, trauma healing, and ethics

Psychedelics and Psychotherapy centers on how expanded states of consciousness can support healing in modern psychedelic psychotherapy, with emphasis on trauma repair and the therapeutic relationship. The book gathers practical experiences and perspectives from both experienced practitioners and newer voices in psychedelic research, covering approaches for healing individual and collective trauma. It highlights a “dual process” of opening and healing, and discusses integration, including through Holotropic Breathwork. It addresses challenging or difficult psychedelic experiences and the importance of skill and ethical care, including training considerations for future psychedelic therapists. Specific modalities discussed include cannabis as a psychedelic tool, spiritual work with LSD, micro-dosing with iboga, treating depression with psilocybin, and MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD, plus harm-reduction themes and set and setting considerations.