Saj Razvi - A Match Made in Heaven: A psychobiological pathway to pair with the psychedelic medicine

Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Psychotherapy centers on the autonomic nervous system as a primary conduit for therapeutic change rather than solely focusing on cognitive or verbal processing. The autonomous nervous system stores unresolved trauma that manifests as conditioned biological responses, such as hyper- or hypo-arousal, which ordinary consciousness often suppresses. By inducing non-ordinary states, practitioners facilitate the release of this charged, dissociated material. The therapeutic intervention relies on selective inhibition, where practitioners guide clients to refrain from habituated coping mechanisms like visual distraction or cognitive reframing, allowing the innate somatic recovery processes of the nervous system to unfold naturally.