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Energy Medicine

Energy Medicine

  Rick Leskowitz, MD (psychiatrist) is the author of The Mystery of Life Energy (2024), It is now in paperback, and a great survey of why energy medicine is a vital complement to allopathic medicine. 
  • Posted on June 12, 2025
  • Emma Bragdon
  • chakras, consciousness, David Feinstain, energy healing, energy medicine, energy work, Eric Leskowitz, healing, hypnosis, pain management, phantom limb, Rick Leskowitz
12 Jun 2025
in Energy Work, Health
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Working Group Soteria

Working Group Soteria Authors: Daniel Nischk and Ludi Van Bouwel of ISPS  [To learn more about Soteria, a very successful psycho-social approach to treating extreme states, go a previous blog which introduces the concept as
  • Posted on May 22, 2025
  • Emma Bragdon
  • Mosher, neuroleptics, psycho-social care, psychosis, research, residential treatment, schizophrenia, soteria
22 May 2025
in Alternatives to Psych Meds, Residential Care
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Microdosing & Psychedelic Science Update

Jim Fadiman, PhD. Microdosing The first comprehensive book on microdosing, using new research and extensive reports from individuals to describe the possibilities of the practice. A good night’s sleep is a sacred healing ritual you
  • Posted on April 10, 2025
  • Emma Bragdon
  • IMHU, jim fadiman, microdosing, poor sleep, psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, psychedelics
10 Apr 2025
in Alternatives to Psych Meds, Psychedelics
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Soteria

Soteria: An Alternative to Hospitalization

  Soteria House Soteria House is a Therapeutic Community Residence for the prevention of hospitalization for individuals experiencing a distressing extreme state, commonly referred to as psychosis. We believe that psychosis can be a temporary
  • Posted on March 13, 2025
  • Emma Bragdon
  • alternatives, extreme states, hospitalization, Peer Support, psychosis, soteria, Vermont
13 Mar 2025
in Residential Care, Spiritual Emergency
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Judy Tsafrir

Judy Tsafrir, MD-Integrative Psychiatrist

I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Judy Tsafrir, MD.  This 17 min video offers a glimpse into who she is and some of the components she brings to her work.  Outside of her conventional
  • Posted on February 9, 2025
  • Emma Bragdon
  • archetypal psychology, integrative psychiatrist, integrative psychiatry, Judy Tsafrir, psychiatry, sacred psychiatry, spiritual psychiatry
09 Feb 2025
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FDA

FDA On MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy

FDA Rejects Application to Accept MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy We are living in a mental health crisis that has reached a critical level with more than 350 million people living with PTSD worldwide.  Fortunately, a tool exists
  • Posted on August 15, 2024
  • Emma Bragdon
  • FDA, MAPS, mdma, psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, psychedelics, PTSD, Rick Doblin
15 Aug 2024
in MDMA
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Will Hall Interview

  Will Hall, M.A. Will Hall: Speaking About Ethics Will Hall, M.A, is a counselor and facilitator working with individuals, couples and groups.  He is currently a PhD Candidate at Maastricht University Medical Center –
  • Posted on May 21, 2024
  • Emma Bragdon
  • Ayahuasca, ethics, plant medicine, psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, psychedelics, sexual abuse, Shamans, training, Will Hall
21 May 2024
in Plant Medicine, Spiritual Emergency
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Improving Mental Health Outcomes: September, 2023 Report

Improving Mental Health Outcomes: September, 2023 Report The mental health system’s standard treatments are colossally counterproductive and harmful, often forced on unwilling patients. The overreliance on psychiatric drugs is reducing the recovery rate of people
  • Posted on October 5, 2023
  • Emma Bragdon
  • alternative mental health, children mental health, e-CPR, emotional CPR, hearing voices, integrative mental health, Jim Gottstein, mental health, mental illness, open dialogue, peer respite, soteria, warm lines, youth mental health
05 Oct 2023
in Alternatives to Psych Meds, Integrative Mental Health
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psychedelic science

Psychedelic Science Update

  Psychedelic Science June 19-23, 2023, the largest psychedelic conference in history on Psychedelic Science, sponsored by Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), was attended by more than 12,000 people in Denver, CO.  You can
  • Posted on September 26, 2023
  • Emma Bragdon
  • education, ketamine, mdma, medicine, mental health, mental illness, plant medicine, psilocybin, psychedelics, psychiatry, psychology, psychotherapy, science, training
26 Sep 2023
in Alternatives to Psych Meds, Psychedelics
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karma

A Way to Clear Negative Karma

  Karma and karmic influences from the past can powerfully impact the present.  They can attract difficulties or complicate issues between people. Pavamana Suktam is a very powerful chant from the Vedas that invokes the
  • Posted on July 20, 2023
  • Emma Bragdon
  • chant, karma, kirtan, veda, vedic
20 Jul 2023
in Alternatives to Psych Meds, Spiritual Healing
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