Review: New John of God Film
John of God: The Crimes of a Spiritual Healer is a series of 4 episodes, each 50 minutes, released on Netflix in mid-July, 2021. It documents the life story, the healing work that put
According to Scientists–How Psychedelics Hack the Brain
The “pivotal mental state” is described in a mind-blowing new scientific paper that looks at how drugs can reroute people out of psychological dead ends. By Mattha Busby Scientists have shed fresh light on
Group Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP): A New Frontier
Could taking and integrating ketamine in groups make psychedelic therapy more accessible? This blog explores what happens in the group and why it’s effective. The following is an abridged version of an article written
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy
The drug, Ketamine, in moderate doses, is now being used legally to effectively help people out of anxiety, depression and the effects of trauma, PTSD. Best usage comes when the medicine is given alongside psychotherapy
Spiritist Healing: A (r)Evolution in Mental Healthcare
Spiritist Healing: In Context Why should we consider Spiritist Healing now? There is currently an epidemic of mental health disorders in the U.S. At least one in five Americans is taking one or more prescribed
Time to Change Our Vision of Mental Healthcare
Current Trends in Mental Healthcare Robert Whitaker (above) is an award-winning journalist, most well-known for his impeccably referenced, breakthrough book, Anatomy of an Epidemic. In it he describes the harm of taking psychiatric medications long
UC Berkeley’s New Center for Psychedelic Science and Education
Fifty years after political and cultural winds slammed shut the doors on psychedelic research, UC Berkeley is making up for lost time by launching the campus’s first center for psychedelic science and public education.
Julie Holland: Author, “Good Chemistry”
Dr. Julie Holland will discuss her new book, Good Chemistry: The Science of Connection, from Soul to Psychedelics, which explores connection — why we need it, how we’ve lost it, and how we might find it again
Healing Touch and Spiritist Psychiatric Hospitals in Brazil
There are about 50 Spiritist psychiatric hospitals in Brazil, utilizing an integrative approach to recovery, stressing the spiritual alongside physical and emotional therapies that address the true causes of imbalance. Energy “passes”, similar to healing
Slow Psychiatry: A New Form of Integrative Practice
Before Slow Psychiatry: Drug-centered and Needs-adapted Approaches A “drug-centered approach” acknowledges that we do not fully understand the causes of peoples’ troubles. We understand more about drug action although our knowledge is certainly incomplete