66: Coaching and Psychedelics with Yannick Jacob

In this podcast, Yannick shares how he believes coaching can play
an important role for clients with an interest in using
psychedelics. LSD and other psychedelics were popular in the
1960s with Timothy Leary being the guru of the age, but
disrupting the field as well. At the time, psychedelics-assisted
forms of therapy were first explored. Following the Nixon
administration's declaration of a "war on drugs'', psychedelics
have been marginalised and all research banned until the early
2000s saw a renaissance of psychedelics in the field of mental
health treatment. Yannick explains how his interest was
stimulated by emerging clinical research and how he started to
make relevant connections to positive psychology and coaching. In
this episode, he lays out his argument of why psychedelics could
be used for learning, growth and well-being, and not just as a
treatment for illness, and why coaching might be an ideal partner
in this endeavour. In the process, Yannick describes his journey
which leads to ethical questions, social questions and also
questions about coaching itself.

Enjoy this edgy edition of Edgy Ideas!

Bio:

Yannick Jacob is a Coach, Trainer & Supervisor with Masters
degrees in Existential Coaching and Applied Positive Psychology.
He is part of the teaching faculties at Cambridge University and
the International Centre for Coaching Supervision, and he’s the
Course Director of the School of Positive Transformation’s
Accredited Certificate in Integrative Coaching, for which he
gathered many of the world’s most influential coaches. Formerly
Programme Leader of the MSc Coaching Psychology at the University
of East London, Yannick now presents at conferences
internationally and his book, An Introduction to Existential
Coaching, was published by Routledge. Committed to helping other
coaches be the best coaches they can be, Yannick founded and
hosts Yannick’s Coaching Lab which gives novice and seasoned
coaches an opportunity to witness experienced coaches live in
action, and he is the host of Animas Centre for Coaching's
popular podcast Coaching Uncaged, as well as his own podcasts
Talking about Coaching and Talking about Coaching and
Psychedelics.