105: Healing through Psychedelics with Dr Nicholas Bruss

Remember the 90s commercial implying your brain on drugs was like
smashing an egg with a frying pan? We’ve come a long way to learn
that psychedelics have more opportunity to heal than we were told
as kids. Dr Nicholas Bruss is here to talk to us about the
leading advances of psychedelics in the clinical therapy world.
He informs us about the current research + his experience working
in ketamine, MDMA, + psilocybin for treatment-resistant
depression, trauma, + couples therapy.


In this episode you’ll hear:


What classifies a psychedelic + how does it work on the brain
+ body

What the war on drugs was really about

How Ketamine + MDMA have been proving to be powerful
treatment for couples + for trauma

The stigma about psychedelics + creating compassionate,
accurate conversation around it

Tough conversations about ethics, abuse of power + missing
critical steps in the healing culture around psychedelics

Dr Cat’s personal experience in psychedelic assisted therapy
for her PTSD

Ceremony culture + the importance of integration

How you can get involved + educated about psychedelics or
becoming a psychedelic-assisted therapist

Ways we can preserve honor + reduce commoditization of
psychedelics as they continue to roll out in the mainstream +
psychotherapy world.






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Nicholas Brüss is an integrative psychotherapist and clinical
researcher who specializes in helping people heal and grow with
psychedelics-assisted psychotherapies. He's the co-founder and
lead trainer at Psychedelic Coalition for Health, an organization
for Psychedelic Medicine Education & Advocacy and offering
clinical training in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy &
Integration.


He was trained as a psychedelic therapist by the
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) and
is a co-therapist on the MAPS-sponsored FDA Phase III clinical
trial of MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD in Los Angeles, CA.


Nicholas has provided ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP) since
2017 and has been a certified Internal Family Systems (IFS)
therapist since 2015. He is a leader in psychedelic-assisted IFS
therapy, the Clinical Director of Psychedelic Therapies at Hope
Integrative Psychiatry, and a volunteer with MAPS’s Zendo
Project. Having seen the power of psychedelic-assisted therapy,
Nicholas advocates and educates for science over stigma and is
inspired to provide reliable information and integrated training
to work and explore with psychedelic medicines. Find out more
about the symposium or training + connect with Dr Nick here:
https://www.psychedeliccoalitionforhealth.com/


Links from the show:


https://www.psychedeliccoalitionforhealth.com/


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