Dr. Alok Kanojia (Dr. K)

where you go through the same process, then you kind of sort of integrate that into your life.

Sometimes people will have a third dosing, and then in the last few weeks of therapy, what you'll do is you'll sort of take all these psychedelic experiences, like I met my ancestors, and I discovered the nature of the universe, and I felt connected to all human beings, and this is what's really important.

Then the therapist will be like, okay, that's really cool.

How are we going to take those revelations

and integrate them into long term change in your life.

How are you going to deal with people differently?

What are the choices you're going to make?

How are you going to relate to your job?

How are you going to talk to your kids?

How are you going to repair your relationship with your ex-wife now that you feel super connected to all people and you realize that she wasn't a bad person?

She was just doing the best that she could.

So there's a very important integration component.

And this is very different from I'm depressed and doing psychedelics at home.

So here's what I've sort of found.

Set and setting become really important for figuring out, are the psychedelics going to screw me up and give me panic disorders and PTSD?

Or are they going to be healing?

Because what we also know about psychedelics is it's not just clinical trials that they figured this out, right?

So most psychedelic substances...

have been used in safe spiritual traditions.

So, for example, ayahuasca has, you know, particular shamans who will train with the medicine.