The Integration Session
Episodes
Eating Disorders & Drug Use: Real-World Insights with Sarah Rodan
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What can we learn from psychedelic use in people with lived experience of eating disorders? As a population with barely any approved medications, surp...
Menstrual Cycles, Menopause & Pregnancy: A Psychedelic Research Gap with Dr. Grace Blest-Hopley
05 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Women’s bodies have long been treated as a ‘variable’ to control for in science, rather than a focus of research inquiry. Psychedelic science is...
Psychedelic Justice, Reciprocity & Chacruna’s Vision with Dr. Bia Labate
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Join Dr. Bia Labate, anthropologist, activist, and Executive Director of the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines, in this live intervie...
Canada vs. US Landscapes & The Future of Psychotherapy with Dr. Jérémie Richard
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
From Johns Hopkins to Ottawa, Dr. Jérémie Richard is a clinical psychologist with unique binational experience in the field of psychedelic science. ...
Trauma, Mass Violence & Psychedelic Experiences with Guy Simon
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Psychedelics are increasingly recognized as an approach to help heal trauma – but without the proper support, the same experience that enables heali...
Psychedelics, Cultural Healing, and Advocacy with Podcaster Osheen Dayal
08 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
How does one pivot from running a successful construction business in India to becoming a leading voice in psychedelic advocacy and mental health in C...
2025 Highlights in Psychedelic Science with CPHR Director Dr. Claudio Soares
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
2025 was a pivotal year for psychedelic research at the Centre for Psychedelics Health & Research (CPHR) and across Canada. In this year-end final...
Chronic Pain & Psychedelics: A Women-First Approach with Dr. Sinziana Pop
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chronic pain impacts over 1.5 billion people worldwide, with the majority of affected individuals being women. As conventional treatments don’t alwa...
Hypnosis, Trauma & Tips for Psychedelic Guides with Denise Rue
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to sit with someone having one of the most profound experiences of their life? In this deeply candid conversat...
The Economics of Psychedelics with Dr. Elliot Marseille
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Which psychedelic therapy is the most cost-effective? How can we determine the value of a psychedelic treatment? In this episode of The Integration Se...
Salvation or Sin? The Ethics of Psychedelic Spirituality
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Can psychedelic experiences be considered ‘authentic’ spirituality? How can these substances foster spiritual healing, and what ethical principles...
How Psychedelics Shape Human Evolution with Dr. Michael Winkelman
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For thousands of years, humans have used psychedelics, but how have these substances influenced our evolutionary path? Does the Stoned Ape Theory hold...
Research Recap: Recent Papers in Psychedelic Science Explained
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Want to stay updated on the latest advancements in psychedelic science without reading lengthy scientific papers? Welcome to the first Research Recap,...
What Makes a Great Psychedelic Guide? with Dr. Mark Haden
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What makes an exceptional psychedelic guide? Should access to psychedelics be as straightforward as obtaining a driver’s license? And what do over 1...
What is Inner Healing Intelligence?
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if healing isn’t just something that happens inside us—but also something that lives in our relationships with the land, the sky, and the mor...
Experiential Training & The Road to Psychedelic Drug Policy Reform in Canada
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There’s an ongoing legal fight for access to psychedelics in Canada, including as part of experiential training for psychedelic therapists. But, is ...
Context Matters: The Consensus on Reporting Setting In Psychedelic Trials with Dr. Chloe Pronovost-Morgan
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What kind of setting is optimal for psychedelic experiences? In research, many contextual factors are underreported, inconsistently reported, or treat...
How MDMA Can Help Couples Heal Together with Dr. Anne Wagner
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever wondered what happens when psychedelics—specifically MDMA, the substance often associated with rave culture—meets couples therapy? T...
Does Microdosing Psilocybin Work for Depression?
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Microdosing—commonly defined as the regular consumption of small, unimpairing amounts of psychedelics—is a controversial topic in the psychedelic ...
How to Set Up a Psychedelic Research Study
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What makes a great psychedelic study design? As we saw last year with the US FDA rejection of MDMA, it might not be the ‘gold-standard’ randomized...
The Untold History of Psychedelic Medicine with Dr. Erika Dyck
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if the future of psychedelic medicine lies in stories that are largely forgotten in society today?Long before psychedelic therapy became a billio...
Inside CAN-PACT: Transforming Cancer Care with Psychedelics
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Something big is happening: Canadian researchers have recently secured $5M in funding to advance cancer care with psychedelics. In this episode of The...
Psychedelic Science in 2025: Where We Are & Where We’re Going
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The story of psychedelic science is not like any other field of research. From ancient rituals to the war on drugs to modern clinical trials, psychede...