The Psychedelic Therapy Podcast
Episodes
Robin Arnott & Sandeep Prakash: Training for Psychedelic Surrender
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Can we practice the art of surrender before the first dose?Today on the show Robin Arnott and Dr. Sandeep Prakash explain how SoundSelf evolved from a...
Joshua White: Who You Gonna Call? Fireside
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine you’re in the middle of a psychedelic journey—things are getting intense, and you just need someone to talk to. That’s whereFireside Pro...
Tom Feegel: Ibogaine for Cognitive Enhancement
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A month ago, I had the privilege of visiting Beond in Cancun, Mexico to experience an ibogaine treatment for cognitive enhancement. Today, I’m joine...
Juan Pablo Capello: A Wakeup Call for Ketamine Telehealth Companies
20 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today, I’m joined by Juan Pablo Capello, co-founder and former CEO of New Life Health, a telehealth ketamine therapy service launched in 2021. Juan ...
Natalie Lyla Ginsberg (MAPS): The FDA, MDMA, and the Future of Psychedelic Therapy
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we’re exploring a critical issue facing the field of psychedelic medicine: the recent FDA rejection of MAPS’ clinical trials to reschedule ...
Tricia Eastman & Joseph Barsuglia: Ibogaine is Miracle Grow for the Brain
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today we’re doing something a little different. I’m re-releasing an episode from my personal podcast, Life is a Festival, because it remains one o...
Jennifer Tippett: Understanding Private Practice vs Clinical Trials
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After the shocking decision of an advisory committee recommendation that the FDA reject MDMA as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder, I want...
Ben Malcolm: Can I Take Psychedelics on Antidepressants?
28 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A year and a half ago, I went on an antidepressant medication, Wellbutrin, which is a dopamine and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor. After 20 years o...
Tony Moss: The Science & Magic of Medicine Music
25 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Psychedelic Therapy Podcast. I'm your host, Eamon Armstrong. Today on the show, we're welcoming back Tony Moss. Tony is an artist,...
Alexander Beiner: Psychedelic Healing Cannot Be Individual
16 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Psychedelic Therapy Podcast. After a hiatus of a year and a half, we're excited to announce our return, thanks to our new spon...
Ismail Lourido Ali (MAPS): What Legislation in Colorado and Oregon Means for Psychedelic Practitioners
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the show we are discussing the state of psychedelic legislation in the wake of Colorado’s Proposition 22 passing in November. Sharing the m...
Laura Dawn: Healing with Creativity
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Could enhancing creativity be the key to healing mental illness? Laura Dawn of Grow Medicine, makes a compelling case for the value of psychedelics fo...
Alexandre Tannous: Psychedelics & Sound Meditation
18 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Can sound help us disconnect from unhealthy habitual patterns? Today’s guest Alexandre Tannous, creator of the Sound Meditation protocol, shows how ...
Adele Lafrance: Healing Eating Disorders with Psychedelics
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the United States, 20 million women and 10 million men suffer from a clinically significant eating disorder at some time in their life. And as psyc...
Laura Northrup (Inside Eyes): Psychedelics and Sexual Violence Part 2
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We live in a global epidemic of sexual violence and spaces for psychedelic healing are not only not exempt, but there are also factors which make sexu...
Laura Northrup (Inside Eyes): Psychedelics and Sexual Violence, Part 1
14 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Psychedelic medicine is a powerful tool that can support the healing of survivors of sexual violence, however, the conditions of psychedelic therapy b...
Chris Koddermann (ITPRI) : Rescheduling Psilocybin Globally
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Psilocybin is quickly becoming recognized as an effective modality for treating depression, anxiety, and other mental health challenges. Yet, the road...
Shelby Hartman (DoubleBlind): The Philosophy of Psychedelic Journalism
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Where do you get your psychedelic news? DoubleBlind is a leading media company and magazine that has teamed up with experts in the field to provide in...
Jesse Hudson (Woven Science): Legal Protection for Indigenous Wisdom
01 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As psychedelics become increasingly popular in the US and beyond, it’s imperative that new businesses honor, protect, and profit-share with the indi...
Jonathan Dickinson (Ceiba Recovery): Iboga, Initiation, and Long-Haul Healing
14 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Iboga (or its extraction ibogaine) is one of the most powerful psychedelic plants. Today we are joined by Jonathan Dickinson, of Ceiba Recovery, an in...
Saj Razvi (Psychedelic Somatic Institute): A Somatic Approach to Psychedelic Healing
27 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are joined by Saj Razvi an expert on psychedelics and the somatic approach to healing single-event, complex, and dissociative traum...
Dr. Dan Engle (Kuya): A New Institute for Whole Human Care
11 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode we delve into the promising future of Dr. Dan Engle’s new wellness institute, Kuya, located in Austin, Texas. The center focuse...
Dr. Priya Parmar: Reimagining Psychiatry
13 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Psychedelic Renaissance is well underway, but thirty years ago there was another revolution in psychiatry, the introduction of prozac, the first S...
Tim Ko and John Lem (HaluGen): Genetic Testing for the Psychedelics Experience
23 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What if a simple test could reveal the speed of your psychedelic metabolism or your propensity for psychedelic-triggered mental health issues? Providi...
Adam Gazzaley (Neuroscape UCSF): Psychedelics as Experiential Medicine
01 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What if a therapist could peer inside the black box of a patient’s psychedelic experience? Adam Gazzaley and his Neuroscape team at UCSF are using m...
Joseph Mays (Chacruna): Conservation and Indigenous Reciprocity
22 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As the Psychedelic Renaissance blossoms, many healers and business leaders are rightly looking at environmental conservation and reciprocity with Indi...
Sutton King (Journey Colab): Indigenous Reciprocity in Psychedelic Business
10 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is a repost from my personal podcast, Life is a Festival, where I interview cultural pioneers about living a more openhearted l...
Robin Carhart-Harris: Psilocybin vs Antidepressants
19 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Named one of Time Magazine’s most influential people of 2021, Robin Carhart-Harris conducts some of the most impactful psychedelic research in the w...
Elizabeth Nielson (Fluence): Should Therapists Have Psychedelic Experiences?
05 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Whether psychedelic therapists should have their own experiences with these compounds as part of their training is a passionately debated subject. Dr....
Lyle Maxson (SoundSelf): Will Digital Therapeutics Replace Psychedelics?
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The world of digital therapeutics is booming just as fast as psychedelic therapy. Today’s guest, Lyle Maxson, is resolutely optimistic about the pos...
Lisa Dannen (Maya): Our Colleague’s First Ayahuasca Retreat
05 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Dannen, our colleague at Maya, recently experienced her first Ayahuasca retreat in Peru. Today on the show, she shares all the preparation and in...
Martijn Schirp (Synthesis): The Container is More Important than the Medicine
18 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Building a psychedelic company is a lot like creating a healing container. It starts with really understand your own role as Martijn Schirp, founder o...
Hanifa Nayo Washington & Adam Rubin (Fireside Project): The Psychedelic Peer Support Hotline
10 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A difficult psychedelic experience once meant a hospital visit… or worse. Now, in the spirit of the Zendo Project and other psychedelic peer support...
Justin Townsend (MycoMeditations): The Many Modalities of Mushroom Retreats
11 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There are only a few places in the world which offer legal access to high impact psilocybin retreats. MycoMeditations, stewarded by today’s guest Ju...
Sydney Bergen & Noemi Toth: A Patient's Experience With Ketamine Therapy
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the Psychedelic Therapy Podcast, for the first time, we are discussing a firsthand account of a patient’s experience of psychedelic therapy...
Dr. Steven Mandel & Sam Mandel: The Efficacy of Ketamine Infusion Therapy
02 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A hot topic in the world of psychedelic medicine is whether ketamine infusion therapy is as effective as ketamine-assisted therapy (also called KAP). ...
Mendel Kaelen (Wavepaths): The Science of Psychedelics & Sound
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
From reggae and cannabis to the icaros of an Ayahuasca ceremony, sound has a huge impact on altered states of consciousness, but what’s actually goi...
Joseph Barsuglia: Is 5-MeO-DMT the Future of Psychedelic Medicine?
26 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What if you could have a more potent mystical experience than psilocybin in a quarter of the time? 5-MeO-DMT could be the future of psychedelic medici...
Rachel Yehuda (Mount Sinai): Studying the Science of Psychedelics and PTSD
20 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is a legend in the field of traumatic stress studies. Dr. Rachel Yehuda has been researching stress and PTSD for 30 years and now with...
Charlotte James & Undrea Wright (The Sabina Project): Living Ceremony
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When ancestral wisdom is missing from modern psychedelic conversations, the Black-led Sabina Project is there to educate, reduce harm, and facilitate ...
Andrea Jungaberle (The MIND Foundation): Evidence-Based Psychedelic Healthcare in Germany
04 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If there was ever a people who understand the importance of evidence-based healthcare, it’s the Germans, and they are starting to get very intereste...
Genesee Herzberg (Sage Institute): How to Build an Ethical Psychedelic Clinic
27 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Equal access to psychedelic medicine is a huge issue in this burgeoning field. Today’s guest, Genesee Herzberg has prioritized ethics in founding Sa...
Aaron Paul Orsini & Justine Lee: Autism, LSD, and Appreciating Neurodiversity
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Can psychedelics be considered a “neurological contact lens” for those on the Autism spectrum? Today’s guests Aaron Paul Orsini and Justine Lee ...
Thank You Psychedelic Practitioners: A 2020 Retrospective
31 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
While 2020 has been difficult in so many ways, this year brought psychedelic medicine further ahead by leaps and bounds. At Maya, we were honored to s...
Jonathan Sabbagh (Journey): Supporting Independent Psychedelic Practitioners
21 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jonathan Sabbagh is building a space and solution for independent therapists who want to provide Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP) by offering a p...
Molly Maloof MD: Dr. Molly’s Ketamine Protocol
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the podcast, I'm speaking to Dr. Molly Maloof, a concierge and lifestyle medicine practitioner who has developed a comprehensive protocol for...
Jonathan De Potter (Behold Retreats): Bringing Plant Medicine to Asia
04 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the he Psychedelic Therapy Podcast I’m speaking to a man who is changing the narrative around plant medicine in Asia. Jonathan de Potter, f...
Ronan Levy (Field Trip): The Promise and Peril of Industrialized Psychedelics
13 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today I’m interviewing Ronan Levy, co-founder of the psychedelic healthcare company Field Trip. The company includes Field Trip Health Centers for k...
Darragh Stewart (Inwardbound): My Psychedelic Irish Brother
30 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Before today’s conversation I didn’t know much about Celtic Shamanism. Today’s guest, Darragh Stewart is a shining beacon of knowledge and joy. ...
Jessica Cadoch (Maya): Changing Paradigms on Psychedelics and Addiction
24 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the Psychedelic Therapy Podcast, I am interviewing my colleague at Maya, Jessica Cadoch, our Research Manager for Public Health. On th...
Veronika Gold (Polaris Insight): Creating a Ketamine Clinic
09 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever wondered what it would take to create a psychedelic therapy clinic? Today’s guest, Veronika Gold, co-founder of Polaris Insight Center...
Deanne Adamson (Being True To You): The Art of Integration
02 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Wise psychonauts have long known that the real work of psychedelic healing is in the post-experience integration and there is no one more renowned in ...
Lynn Marie Morski: Introducing the Psychedelic Medicine Association
25 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How will doctors who don’t know about psychedelic therapies, learn to be receptive to these innovative compounds as valuable tools for their patient...
Belinda Eriacho: Psychedelic Healing for Native Peoples
18 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s guest, Belinda Eriacho, brings powerful insights from her lineage as a Native American woman and her life experience as a powerful heale...
Florie St. Aime: The Importance of Ritual
11 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today on the show, I am honored to be speaking with a healer and guide who is deeply steeped in ritual, magic, and the wisdom of her Haitian ancestors...
Jesse Gould (The Heroic Hearts Project): Ayahuasca Healing for Veterans
04 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
MDMA therapy for veterans suffering from PTSD has gotten a lot of attention in the world of psychedelic medicine lately. Meanwhile, Jesse Gould is bri...
Bessel van der Kolk (The Body Keeps the Score): A Revolutionary Treatment for Trauma
28 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today I am speaking with trauma specialist Bessel van der Kolk, best-selling author of The Body Keeps the Score, a beloved book about healing our deep...
Lauren Taus (INBodied Life): Tales of Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy
16 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today I’m speaking to Lauren Taus, a licensed psychotherapist and a yoga and meditation teacher based in Venice Beach, California. In addition to mo...
Bia Labate (Chacruna): Psychedelic Healing is Political
30 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today I am speaking to Bia Labate, the Executive Director of Chacruna, a popular psychedelic website and research institution. She is the Public Educa...
Kevin Franciotti: Psychedelics in Recovery
24 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today I am speaking to Kevin Franciotti, founder of Psychedelics in Recovery, a fellowship of individuals in 12-step programs who wish to use psychede...
Dr. Charles Flores: Psychedelics and Addiction
10 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Are you curious about psychedelic medicine for addiction and people in recovery? Today’s guest, Dr. Charles Flores (Vital Puma Integral Recovery), h...
Maria Teresa Chavez (Sacred Earth Warriors): The Way of the Spiritual Doula
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today I am speaking to a Spiritual Doula, Maria Teresa Chavez. The former Therapeutic Director of Crossroads Ibogaine Treatment Center has gone all in...
Akoni Anthony (Maya): The Science and Art of Psychedelic Medicine
18 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Psychedelic medicine is both a science and an art, and Akoni Anthony, co-founder of Maya Health finds his joy at their intersection. On the podcast we...
Richard C. Schwartz, Ph.D (Internal Family Systems): IFS & Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy
09 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Richard C. Schwartz, is the founder of a style of psychotherapy called Internal Family Systems. IFS is based on the idea that the mind is made up of d...
Erica Siegal (NEST): An Inside Look at Clinical Trials for MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Erica Siegal a co-investigator and psychotherapist for MAPS-sponsored Phase 3 Clinical Trials for MDMA-assisted therapy. On the sho...
Tony Moss (I.AM.LIFE) | So You Want to Be an Ayahuasca Shaman?
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Tony Moss, a respected teacher and plant medicine advocate who has been working with Ayahuasca for over 25 years. On the show we di...
Ian-Michael Hébert (Holos) | Psychedelic Healing is Holistic Healing
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Ian-Michael Hébert, co-founder Holos, an organization of holistic healing centers and communities, launching first in Costa Rica. O...
Irina Alexander (Sage Institute) | Psychedelic Medicine For All
02 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Irina Alexander, co-founder of Sage Institute for Integrative Health, a new psychedelic-assisted therapy clinic and training center ...
Dr. David Rabin MD, PhD | Creating Safety for Psychedelic Healing
01 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Dr. David Rabin, a psychiatrist, PhD neuroscientist, inventor, and avid proponent of psychedelic medicine. On the show we discuss th...