The Psychedelic Psychologist

This episode Ryan and his guest dive into the importance of setting an intention and creating the proper set and setting. The conversation takes colorful turns with psychedelic stories, and trusting in the process. Home is found, trust is experienced in all that is shared. 

In this week's dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist, we pivot to the recreational side of psychedelics--full of healing. Over 30 million people a year explore the world of psychedelics. Mr. FuNgUs shares his story of healing in the festival world. He describes releasing stories through dance and tell about his personal mental health transformation through stories of healing within different communities. Mr. FuNgUs shares a wonderful story of connection, transparency and self-love. 

In this episode we meet Mr. FuNgUs who uses psychedelics in a setting that is recreational and used at festivals, yet still finds they are just as much therapeutic as anything done in a clinical setting. He describes connecting to a community and releasing deep struggles with OCD and anxiety.

This episode we get a deeper look into the importance of doing the appropriate preparation and research before using any psychedelic. Moreover, trusting the people she is with and her own intuition Emma was able to continue to give space to heal her grief and look to working with more trust and self love.  

In this episode we discuss the importance of culture, embodiment, and integration in all forms after working with psychedelics. Selma shares the importance of her journeys and the perspective she got with her psychedelic work.

In this episode we discuss MDMA and personal transformation. Seva, talks about her healing and overcoming her trauma through many psychedelic therapy sessions and proper integration work.  Seva grew up in the Middle East and came to the United States after losing both her parents. She talks about healing past abuse, grief and cultural trauma through psychedelics and MDMA.

In this episode Dr. Ryan discusses the healing David has done with a group. He talks about the importance of healing his personal story as well as cultural, racial and global traumas. In this podcast we talk about the healing potential of trusting the medicine and looking at the trauma as a healing opportunity. 

In this episode, Dr. Ryan Westrum explores the interpersonal relationship Liam has with psychedelics and connecting to his ancestors. Liam colorfully discusses the myths and beliefs with Earth, land and his culture. He opens up about his twelve-year relationship with sobriety and the intimate value he has gained from working with psychedelics. This podcast is chock-full of details that explain both the value of therapy and the creative process within proper integration of psychedelics.

Thom is new to psychedelics. He found his way to psychedelics through reading, research, friends, and family. One of his intentions was learning about integrating emotions into his everyday life. He finds a touchstone he now is able to use as a reference in daily living - a sense of remembering. He finds the experience to be extremely helpful. 

In this episode Dr. Ryan Westrum meets Lyla and discusses the importance of self love, self-empowerment, and healing family stories. Lyla describes the difference of MDMA from other psychedelics and provides the difference between letting go and dying.  The emotional impact of Lyla's story is significant for the psychedelic explorer because they get a glimpse of the importance of trusting oneself.

Meet Sara, who has been exploring psychedelic medicines in a therapeutic environment for many years.   She is learning to respect all aspects of herself through the psychedelic experiences and integration practices. She has been diagnosed with metal health issues and found many traditional therapies not working. She's been exploring psychedelic medicines in a therapeutic environment and is learning to respect all aspects of herself through her experiences and integration practices. 

Sara describes her personal history and how she discovered healing with consistent psychedelic trips. She shares the profound way she now views herself and others.