Summit: Plant Medicine & Psychedelic Assisted Therapies

Welcome and Meditation — Dr. Scott Lyons (30 min)

Trauma-Informed Plant Medicine Facilitation: A New Paradigm in Trauma Recovery and Resolution — Atira Tan (75 min)

The Promise and Challenges of Psychedelic Therapy — Rob Coffey (75 min)

Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Psychotherapy: A New Model for Psychedelic Therapy — Saj Razvi (75 min)

How to Develop a Psychotherapy for Psychedelic Medicine (EMBARK Model) — Dr. Alex Belser (75 min)

The Dangers of Disembodiment and the Promise of Somatic Psychedelic Psychotherapy — Dr. Devon Christie (75 min)

By the end of this summit, you will be able to:

• Apply trauma-informed principles to plant medicine facilitation, integration, and post-ceremony care
• Recognize the promise and clinical challenges of psychedelic-assisted therapy from a psychotherapeutic perspective
• Understand how the Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Psychotherapy (PSIP) model uses autonomic, bottom-up processes to address trauma and PTSD
• Navigate the six clinical domains of the EMBARK model — Existential-spiritual, Mindfulness, Body-aware, Affective-cognitive, Relational, and Keeping momentum
• Integrate somatic and embodiment practices into MDMA-assisted psychotherapy and work with classical psychedelics
• Identify the dangers of disembodiment in psychedelic work and cultivate the therapist capacities needed to avoid them
• Hold safer, more attuned spaces for clients moving through psycho-spiritual challenges