Tagged: psychedelic integration

How to tell your therapist about a psychedelic experience

People ask me this more than almost anything else, and usually in a lowered voice: should I tell my therapist, and what happens if I do. It is a fair question. The person asking has often spent years building a…

The preparation and the integration matter more than the session

The most common misunderstanding I meet about ketamine-assisted work is that the session is the treatment. People book expecting the appointment to do the work, the way an antibiotic does the work once you have…

You can integrate an experience you had years ago

A common assumption about integration is that it has a shelf life: that it belongs to the fortnight after an experience, and once that window closes the opportunity has gone. That is not how it works. A significant…

Integration after ketamine: what to do with the week that follows

Most of what is written about ketamine covers the appointment. Far less covers the seven days after it, which is where people tend to decide, quietly and without noticing, whether anything is going to change. The…

What to Do After Your Client Uses Psychedelics

Most clinicians were never trained for this moment. Now it’s happening in session. A client mentions a recent psilocybin experience through Oregon’s legal services. Another discloses they’ve been using ketamine recreationally, and something shifted. A third describes a profound, disorienting experience from years ago that they’ve never shared with anyone — until now.

Preparing for a Psilocybin or Ketamine Session in Oregon: You Don't Need to Feel Ready. You Need to Feel Steady.

Feeling anxious before your session is more common than people admit You might be looking forward to it. And also feeling unsure, overwhelmed, or quietly afraid. Both things can be true at once. Maybe you’ve been thinking about this for months — researching, talking with a facilitator, weighing options. You’ve read, made the appointment. Now, with the date approaching, you won

What Is Psychedelic Integration Therapy? (And Do You Need It?)