587: The benefits & risks of psychedelic medicine | Nick Brüss, EdD, LMFT

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🗓️ 6 April 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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“Psychedelic medicine can be rocket fuel for healing,” explains Nick Brüss, EdD, LMFT. Brüss, licensed psychotherapist in Los Angeles specializing in integrative, ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, and Internal Family Systems, joins us today to discuss the healing power of psychedelic medicine, the therapeutic uses, plus: - What is psychedelic therapy (~2:03) - Use cases for psychedelic therapy (~7:15) - MDMA, psilocybin, ketamine (~9:12) - Set & setting (~12:08) - MDMA (~15:35) - Ketamine (~21:33) - Psilocybin (~27:40) - Opening up to the experience (~29:20) - Exclusion criteria (~32:10) - Age & brain development (~33:50) - Choosing a practitioner (~37:17) - Non-psychadelic modalities (~41:22) - Where is the science headed (~47:40) - What Brüss is most excited about (~49:55) - Closing thoughts (~52:50) Referenced in the episode: - Check out his website (https://apracticeoffreedom.com/) - Follow him on Instagram (@drnickbruss) - Research by MAPS on MDMA (https://maps.org/mdma/ptsd/phase3/) Set your kid’s night routine up for success with Hyland's sleep-supporting gummies and sugar-free liquids. These multi-benefit formulas are made with or without melatonin to ease occasional sleeplessness while also supporting calm and immune health—so the whole family snoozes better.*‡ Learn more at hylands.com. We hope you enjoy this episode, and feel free to watch the full video on YouTube! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: [email protected]. *These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. ‡ For occasional sleeplessness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:27.4	Mental health treatments are evolving and psychedelic therapy is at the forefront of this transformation.
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