A gift of therapy- Discovering the wisdom of the body with psychedelic-assisted therapy

Back from the Abyss: Psychiatry in Stories | Psychotherapy, Trauma, and Psychedelics

Craig Heacock MD

Depression, Psychology, Science, Ketamine, Addiction, Medicine, Psychedelics, Mental Health, Bipolar, Suicide, Psychotherapy, Psychiatry, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 452 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Kari reconnected with her birth mother in her 40s and finally began to understand the suffering for which she had no words. This is a story of adoption and reunification, of forgetting and remembering, of finding a truth without words in the wisdom of the body. Kari’s birth mother was able to see something deep in Kari that she had never had words for….and thus began her path toward healing. Support the show! https://www.buzzsprout.com/396871/support Bringing Therapy into Med Mana...

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0:00.0	Welcome to Back from the Abyss.
0:15.8	I am Dr. Craig Hecock.
0:18.3	Last week, Back from the Abyssyss reached a pretty cool milestone. We hit
0:22.8	one million downloads. And I know it's just a number, but it felt like a concrete marker of the
0:29.6	reach of the podcast. I never would have guessed we would reach this when Chris and I started
0:35.3	plotting in his basement back in 2019.
0:39.2	Three training announcements before we get to today's story.
0:42.3	First, I just got back from Joshua Tree, California,
0:45.7	where Hillary McBride and I co-led our intensive experiential workshop on transference
0:50.5	and countertransference called, I love you, I hate you, are you my mom?
0:55.4	And it was a magical three days with 20 therapists, all opening our hearts and practicing
1:00.6	courage. And Hillary and I just decided we're going to do our next one. It will take place in
1:05.7	Vancouver, British Columbia, this June 18th through 20th. Check out my website Craighecockm.D.com for more details.
1:14.3	Second, I will again be teaching my intensive psychotherapy workshop geared for
1:18.6	psychiatric NPs and PAs here in Fort Collins. It's called Bringing Therapy into Med Management
1:24.0	and will be here in Fort Collins, June 3rd through 6th. This is a chance to learn how to break out of the failing med management, and we'll be here in Fort Collins, June 3rd through 6th.
1:31.8	This is a chance to learn how to break out of the failing med management model into a holistic, psychodynamic, and patient-centered way of practicing.
1:37.3	Again, you can check out my website for more details.
1:40.6	And finally, there's still a few spots left in the spring, ketamine-assisted therapy training
1:45.4	run by Elemental Psychedelics. This will run from May 13th to 17th in the mountains outside of Boulder,
1:51.2	Colorado. And I'm really excited to be back again teaching with the folks at Elemental. And these
1:56.9	are really wonderful experiential trainings. I can't recommend them enough. You can learn more at
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