BFTA Summer Special-- How to Change Your Mind About Mushrooms with Dori Lewis

Back from the Abyss: Psychiatry in Stories

Craig Heacock MD

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

4.8 • 452 Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Craig sits down with Dori Lewis of Elemental Psychedelics to explore the myths and realities of working with psilocybin mushrooms, including: •What do people not understand about psilocybin mushrooms?•Can mushrooms treat depression? If so, which types?•How should we think about the specific roles of mushrooms and ketamine in psychiatric and psychological treatment?•What kinds of problems are most amenable to psilocybin?•Why do some people have no psychedelic experience on apparently therapeut...

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0:00.0	I wanted to mention a few upcoming trainings before we start my conversation with Dory Lewis.
0:20.8	First, I will again be teaching at Dory's
0:23.3	upcoming ketamine therapy training this September. You can learn more about this training, as well as Dory's
0:28.9	mushroom facilitator trainings and women's circles on her website, Elemental Psychedelics.com.
0:35.4	Second, I wanted to let you know about a workshop with my good friend and
0:38.7	colleague, Dr. Rebecca Ritchie. It's for all healing professionals struggling with burnout. It's called
0:44.2	revive and thrive and takes place October 3rd through 6th in Colorado. You can check out the website
0:49.7	experiential wellness retreats.com. And finally, my fall intensive psychotherapy workshop is now full, but we have a waiting list, and I'm planning to do another one in the spring of next year.
1:01.7	So if you are a psychiatric NP or PA who wants to up their game by becoming a more competent psychotherapist, reach out to me on my website and we can get you on the waiting list and definitely
1:11.2	into the spring training at the very least. I'll link to all these trainings in the show notes.
1:18.2	Well, I'm really excited to be here for the third annual back from the Abyss summer special.
1:25.4	The last two had a psychedelic theme and as I was pondering what to do this year,
1:29.5	I thought, let's stick with the theme. And I've been thinking about who did I most want to sit down
1:34.9	and talk with? And I really wanted to talk about psilocybin mushrooms, because that's a hot topic in
1:39.9	Colorado right now. And pretty clearly jumped in my mind, I had to sit down with Dory Lewis,
1:45.7	who's smiling, sitting across me right now. Hi, Dory. Hi, Greg. So as listeners know, Dori and I have
1:52.0	collaborated on a number of things. Dory is well known for teaching Academy and Assistant Therapy in
1:57.4	Colorado, and I've taught at those retreats.
2:01.6	Dory's one of my favorite people to refer to.
2:03.9	She's a go-to person for all the sorts of things.
2:06.8	Dory has a practice here in Colorado called Reflective Healing.
2:10.6	She also, along with Shannon Hughes, runs elemental psychedelics,
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