BFTA Summer Special-- Trauma, Spirit, and Psychedelics with Laura Mae Northrup

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

🗓️ 23 July 2022

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Craig sits down with Inside Eyes creator Laura Northrup for a wide-ranging discussion where they explore topics including:•Trauma as a spiritual wound •How psychedelics can help reach the realm of trauma•Why psychedelic trauma therapy can be so profoundly painful•The uniquely damaging sequelae of sexual trauma•What it means for a therapist to have adequate trauma training•How and why therapists hurt their clients/patients, particularly in the psychedelic space•The crucial nature of preparatio...

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0:00.0	Welcome to Back from the Abyss. I'm Dr. Craig Hecock.
0:18.7	Well, here I am releasing an episode before season four. This is a summer special.
0:25.3	And to tell you the truth, I just couldn't wait till fall. It's kind of like when you're an
0:30.7	injured athlete and the doctor says, don't run for two months and you say, that's impossible.
0:35.9	That's like not breathing for two days. So anyway,
0:40.5	to tide you all over because I figured some of you might be in back from the abyss withdrawal.
0:45.5	And I would hate for you to have any podcast withdrawal symptoms. We're going to give you a little
0:49.0	hit back from the abyss. And this is an interview I did with Laura May Northrop of the Inside Eyes podcast.
0:55.4	We did this a few weeks ago in the Bay Area, and I'm just so thrilled to share it with you.
1:00.4	But before that, a couple items.
1:02.6	Number one, I just wanted to share a couple really heartwarming things that happened recently.
1:07.7	First, a man who is a big fan of the podcast
1:11.5	reached out to me and said,
1:14.9	hey, the podcast has been so meaningful and special
1:18.2	and an important part of my life,
1:21.2	I want to give something back.
1:23.2	And he asked me if I have patients
1:25.2	who can't afford ketamine treatments.
1:26.9	And I said, yeah, I do.
1:28.4	So he set up a very generous scholarship fund to help my patients who can't afford ketamine
1:34.2	pay for ketamine.
1:36.0	And again, that all came from him being such a fan of the podcast, such a beautiful thing.
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