Episode 31: Psychedelics and Mental Health: Ketamine, MDMA, and Ayahuasca! with Reid Robinson & Adele Lafrance

Therapy Thoughts

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.4 • 651 Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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*audio is a bit quiet in this episode and it’s recommended you wear headphones so you don’t miss the good stuff! In the first episode of Season 3 Tiffany Roe meets to talk with Dr. Reid Robison and Dr. Adele Lafrance about Psychedelic-assisted Psychotherapy. In this episode they cover what different types of psychedelics there are, who is a good candidate for treatments such as this, the different mental illnesses that can be treated by psychedelics, and how psychedelics can help treat eating disorders. They also cover what it is like to attend an Ayahuasca retreat with Dr. Robison and Dr. Lafrance. Additionally, how psychologists can get training to work with psychedelics in their practices. Lastly, they also cover the potential downsides of psychedelic psychotherapy. In the spirit of respecting and honoring the traditions from which this medicine originated, portions of the proceeds will be provided to the keepers of the land where the medicine was harvested. A portion of the proceeds will also be provided to the stewards of the land where the retreat will take place. As mentioned in the episode you can check out the Fantastic Fungi movie here You can find Dr. Reid Robinson and Dr. Lafrance at cedarpsychiatry.com for ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP). And go to efkap.org to stay up to date on their new emotion-focused KAP modality. Also, you can check out psychedelicinstitute.org for upcoming retreats and research studies. You can find Dr. Reid Robinson on Twitter at @reidrobison, on Instagram at @innerspacedoctor. You can also find the Clinic at @cedarpsychiatry and the Treatment Center at @centerforchange. You can find Dr. Lafrance on Twitter at @DrAdeleLafrance.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Therapy Thoughts podcast.
0:03.7	This is Tiffany Rowe.
0:04.7	I'm a clinical mental health counselor and psychology teacher in Utah, and I want to change
0:09.6	the mental health game.
0:11.1	This podcast is all about making mental health information easy to understand, access, and share.
0:17.8	It's going to take all of us together to break down stigma, make peace with mind-body food,
0:23.3	make therapy cool, and invest and take time and care for our mental health. Let's do it one
0:29.4	therapy thought at a time. What is up? My Therapy Thoughts, fam. Welcome back to the podcast. We are jumping into season three. And this episode is no joke. We are jumping in with no doubt talking about psychedelics and psychiatry and mental health
0:58.0	this episode was such a cool experience it was such a pleasure to interview these two folks
1:04.5	dr adele la france and reid robison let me tell you about them what they're doing. They are game changers in every
1:12.7	sense. Okay. So Adele LaFrance is a clinical psychologist. She's a research scientist and author.
1:21.2	I actually met her at an eating disorder conference a couple years back and I was like,
1:25.3	hey, you got to be on my podcast. Like, you are
1:27.8	brilliant. And she finally made it. She's a leader in the research and practice of psychedelic
1:33.6	medicine. And she has a focus on ayahuasca, MDMA, and psilocybin. So Adele has a particular
1:40.8	interest in mechanisms and models of healing, including spirituality,
1:45.1	emotion processing, and couples in family therapy. So I'm so excited for you to hear her
1:50.1	expertise. She's a wordsmith and is really good at explaining psychedelics, mental health,
1:57.7	treatment, research. So you're going to love it.
2:00.9	And then we're also joined by Reed Robinson.
2:04.3	He's one of my buddies locally here in Utah, and he's a game changer, a board certified
2:09.4	psychiatrist.
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