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PT328 – Courtney Watson, LMFT – Ancestral Veneration and Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy For (and By) QTBIPOC

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Life Sciences, Science, Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.6598 Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2022

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Joe interviews Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and Founder of Access To Doorways, Courtney Watson. Watson talks about ancestral practices, Diasporic religions, & trauma healing for QTBIPOC communities.

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0:00.0

Hello everybody and welcome back to Psychedelics today.

0:13.0

Today on the show we have Courtney Watson, LMFT out at East Bay, Oakland, California.

0:20.0

And we get into some awesome stuff, specifically covering

0:24.3

access to doorway, is really beautiful nonprofit that Courtney's built up and trying to get

0:30.8

marginalized folks access to psychedelic therapy, particularly ketamine-assisted psychotherapy right now. And yeah, whenever things

0:40.7

become legal, other things. So it's going to be awesome to see what happens with this particular

0:45.2

nonprofit, really excited. They've done a lot with $7,000 so far. So imagine what happens when they

0:52.1

get decent financing and can really work people through a

0:55.2

protocol. So Courtney, really appreciate you coming on. I really hope we can do it again.

1:01.2

But yeah, we go all over the map. We talk about religion, spirituality, African diaspora religions

1:07.5

and so many other things. So we cover ton of ground specific issues related to trans rights and what trans stuff

1:15.0

looks like in therapy.

1:16.6

And if you're a therapist without enough education, maybe refer out, you know, especially

1:21.6

like this stuff will come up in a psychedelic session.

1:24.0

So people should be pretty comfortable with that material before agreeing to jump

1:28.7

into a session like that if they don't know enough. So yeah, I think that's it for this intro.

1:34.2

Courtney, thanks a ton. Can't wait to do it again. And yeah, after a few hours, we'll see you on the

1:38.6

other side, everybody. Enjoy.

1:42.6

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1:47.0

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1:56.3

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2:00.7

And this is made up of three

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