Sara Gael, M.A., Director of Harm Reduction, Zendo Project, Psychotherapist
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🗓️ 12 July 2017
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
The Zendo Project
- Reduce the number of psychiatric hospitalizations and arrests.
- Create an environment where volunteers can work alongside one another to improve their harm reduction skills and receive training and feedback.
- Demonstrates that safe, productive psychedelic experiences are possible without the need for law enforcement-based prohibitionist policies.
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Show Notes/Link
- Naropa University - Mindfulness-Based Transpersonal Psychology
- Transpersonal Psychology
- Navigating Psychedelics: Lessons on Self-Care & Integration
- Zendo Project
- Burning Man
- Working with Trauma
- MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for PTSD
Sara Gael, M.A., Director of Harm Reduction, Zendo Project
Sara received her Master's degree in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology at Naropa University. She began working with MAPS in 2012, coordinating psychedelic harm reduction services at festivals and events worldwide with the Zendo Project. Sara was an Intern Therapist for the recently completed MAPS Phase 2 clinical trial of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD in Boulder, CO. She maintains a private practice as a psychotherapist specializing in trauma and non-ordinary states of consciousness. Sara believes that developing a comprehensive understanding of psychedelic medicines through research and education is essential for the health and well being of individuals, communities, and the planet. Community is an important part of integration. One of the most difficult aspects of integration is returning to a society that doesn't understand or support psychedelic exploration. In fact, re-entering society can feel like a stark contrast between the interconnected, transpersonal state of the psychedelic experience. Therefore, one of most important tools for successful integration is a supportive, understanding community. We encourage our Guests to connect with and build supportive communities around themselves when they return home from the event. We support them in seeking professional help if necessary. -Sara Gael, Zendo Project Coordinator source
Sara Gael - Links
Sara's Professional Practice site - Re-membering Sara's Profile on Psychology Today Mikedelic Podcast - October 5, 2016 Understanding and Working with Difficult Psychedelic Experiences - MAPS Bulletin Entheogen Show - Psychedelic First AidÂBe sure to check out our upcoming course: Navigating Psychedelics
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everybody. Welcome back to psychedelics today. This is Joe. Thanks for hanging out again. |
| 0:15.8 | Really appreciate you coming back. Today on the show, we have Sarah Gale, who is the project director for Zendo project |
| 0:22.9 | from Maps. We get into what that is, what they offer for services and some, you know, really |
| 0:29.8 | great discussion there. She's also a therapist, a psychotherapist in practice in Boulder, Colorado |
| 0:35.3 | with the master's degree from Neuropa and |
| 0:38.7 | transpersonal psychology. Kyle, as some of you might remember, has a undergrad and transpersonal |
| 0:44.4 | psych, so we have some things to relate there. And we get in some really fun stuff. And I hope |
| 0:51.6 | you guys really enjoy it. There's some kind of curveball |
| 0:55.4 | questions I throw out there. I don't know why I had the feeling I needed to ask those, but I did |
| 1:01.2 | anyway. And we've kept them in for you. And Sarah also participated as a therapist in the |
| 1:08.8 | MDMA trials, the phase two MDMA trials. |
| 1:12.0 | So we got to chat a little bit about that. |
| 1:14.7 | We don't go too deep there, but, you know, I think there's room to talk further with Sarah for sure. |
| 1:21.9 | So what else is going on here? |
| 1:24.9 | No workshops on the horizon. |
| 1:26.7 | I've done a bunch this summer and needed to take a couple weeks or a couple months off or something. Looking like I'll be able to tie in with the Psychedelic Club of Boulder, Colorado for some breathwork workshops and maybe the Psychedelic Club of Denver. If you're interested, I'm not totally opposed to traveling if we can put something together. |
| 1:48.5 | So, you know, reach out. |
| 1:50.2 | Maybe we can have a conversation. |
| 1:52.9 | Also, most importantly, we are in the process of selling our navigating psychedelics course. And I believe today and tomorrow, |
| 2:05.0 | you can still get the early bird rate. So check it out. It's a psychedelics today.com. You can find |
| 2:15.5 | more info there. It's also linked from our main site. You'll see it up |
| 2:19.0 | on the top there, online courses. So check that out. What we're going to talk about in that class |
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