ERQ

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Integration of psychedelic experiences

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Lacan · Séminaire XI

During an experience of altered states of consciousness brought about by psychedelic substances, it is possible to go beyond the boundaries of what can be put into words, or to feel panic or a sense of being overwhelmed. Memories, thoughts or emotions that we believed belonged to the past, or that we did not remember at all, may also resurface.

Here, the work I offer involves confronting this material, exploring it and slowly reconnecting it to the chains of conscious thought. In a space free of stigma, we can reconstruct together what that psychedelic experience was trying to tell us about ourselves, and integrate these messages into our present.

Important: in Germany, the administration of psychedelic substances for therapeutic purposes is possible and legal only in a small number of experimental, tightly controlled settings. I do not offer psychedelic-assisted therapy, but rather the discussion and integration of material that may have emerged over the course of a patient’s life and their personal use of psychoactive substances.