276 Psychedelic Assisted Therapies with Elowyn J. Samadhi, PhD

Tune in for a deep chat about psychedelic research, psychedelic assisted therapies, trauma healing, and more! Our guest Elowyn Samadhi, PhD (she/they) is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in the treatment of PTSD and other trauma-related disorders. She works in private practice and at Sage Integrative Health, a holistic psychedelic clinic in the Bay Area. Elowyn served as an independent rater for the Phase II and III MAPS MDMA trials for 4 years and began providing post-IV ketamine integration in 2015 at Mass General Hospital. She completed ketamine-assisted psychotherapy training with Polaris Insight Center and the MAPS MDMA-Assisted Therapy training. She also completed the UC-Berkeley Psilocybin Advanced Facilitator Training under the mentorship of Dr. Susana Bustos and is qualified to provide legal psilocybin services in Oregon. Dr. Samadhi serves as lead psilocybin therapist for the UCSD phantom limb pain clinical trial and has trained several of the co-therapists. She has guest lectured for Alchemy Community Therapy Center in Oakland and Beckley Academy, and supervises and mentors several psychedelic therapists-in-training. Elowyn is in her final year of the 3-year Somatic Experiencing training. Dr. Samadhi has a passion for teaching somatic therapy, safe and reparative touch work, as well as the ritual and spiritual praxis of guiding. Elowyn is biracial and bisexual and the bedrock of her spiritual path is non-dual, tantric, animistic, and pagan. We talk about psychedelic assisted healing modalities, the current research on psychedelics, MAPs, neuroplasticity, trauma healing,   Elowyn: https://www.elowynsamadhiphd.com/ https://tetheredhealing.com/   Past episode mentioned: https://slutsscholars.libsyn.com/198-the-war-on-drugs-with-ifetayo-harvey-of-thepoc-psychedelic-collective     FOLLOW US  Twitter Instagram Facebook Send questions, comments, stories, rants to: [email protected] Sluts And Scholars is a production of sluts and scholars media.   Loving disclaimer:  Sluts and Scholars is a podcast produced by Sluts & Scholars Media, LLC. It is a shame free educational podcast made for your entertainment and informational desires only. The podcast, any opinions we share, and any resources including social media and emails from us are not therapy, medical care or professional advice and do not create a patient-client relationship. None of the information, opinions, suggestions, resources or exercises mentioned in this podcast should be used without clearance from your health care provider. All opinions, information and ideas expressed by the guests are solely their own. If you need emergency mental health or medical help, please call 911 or 988 or go to your nearest emergency center. We hope you enjoy the show.