39. MDMA & Psilocybin Therapy: an interview with an anonymous facilitator on Sacred Herbalism

Stephanie Hazel interviews an anonymous facilitator of MDMA and Psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy. With a background in Drug & Alcohol counselling and transpersonal psychotherapy, this courageous woman tells us what a session looks like, what the importance of integration is, and how these experiences can restore our relationships with the living world. She shares her cutting-edge theory that we can form healthy attachments with plant spirits that can compensate for unhealthy attachments with primary caregivers and support us to transform our anxious/avoidant attachment styles. Stephanie and the therapist discuss the utility of relating to plant medicine and chemical medicine as living beings who are capable of relationship. SHOW NOTES: Joshua Schrei's podcast The Emerald, Mapping The Mystic: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4YpNzk04vcMYhA604YRTGv?si=58bf573dc7b5427a Rachel Harris' book, Listening to Ayahuasca: https://books.google.com.au/books?hl=en&lr=&id=tNQbDgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PT8&dq=relationship+to+ayahuasca+phd+rachel&ots=K4UmGDi6-z&sig=dxutCVS14Sx41Nzq-XxtCKwTxRw#v=onepage&q=relationship%20to%20ayahuasca%20phd%20rachel&f=false Doctor Rosalind Watts is the British professor who works with trees as a form of integration: https://www.drrosalindwatts.com/ Psychedelictherapyaustralia.com.au.For psychedelic integration support. To find out more about The Elder Tree visit the website at www.theeldertree.org and donate to the crowdfunding campaign here. You can also follow The Elder Tree on Facebook and Instagram and sign up to the newsletter. Find out more about this podcast and the presenters here. Get in touch with The Elder Tree at:  [email protected].  The intro and outro song is "Sing for the Earth" and was kindly donated by Chad Wilkins.  You can find Chad's music here and here.