Ontological Shock & the Healing Threshold with Peter Addy, PhD.

S1E18: Ontological Shock and the Healing Threshold: A Psychedelic Clinician’s Field Guide with Peter Addy, PhD. Join host Jim Tate sits and his guest psychedelic researcher and psychotherapist Peter Addy, PhD for an honest, nuanced, and scientifically grounded survey of the current psychedelic landscape. From the mechanics of harm reduction and integration therapy to the politics of federal scheduling, the conversation moves fluidly between clinical science, cultural history, and personal experience. He addresses the promise and peril of the commercial psychedelic industry, reflects on Oregon’s pioneering psilocybin services framework, examines the FDA’s rejection of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy, and shares first-hand accounts from his clinical work with chronic pain patients. He also draws on deep field experience studying Salvia divinorum, including travel to Oaxaca, Mexico and years of postdoctoral research at Yale. Equal parts scholar, clinician, and thoughtful advocate, Dr. Addy offers a rare combination of scientific rigor and compassionate practice.