Nielson notes that most mainstream therapists don’t really know how to have fruitful conversations with patients following their psychedelic experiences, explaining that patients could have heightened anxiety, or attempt to medicate or write off their psychedelic insights as a “drug experience,” which may further pathologize their symptoms. “Patients need to be engaged and involved in their process, and those are the kinds of things we’re teaching therapists,” she adds.
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