Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers

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The psychedelic renaissance is here! Join Dr. Steve Thayer, Dr. Reid Robison, and special guests as they explore the frontiers of psychedelic medicine and what it takes to cultivate a healthy mind, body, and spirit. Our hosts draw from their extensive knowledge and experience with psychedelic therapy research and treatment to discuss the science, practice, and art of psychedelic healing. If you are a helping professional, therapist, clinician, guide, healer, psychedelic enthusiast, or simply curious about mental, physical, and spiritual health, this is the podcast for you!

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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

How to integrate a psychedelic experience into every-day life

Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers

06/24/21 • 45 min

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Dr. Reid Robison and Dr. Steve Thayer discuss how to integrate a psychedelic experience into every-day life. They cover the following topics:

The transformative potential of the psychedelic experience itself
How crucial it is to take deliberate actions to make changes prompted by psychedelics stick
The dangers of chasing one ecstatic, psychedelic experience after another without taking time to integrate
The role that proper intention-setting and expectations play in the integration process
How to use meditation for integration
How to use mindfulness for integration
The difference between pain vs suffering
How our attachment to technology and internet media is "eating our souls"
Yoga and physical activity as an integration strategy
The importance of have a supportive person to discuss your experience with (e.g., therapist, guide, knowledgable friend)
How to use journaling to process your psychedelic experience
The types of psychotherapy approaches that pair well with psychedelics
Identifying obstacles that could impede integration and removing them

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Hannah Cross, LCSW, on Sex, Tantra, Psychedelics, and making relationships work

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03/01/22 • 52 min

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In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison are joined for the third time on the show by Hannah Cross to discuss sex, tantra, psychedelics, and making relationships work. Hannah is a licensed clinical social worker, expert therapist, reiki master, yoga teacher, ecstatic dance facilitator, and super cool. They discuss the following topics:
(1:45) Introduction to the topic
(2:58) What is tantra?
(5:30) Reserving and channeling sexual energy and "no fap"
(9:57) Non-monogamy and polyamory
(13:03) David Deida
(15:34) Relationship to self and synchronizing your life with a partner
(18:15) Aubrey Marcus and his polyamorous phase
(21:07) The Truth: An Uncomfortable Book About Relationships, by Neil Strauss
(21:42) The Ethical Slut, by Janet Hardy and Dossie Easton
(21:54) Come as you are, by Emily Nagoski
(21:55) Esther Perel's books
(22:01) Sex at Dawn, by Christopher Ryan
(23:10) Navigating the challenges of romanticism
(24:15) Steve reflects on his marriage
(25:49) Divorce, break-ups, and conscious uncoupling
(27:38) Grow As We Go, by Ben Platt
(28:04) The "soul" of a relationship
(31:00) Polarizing energies in a relationship (feminine and masculine, yin and yang)
(37:40) Kink and BDSM
(38:52) Existential Kink, by Carolyn Elliott
(41:35) Sex, Love, and Goop on Netflix
(45:00) The power of sensuality
(46:16) Embodiment
(47:10) Journeys of Embodiment at the Intersection of Body and Culture, by Niva Piran
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What is Hapé? The ceremonial tobacco snuff

Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers

08/09/22 • 48 min

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In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison discuss the origins and uses of hapé, the tobacco snuff used by the indigenous cultures of the amazon basin for thousands of years.
(1:27) Steve's and Reid's hapé meditations
(4:41) What is hapé?
(6:35) Historical use hapé
(7:17) How hapé is prepared
(9:15) The varieties of the hapé experience
(17:45) Waking Up Course, with Sam Harris
(19:13) Dosage considerations
(20:56) The ordeal
(22:20) LSD episode
(24:30) Tobacco snuff usage in the post-colonial era
(27:25) Sourcing, nicotine concerns, and responsible use
(30:17) Hapé research and possible carcinogens
(33:00) Oomancy, scrying, and other mystical practices
(37:00) The synergy between science and spirituality; rationality and intuition
(44:16) Dangers of nicotine addiction with hapé
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Interpreting dreams, lucid dreaming, and psychedelics

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03/11/25 • 57 min

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Sigmund Freud said that dreams are the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind. In today’s episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, we explore this royal road as we discuss the nature of dreams, the neurophysiology of the dreaming brain, the therapeutic utility of dream interpretation, nightmare rescripting, lucid dreaming, and the parallels between dreams states and and the altered states occasioned by psychedelics.

For those of you who are new to the show, welcome! Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers is brought to you by Numinus Network and is hosted by Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison.

Making peace with pain: Mindfulness, psychedelics, and the neuroplastic path to relief

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04/22/25 • 36 min

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Pain is an unavoidable feature of life. Some would argue that the desire to avoid or stop pain is a foundational driver of most human behaviors. But what about when pain is chronic? How much does our attitude toward our pain affect our experience of pain? Can psychedelic treatments offer new ways to treat chronic pain conditions? What can mindfulness practices offer to a person in pain?
In today’s episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, we discuss these questions and more as we explore what it means to make peace with physical pain.
For those of you who are new to the show, welcome! Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers is brought to you by Numinus Network and is hosted by Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison.

Which therapies pair well with psychedelics?

Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers

03/05/24 • 51 min

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In today’s episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers, the podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison discuss which therapeutic modalities and concepts seem to be especially relevant and potent when combined with psychedelics. They discuss common factors among the varied approaches to psychotherapy, some of their favorite therapeutic tools, psychological flexibility vs inflexibility, adaptive and maladaptive patterns, transference and countertransference, mindfulness, corrective emotional experiences, human development, trauma and exposure therapies, and much more.

Eating disorders | History, causes, treatments, and psychedelic therapies

Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers

11/21/23 • 54 min

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In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison discuss eating disorders. They explore the history of eating disorders; biological, social, cultural, and psychological causes for eating disorders; the relationship between disordered eating and trauma; various treatment modalities; whether or not psychedelic-assisted therapy shows promise in eating disorder treatment; and much more.

Taking the middle way in a polarized world

Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers

11/30/21 • 47 min

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In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison explore the concept of the "middle way" and the need for balance in an increasingly polarized wold. They discuss the following topics:
(1:23) Introduction to the topic
(3:03) Egyptian weighing of the heart ceremony and letting go
(6:03) Middle way between asceticism and indulgence
(8:13) Self-harm
(11:25) Dialectical Behavior Therapy and the middle way
(11:58) Taoism and the perils of "do your best"
(16:13) What you resist persists
(23:20) Aristotle's "golden mean" and the concept of yin/yang
(26:20) What does walking the middle way look like practically?
(29:35) Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's concept of Flow
(29:48) The Art of Impossible by Steven Kotler
(30:53) The middle way is not inaction or passivity
(35:55) Giving others and yourself the benefit of the doubt
(41:00) Qualities of "the sage"
(44:13) The beginner's mind
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Psychedelics, mindfulness, and contemplative practices

Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers

10/12/21 • 70 min

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In this episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison are joined for the second time by Dr. Paul Theilking, MD. Paul is a psychiatrist, zen practitioner, and Chief Scientific Officer at Novamind. They cover the following topics:
(2:45) What is a contemplative practice?
(4:38) Contemplative practices go by many names (e.g., "spiritual")
(10:45) Mindfulness and the mystical experience
(16:55) Paul discusses mindfulness form a Zen perspective
(20:44) The Zen practice of Koan contemplation
(24:00) What it means to "practice" mindfulness
(27:25) The difference between resisting and not resisting the contents of the present moment
(32:40) Is the mindful state of non-striving compatible with accomplishing goals?
(39:17) Why are contemplative practices often used for integration after psychedelics?
(47:22) Yoga as a contemplative practice
(53:28) Contemplative practices and the purpose of life
(01:00:16) The neuroscience of mindfulness
(01:02:55) Mindfulness and psychedelics help us understand the "self"
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How to prepare for, navigate, and integrate a psychedelic experience (Rebroadcast)

Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers

08/06/24 • 89 min

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In today’s episode of the Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers, the podcast, Dr. Steve Thayer and Dr. Reid Robison discuss how to prepare for, navigate, and integrate a psychedelic experience.
*This episode originally aired 1/30/24

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The average episode length on Psychedelic Therapy Frontiers is 59 minutes.

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