Resources
Links and Love from Around the Web
A growing list of comprehensive resources will be kept on his page. The collection and its organization is still being designed. It is anticipated that the page will contain a tag- and category-centred bank of resources such as:
- Links to organizations using evidence-based practice in the psychedelic-assisted therapy space.
- Harm reduction resources.
- Research papers related to psychedelics and mental health.
- Indigenous perspectives.
- Podcasts and videos.
Research
Aday, J. S., Heifets, B. D., Pratscher, S. D., Bradley, E., Rosen, R., & Woolley, J. D. (2022). Great Expectations: Recommendations for improving the methodological rigor of psychedelic clinical trials. Psychopharmacology, 239(6), 1989–2010. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-022-06123-7
Aixala, M., & Bouso, J. C. (2022). Psychedelic integration: Psychotherapy for non-ordinary states of consciousness. Synergetic Press.
Amada, N., & Shane, J. (2022). Self-actualization and the integration of psychedelic experience: The mediating role of perceived benefits to narrative self-functioning. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 00221678221099680. https://doi.org/10.1177/00221678221099680
Bathje, G. J., Majeski, E., & Kudowor, M. (2022). Psychedelic integration: An analysis of the concept and its practice. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.824077
Branco, J. (2023). Psychedelic integration and transformation: Practices, guiding support and lifestyle for altered state experiences. Consciousness, Spirituality & Transpersonal Psychology, 4, 110–122. https://doi.org/10.53074/cstp.2023.66
Brennan, W., Kelman, A. R., & Belser, A. B. (2023). A systematic review of reporting practices in psychedelic clinical trials: Psychological support, therapy, and psychosocial interventions. Psychedelic Medicine, 1(4), 218–229. https://doi.org/10.1089/psymed.2023.0007
Burton, J., Ratner, A., Cooper, T., & Guss, J. (2022). Commentary: Psychedelics and psychotherapy: Cognitive-behavioral approaches as default. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1020222
Butler, J. A., Herzberg, G., & Miller, R. L. (Eds.). (2023). Integral psychedelic therapy: The non-ordinary art of psychospiritual healing (1st edition). Routledge.
Carhart-Harris, R. L., & Goodwin, G. M. (2017). The therapeutic potential of psychedelic drugs: Past, present, and future. Neuropsychopharmacology, 42(11), 2105–2113. https://doi.org/10.1038/npp.2017.84
Carvalho, M., Sousa, M., Frango, P., Dias, P., Carvalho, J., Rodrigues, M., & Rodrigues, T. (2015). Crisis intervention related to the use of psychoactive substances in recreational settings—evaluating the Kosmicare project at Boom Festival. Current Drug Abuse Reviews, 7. https://doi.org/10.2174/1874473708666150107115515
Chambers, R., Stoliker, D., & Simonsson, O. (2023). Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy: Potential synergies. Mindfulness, 14(9), 2111–2123. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-023-02206-4
Cheung, K., Propes, C., Jacobs, E., Earp, B. D., & Yaden, D. B. (2024). Psychedelic group-based integration: Ethical assessment and initial recommendations. International Review of Psychiatry, 0(0), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540261.2024.2357678
Coverdale, N. S., & Cook, D. J. (2023). Mechanisms of integration in psychedelic-assisted therapy. Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health, 9(5), 38–55. https://doi.org/10.3138/jmvfh-2023-0014
Cowley-Court, T., Chenhall, R., Sarris, J., Bouso, J. C., Tófoli, L. F., Opaleye, E. S., Schubert, V., & Perkins, D. (2023). Life after ayahuasca: A qualitative analysis of the psychedelic integration experiences of 1630 ayahuasca drinkers from a global survey. Psychoactives, 2(2), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.3390/psychoactives2020014
Fehling, K., & Weiner, E. (2023). Self-directed DBT skills: A 3-month DBT workbook to regulate intense emotions and create lasting change with dialectical behavior therapy (Workbook edition). Zeitgeist.
Fox, D. J. (2019). The borderline personality disorder workbook: An integrative program to understand and manage your BPD (Workbook edition). New Harbinger Publications.
Frymann, T., Whitney, S., Yaden, D. B., & Lipson, J. (2022). The Psychedelic Integration Scales: Tools for Measuring Psychedelic Integration Behaviors and Experiences. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.863247
Galvão-Coelho, N. L., Marx, W., Gonzalez, M., Sinclair, J., de Manincor, M., Perkins, D., & Sarris, J. (2021). Classic serotonergic psychedelics for mood and depressive symptoms: A meta-analysis of mood disorder patients and healthy participants. Psychopharmacology, 238(2), 341–354. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-020-05719-1
Gezon, L. L. (2024). Community-based psychedelic integration and social efficacy: An ethnographic study in the Southeastern United States. Journal of Psychedelic Studies, 1(aop). https://doi.org/10.1556/2054.2024.00381
Glynos, N., Baker, A., Aday, J., Pouyan, N., Barron, J., Herberholz, M., Kruger, D., & Boehnke, K. (2024). Going underground: Demographics, services, and best practices endorsed by practitioners providing support for naturalistic psychedelic use. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. https://doi.org/10.1080/02791072.2024.2405685
Goldpaugh, D. D. (2022). Finding the divine within: Exploring the role of the sacred in psychedelic integration therapy for sexual trauma and dysfunction. Sexual & Relationship Therapy, 37(3), 314–323. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681994.2021.1994138
Gorman, I., Nielson, E. M., Molinar, A., Cassidy, K., & Sabbagh, J. (2021). Psychedelic harm reduction and integration: A transtheoretical model for clinical practice. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 645246. https://doi.org/10/gmz66c
Greń, J., Gorman, I., Ruban, A., Tylš, F., Bhatt, S., & Aixalà, M. (2024). Call for evidence-based psychedelic integration. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology, 32(2), 129–135. https://doi.org/10.1037/pha0000684
Greń, J., Tylš, F., Lasocik, M., & Kiraly, C. (2023). Back from the rabbit hole. Theoretical considerations and practical guidelines on psychedelic integration for mental health specialists. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1054692. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1054692
Gross, B. A. (2021). Communal psychedelic integration: How group therapy is integral to wholeness [M.A., Pacifica Graduate Institute]. https://www.proquest.com/docview/2541324403/abstract?parentSessionId=eLfflz6dACLTGzS7kh71dEFEbjE7sMKHMCHLPyipoOA%3D&sourcetype=Dissertations%20&%20Theses
Haikazian, S., Chen-Li, D. C. J., Johnson, D. E., Fancy, F., Levinta, A., Husain, M. I., Mansur, R. B., McIntyre, R. S., & Rosenblat, J. D. (2023). Psilocybin-assisted therapy for depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychiatry Research, 329, 115531. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115531
Jivanescu, V. (2022). Long-term transformative effects and integration challenges of psychedelic experiences: A mixed methods phenomenological study of the Romanian population. Consciousness, Spirituality & Transpersonal Psychology, 3, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.53074/cstp.2022.29
Katzman, J., & Schwartz, H. (2023). The upside of coming down: the opportunities and challenges of psychedelic integration. In Integral Psychedelic Therapy. Routledge.
Knaus, W. J., & Ellis, A. (2012). The cognitive behavioral workbook for depression: A step-by-step program (2 edition). New Harbinger Publications.
Labate, B. C., & Cavnar, C. (Eds.). (2021). Psychedelic justice: Toward a diverse and equitable psychedelic culture. Synergetic Press.
Laird, B. (2024). Informing psychedelic-assisted therapy integration for the treatment of depressive conditions [ProQuest Dissertations & Theses]. https://www.proquest.com/docview/3089714374
Leger, R. F., & Unterwald, E. M. (2022). Assessing the effects of methodological differences on outcomes in the use of psychedelics in the treatment of anxiety and depressive disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 36(1), 20–30. https://doi.org/10.1177/02698811211044688
Logan, D. E., & Marlatt, G. A. (2010). Harm reduction therapy: A practice-friendly review of research. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 66(2), 201–214. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.20669
Luoma, J. B., Chwyl, C., Bathje, G. J., Davis, A. K., & Lancelotta, R. (2020). A meta-analysis of placebo-controlled trials of psychedelic-assisted therapy. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 52(4), 289–299. https://doi.org/10.1080/02791072.2020.1769878
Lutkajtis, A., & Evans, J. (2023). Psychedelic integration challenges: Participant experiences after a psilocybin truffle retreat in the Netherlands. Journal of Psychedelic Studies, 6(3), 211–221. https://doi.org/10.1556/2054.2022.00232
Marie, S. (2024). ‘Psychedelics are no magic pill’: The narrative and embodied dimensions of psychedelic integration in Denmark. Anthropology of Consciousness, 00, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1111/anoc.12226
McKay, M., Greenberg, M. J., & Fanning, P. (2020). The ACT workbook for depression and shame: Overcome thoughts of defectiveness and increase well-being using acceptance and commitment therapy (Workbook edition). New Harbinger Publications.
Muthukumaraswamy, S., Forsyth, A., & Sumner, R. L. (2022). The challenges ahead for psychedelic ‘medicine.’ Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 56(11), 1378–1383. https://doi.org/10.1177/00048674221081763
Neff, K., & Germer, C. (2018). The mindful self-compassion workbook: A proven way to accept yourself, build inner strength, and thrive (Illustrated edition). The Guilford Press.
Neitzke-Spruill, L. (2020). Race as a component of set and setting: How experiences of race can influence psychedelic experiences. https://doi.org/10.1556/2054.2019.022
Nichols, D. E., & Walter, H. (2020). The history of psychedelics in psychiatry. Pharmacopsychiatry, 54, 151–166. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1310-3990
Palmer, M., & Maynard, O. M. (2022). Are you tripping comfortably? Investigating the relationship between harm reduction and the psychedelic experience. Harm Reduction Journal, 19, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-022-00662-0
Perez, N., Langlest, F., Mallet, L., De Pieri, M., Sentissi, O., Thorens, G., Seragnoli, F., Zullino, D., Kirschner, M., Kaiser, S., Solmi, M., & Sabé, M. (2023). Psilocybin-assisted therapy for depression: A systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of human studies. European Neuropsychopharmacology: The Journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 76, 61–76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroneuro.2023.07.011
Rashid, T., & Seligman, M. (2019). Positive psychotherapy: Workbook (Workbook Edition). Oxford University Press.
Rego, S., Fader, S., & Alpert, J. E. (2021). The CBT workbook for mental health: Evidence-based exercises to transform negative thoughts and manage your well-being (Workbook edition). Callisto.
Roberts, S. M., Sylvia, L. G., & Reilly-Harrington, N. A. (2014). The bipolar ii disorder workbook: Managing recurring depression, hypomania, and anxiety (Illustrated edition). New Harbinger Publications.
Schwartz, R. (2024). The internal family systems workbook: A guide to discover your self and heal your parts (Workbook edition). Sounds True.
Solaja, I., Haldane, K., Mason, N., Weiss, B., Xu, X., Xu, M., Nikolin, S., Jayasena, T., Millard, M., Brett, J., Bayes, A., Loo, C. K., & Martin, D. M. (2024). Who are you after psychedelics? A systematic review and a meta-analysis of the magnitude of long-term effects of serotonergic psychedelics on cognition/creativity, emotional processing and personality. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 158, 105570. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105570
Sylvia, L. G., Lunn, M. R., Obedin-Maliver, J., McBurney, R. N., Nowell, W. B., Nosheny, R. L., Mularski, R. A., Long, M. D., Merkel, P. A., Pletcher, M. J., Tovey, R. E., Scalchunes, C., Sutphen, R., Martin, A. S., Horn, E. J., O’Boyle, M., Pitch, L., Seid, M., Redline, S., … Nierenberg, A. A. (2022). Web-based mindfulness-based interventions for well-being: Randomized comparative effectiveness trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 24(9), e35620. https://doi.org/10/gswv2k
Valdez-Bevan, R. (2023). Managing existential distress with post-psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy group integration[M.A., Saint Mary’s College of California]. https://www.proquest.com/docview/2820831358/abstract/B73A4E4738BB4409PQ/1
van Elk, M., & Fried, E. I. (2023). History repeating: Guidelines to address common problems in psychedelic science. Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology, 13, 20451253231198466. https://doi.org/10/gt8f5j
Walsh, Z., & Thiessen, M. S. (2018). Psychedelics and the new behaviourism: Considering the integration of third-wave behaviour therapies with psychedelic-assisted therapy. International Review of Psychiatry (Abingdon, England), 30(4), 343–349. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540261.2018.1474088
Whitney, S. (2023). Supporting the psychedelic integration process [Ph.D., Pacifica Graduate Institute]. https://www.proquest.com/docview/2811244737/abstract?parentSessionId=c4yZ%2F1kfzfmXYovCM39EuQc0PnMEg0eys47wSeVsCis%3D&sourcetype=Dissertations%20&%20Theses
Yaden, D. B., Earp, D., Graziosi, M., Friedman-Wheeler, D., Luoma, J. B., & Johnson, M. W. (2022). Psychedelics and psychotherapy: Cognitive-behavioral approaches as default. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.873279
Yaden, D. B., Yaden, M. E., & Griffiths, R. R. (2021). Psychedelics in psychiatry—keeping the renaissance from going off the rails. JAMA Psychiatry, 78(5), 469–470. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.3672
Zeifman, R. J., Yu, D., Singhal, N., Wang, G., Nayak, S. M., & Weissman, C. R. (2022). Decreases in suicidality following psychedelic therapy: a meta-analysis of individual patient data across clinical trials. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 83(2). https://doi.org/10.4088/JCP.21r14057
