Psychtherapy & Healing Racial Trauma

Author: Jennifer Wallace & Elisabeth Kristof
Published: Tue 06 Jul 2021
Episode Link: https://illuminatedwithjennifer.libsyn.com/psychedelics-and-racial-trauma

Today I am joined by the incredible Sarah Reid, CEO of Minds I Health Solutions and Clinical Researcher. This week we are discussing healing racial and generational trauma through psychedelic assisted therapy. Sarah was the first black therapist to provide MDMA-assisted psychotherapy in a clinical trial and today she shares with us her first hand experience working with these life changing modalities.

In this episode, I share:

How Sarah became involved in psychedelic studies
MDMA and Ketamine therapies
The spirit in therapy sessions and how we can work with it
Mental health advocacy in underserved American communities
Functional PTSD and race based trauma in society
Changing the way we talk about mental health to take our power back
Using Psychedelics as a tool to help resolve trauma stored in the body
What the potential impact of Covid 19 could have on mental health going forward
What common threads Sarah has noticed through her experience with psychotherapies
The effectiveness of psychedelics in psychotherapy
Amazing personal stories of change in participants with trauma and PTSD
The use of music and how it can be used to heal along with these therapies