Psychiatrist Reveals: Psychedelics Won't Fix The Life You're Hiding From

What if your psychedelic journey is helping you avoid the very thing you need to feel?

Josh Trent welcomes Will Van Derveer, MD, co-founder of the Integrative Psychiatry Institute, to the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast, episode 836, to explore why psychedelics open a door but can't walk you through it, and why real healing means building the capacity to feel everything, not just feeling less bad.

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In This Episode, Will Van Derveer, MD, uncovers:

• (01:25) Why Psychedelics Don't Work for Everyone
• (08:55) Why Mental Illness Becomes Intractable
• (14:30) The MDMA Study That Changed Everything
• (18:35) What Can Go Wrong in the Ceremony Space
• (24:10) Time, Set, and Setting
• (31:40) Can Plant Medicine Heal Your Pain?
• (34:50) Psychedelics Open a Door But You Have to Walk Through It
• (38:50) The FDA, Ibogaine, and the Caution Flag
• (44:30) Who Should Never Take Psychedelics
• (52:20) The Root of Mental Illness
• (58:10) Chronic Childhood Trauma Is More Damaging Than Big T
• (01:01:05) The Infant Alone on the Floor
• (01:08:10) Drawn to Heal The World
• (01:11:15) The Price of Not Grieving
• (01:18:10) Non-Directive Is the Only Safe Direction
• (01:20:25) Stop Chasing Change Through Plant Medicine
• (01:26:40) Biology at War with Reality Is Disease
• (01:34:10) Science Is Just Spirituality With a Lab Coat
• (01:39:55) The Real Value of Psychedelic Therapy

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