Psychedelic Therapy
Psychedelic Therapy is therapy enhanced via the use of high doses of Connection Supplements.
Types of Connection Therapy
Connection Therapy > Fusion Therapy, Psychedelic Therapy, Psycholytic Therapy, Transpersonal Nursing
Related LP Terms
Non-LP Related Terms
Psychedelic Therapy > COEX Systems, Perinatal Matrices, Psychedelic Introspection, Psycholytic Therapy, Transpersonal Psychology, Verbal Psychotherapy
Notes
entheogen enhanced psychoanalysis. Psychedelic therapy is a term first used by Stanislav Grof to describe his use of high doses of LSD (300-500ug)[1] to treat a wide range of neurotic and psychotic psychopathologies.
Psychedelic therapy uses Connection Supplements to amplify brain processes and expose them to examination and integration.[2] This leads to recovery and resolution of repressed psychodynamic, perinatal,[3] and even past life trauma (Armstrong, 1989). Successful treatment leads to enhanced functioning of the Physical Unit and eventual reconnection with the Fabric of Consciousness. As with Psycholytic Therapy, careful attention to Set and Setting is critical to the success of psychedelic therapy.
Grof considered psychedelic therapy to be a more powerful and direct form of therapy than lower dose Psycholytic Therapy.[4] By injecting the client with high doses of LSD, Ego Defenses were forcibly circumvented and the client was put in touch with the "transpersonal realms" of experience (i.e., the client was put in touch with the Fabric of Consciousness). The insights and revelations gained by even a brief encounter with the Fabric of Consciousness generally lead to significant, even startling improvements in psychological and sociological functioning (Grof, 1976)(see the SpiritWiki page on Entheogens for more information).
Early research with LSD and other Connection Supplements showed incredible promise. Unfortunately, social and political paranoia forced the cessation, until quite recently, of what would no doubt have been a revolutionary advancement in the treatment of psychopathology.
Footnotes
- ↑ Grof, Stanislav. “Varieties of Transpersonal Experiences: Observations from LSD Psychotherapy.” Journal of Transpersonal Psychology 4, no. 1 (1972): 45–80. p. 48.
- ↑ . “Theoretical and Empirical Basis of Transpersonal Psychology and Psychotherapy: Observations from LSD Research.” Journal of Transpersonal Psychology 5, no. 1 (June 1973): 15–53. p. 17.
- ↑ Grof, Stanislav. Realms of the Unconscious: Observations from LSD Research. New York: Viking Press, 1976.
- ↑ Grof, Stanislav. Realms of the Unconscious: Observations from LSD Research. New York: Viking Press, 1976.
