Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy
Defined
Psychedelic assisted psychotherapy (PAP) is a generalized term referring to using various compounds or “psychedelic” medicines and non-ordinary states of consciousness to facilitate a therapeutic and healing process.
Stages
Foundational components of this approach involve distinct stages that include preparation, setting an intention, guidance from facilitators/guides during the dosing experience, and integration following the journey. These components have been clinically verified to optimally sustain the insights learned from expanded states of consciousness.
Roots in indigenous communities & grounded in clinical research
At Integrata, we honor and acknowledge that the origins of PAP have been directly informed and heavily influenced by the time-honored traditions of indigenous communities who have contributed deep and transformative work with healing medicines.
We are also deeply grateful for the clinical research that has persevered, often in the face of great adversity, to lay a critical foundation for the safety and efficacy of working with different compounds to target different life-threatening conditions.
We particularly highlight the clinical research with MDMA-Assisted Therapy as this work has provided a vital platform for shaping our existing KAP programming at Integrata. Our direct experience conducting clinical research on the Phase 3 MAPS trial for MDMA-AT has deeply shaped the ethos of our work and the fidelity to their model. Central to our approach is the “inner directed” model that relies on each individual’s innate capacity and wisdom to know what is needed for healing.
Our team has direct involvement and participation in other training programs in the field specific to PAP treatment including: Polaris Insight Center, Ketamine Training Center, Fluence, California Institute of Integral Studies, Center for Psychedelic & Consciousness Research, Internal Family Systems Institute, and the Integrative Psychiatry Institute.