Bad trips can transform into potentially positive outcomes | Marc Aixalà, MSc | ADEPT Core Faculty

Interview with Marc B. Aixalá, Psychotherapist, Holotropic, Breathwork Facilitator & Author, Spain. Marc is a core faculty member at OPEN Foundations psychedelic therapist training ADEPT, more info: https://open-foundation.org/adept

Filmed at the Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelic Research (ICPR) 2024 in Haarlem, The Netherlands. Learn more: https://www.icpr-conference.com/

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Questions:
00:00 Intro
00:08 What is your professional background? How did you start researching in the psychedelic field?
01:50 You use the term difficult experiences instead of bad trips. Can you explain why?
03:36 You define seven categories of difficult experiences with psychedelics. Can you list those?
05:31 Many people report about encountering extradimensional beings during their psychedelic experience. How can you work with those experiences if you don't share their beliefs?
06:52 We often use the term integration, but how can we define it?
08:15 Could you talk about some psychological methods of integration?
09:48 How can the therapist know when there is a need for psychiatric intervention?
10:46 Therapists are often exposed to very difficult, experiences. How can they avoid burning out or having negative mental health consequences?
12:03 Some therapists, professionals, researchers may impose their spiritual beliefs on their clients or research participants. What do you think about that?
13:42 Psychedelic treatment is a hybrid form of treatment between talking therapy and pharmacology equal treatment. Do you think it will find its way in mainstream medical care?

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