Sexedelics
Alexandria Jones MSW/LMSW (She/Her)
Holistic Licensed Therapist: Talks about sex, intimacy, relationships, lovership, psychedelic psychotherapy, tantra, yoga, reiki, and somatic healing. Consultant and educator of psychedelic-assisted sex therapy.
Psychedelic-Assisted Sex Therapy?(PAST)
Psychedelic medicine is an emerging field that examines entheogens, psychoactive substances that produce non-ordinary states of consciousness. With psychedelics showing to be a promising treatment for our nation’s mental health crisis, we now have an opportunity to deliver a new mental health modality within a changing paradigm. Psychedelic therapy is the use of plants and compounds that can induce hallucinations to treat mental health diagnoses, such as depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Many states have begun to legalize psychedelic assisted therapy (PAT). However, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) anticipate that MDMA-assisted therapy and other PAT programs will cost between $10,000 -$15,000 per patient, and we are yet to learn the cost for some of these treatments. Depression, anxiety, and several other mental illnesses are three times more likely to impact lower socioeconomic classes, our nation will be left in an imbalance regarding accessibility to these therapies. Whereby only those who can afford the high cost of psychedelic healing have access to the treatments.?
Psychedelic-Assisted Sex Therapy (PAST) has come to be known for helping improve sexual function, helping people heal from past sexual trauma and violence, and helps couples gain connection or reconnection. PST helps illicit people’s ability to confront their deep fears without being activated in a trauma response. Additionally, MDMA has been found to be well suited for couples interacting. MDMA helps couples foster a safe container and the feeling of empathy that comes along with openness and sharing. Accessibility to psychedelic sex therapy has potential to increase access to healing the root of their trauma and overall help people improve their lives.?
The kind of people psychedelic therapy can help, is a wide range and nondiscriminatory. Besides people with health risks and a history of schizophrenia, psychosis, bipolar disorder, and borderline personality disorder are generally contraindicated for psychedelic therapy. The following are the type issues people experience that may benefit from psychedelic sex therapy:?
Under a traditional therapy medical model, treatments are focused on the mind and less focused on the spiritual, psychical, and community-based elements of healing. Whereas psychedelic medicine traditionally comes from rituals and practices engaged in a community setting whereby spiritual elements are entangled and human connection is prioritized. In fact, in a recent study of patients with anxiety and depression patients reported that their psychedelic sessions helped them process the intense feelings they were repressing without being overwhelmed (White, 2023). While the catharsis was emotional and difficult, it helped them achieve acceptance of those emotions, lessening their feelings of isolation and inner withdrawal (White, 2023). The power of these medicines is beyond fathomable and demonstrates immense promise, and more promising than traditional approaches.?
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