In this interview, R. Coleman takes us through the wealth of knowledge he has earned over his 30 years of healing trauma with psychedelic psychotherapy. We discuss trauma in general, the value of psychedelic to heal it, and the nuances of working with different psychedelics, for different people, at different times, for different issues.
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The discussion was interesting, but I think Coleman’s view on personality disorders seems very outdated and pessimistic. If you look at newer reasearch on personality disorders, they are absolutely able to heal and get better. I don’t know anything about how people with personality disorders may respond to psychedelics, but Colemans statment that they only respond to some types of ordinary medication is definitely wrong. The best therapy seems to be psychotherapy/some kind of talk/interpersonal therapy, which can be very effective. I am therefore sceptical to his view that psychedelics therapy is not for these people. Although I believe that extra care and time maybe should be taken to develop a good relationship with the client. It is also a fact that many people with personality disorders get better as they get older, and loose the criteria for the diagnosis.
We continue our journey into that world with this episode with our second interview with an anonymous underground psychedelic therapist. The first was episode 90, with three female therapists from Canada. This one is with R. Coleman (a pseudonym), the author of Psychedelic Psychotherapy: A User Friendly Guide to Psychedelic Drug Assisted Psychotherapy.
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The discussion was interesting, but I think Coleman’s view on personality disorders seems very outdated and pessimistic. If you look at newer reasearch on personality disorders, they are absolutely able to heal and get better. I don’t know anything about how people with personality disorders may respond to psychedelics, but Colemans statment that they only respond to some types of ordinary medication is definitely wrong. The best therapy seems to be psychotherapy/some kind of talk/interpersonal therapy, which can be very effective. I am therefore sceptical to his view that psychedelics therapy is not for these people. Although I believe that extra care and time maybe should be taken to develop a good relationship with the client. It is also a fact that many people with personality disorders get better as they get older, and loose the criteria for the diagnosis.
An excellent point, Rannveig. Thank you for bringing that into the discussion here.