Whole Medicine: A Guide to Ethics and Harm-Reduction for Psychedelic Therapy and Plant Medicine Communities
Rebecca Martinez
Jan 2024 · North Atlantic Books
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272
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A comprehensive framework for ethical psychedelic medicine—a guide for therapists, trip sitters, and anyone concerned about upholding boundaries and safety in the entheogen and plant medicine community
Psychedelic advisor Rebecca Martinez lays out the groundwork for an ethical approach to 21st-century psychedelic therapy. Applying a social-justice lens to entheogenic practice, Martinez provides practical guidance for psychedelic sitters, advocates, explorers, and those practicing (or learning to practice) licensed psychedelic therapy.
As psychedelics become a more accessible pathway to healing, how do practitioners—and seekers—navigate complex issues in a wide range of settings? Here, you’ll learn skills like:
Martinez also discusses how, in many corners of the psychedelic community, an overemphasis on positivity can overwhelm attempts to challenge abuses of power; dismantle internalized hierarchies; and acknowledge and integrate our own flaws and traumas.
An essential guide for any psychedelic therapist, entheogenic guide, or mind-expanding medicine enthusiast, Whole Medicine brings much-needed conversations about ethics, boundaries, and informed use out of the shadows for better, safer, community-centered psychedelic healing.
Psychedelic advisor Rebecca Martinez lays out the groundwork for an ethical approach to 21st-century psychedelic therapy. Applying a social-justice lens to entheogenic practice, Martinez provides practical guidance for psychedelic sitters, advocates, explorers, and those practicing (or learning to practice) licensed psychedelic therapy.
As psychedelics become a more accessible pathway to healing, how do practitioners—and seekers—navigate complex issues in a wide range of settings? Here, you’ll learn skills like:
- Understanding consent and boundaries
- Building safe and ethical psychedelic experiences
- How to integrate the cultural and historical contexts of plant medicines
- Considering the psychological risks and benefits of psychedelic therapy
- How to apply a social-justice lens to entheogenic healing
Martinez also discusses how, in many corners of the psychedelic community, an overemphasis on positivity can overwhelm attempts to challenge abuses of power; dismantle internalized hierarchies; and acknowledge and integrate our own flaws and traumas.
An essential guide for any psychedelic therapist, entheogenic guide, or mind-expanding medicine enthusiast, Whole Medicine brings much-needed conversations about ethics, boundaries, and informed use out of the shadows for better, safer, community-centered psychedelic healing.
About the author
Rebecca Martinez is a Xicana writer, community organizer, and social entrepreneur who from and lives in Portland, Oregon. Martinez explores the intersections between collective healing, systems design, and expanded states of consciousness. She is a student of transformative justice, Emergent Strategy, Somatic Abolitionism, and regenerative landscape design. She is the Founder and Executive Director of Alma Institute, a nonprofit educational institution that equips students from marginalized communities to become legal psilocybin facilitators. She's a Co-Founder of Fruiting Bodies Collective and a staff member of the Measure 109 campaign which produced the Psilocybin Services Act, the first-ever state program to provide community-based, legal access to psilocybin services. Martinez is an advisor to the American Psychedelic Practitioners Association, the National Psychedelics Association, and the Plant Medicine Healing Alliance. She is a voice on psychedelic justice and has been featured in Business Insider, STAT News, Lucid News, and Psychedelics Today.
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