Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy and EMDR

Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy and EMDR: How Psychedelics Can Enhance and Amplify the Effectiveness of EMDR. Studies are showing that psychedelic assisted therapy potentiates our ability as trained psychotherapists to heal and assimilate trauma. Ketamine is currently the only legal psychedelic in the USA. Sunny Strasburg, LMFT, has created specific protocols incorporating EMDR with Ketamine Assisted Therapy. Using ketamine at a midrange and sub- anesthetic dose to compliment the eight phases of the EMDR protocol can amplify the effectiveness of trauma treatment. While therapists must be specifically trained in psychedelic assisted therapy as well as EMDR, this presentation will provide an overview of this novel approach and give attendees an introduction to this exciting and synergistic approach to trauma therapy.