MDMA-assisted therapy & the wounded healer: Training for mental health professionals
Warmly welcome to this clinically stimulating two part workshop. The second session is on the following Sunday, November 2, at the same time as the first session.
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This training will bring you up to date on one of the most exciting frontiers in mental health right now. Far to often, the true potential of MDMA a a catalyst for therapeutic processing is lost.
Get in depth understanding of findings, principles and procedures from early pioneers modern experimental research and clinical trials, with a special emphasis on the MAPS therapy manual.
Learn how to prepare for, navigate, facilitate and integrate this particular state of consciousness, to maximize benefits and minimize risks.
Embark on a self-reflective journey while enjoying rich clinical material through a detailed video based case analysis of a wounded healers own MDMA-therapy, together with a deeper clinical and scientific exploration of this archetype and how its different manifestations can affect professional functioning and well being.
By joining this training you also support our ongoing efforts to develop a protocol for a new clinical study on Empathogen-assisted therapist development, defining a new frontier in therapist method-independent training, addressing the longstanding underemphasis on personal growth for professional growth in therapist education.
Earlier trainings have been well received, with 4.8 stars from 200+ reviews.
"Highly recommended - also for those who want to deepen their understanding of the psychotherapy process and therapist development as such, regardless of the specific mdma theme"
"So wonderful - the level of vulnerability and openness, and the depth of both sharing and learning was very impactful."
"Loved also the neutral, reflective researcher-angle"
"A deep and thorough introduction, which combines the research/evidence language and the experience-based/poetic/subjective language in an exemplary way."
This training is a modified version of the original training, with less emphasis on the empirical status, and more emphasis on clinical aspects and the wounded healer theme.
How do the archetype of the wounded healer apply to us and what can its different manifestations look like? What does the research tell us about its impact and the interconnectedness of healing journey of therapists and patients?
Learn from a certified MDMA-assisted therapist with experience as both a participant, therapist and researcher in clinical trials on MDMA.
Get evidence-based knowledge and skills, and a better sense of the potential benefit for yourself and those you care about.
Feedback from previous trainings:
"This has been profound"
"Thanks a lot for sharing your journey with us. This was both touching, powerful and such a rich learning experience"
Here is an excerpt from a conference-abstract describing some of the core elements of the detailed case- analysis.
"Through the deep emotional processing, somatic release and partial integration of the core childhood wounds apparently leading me to become a therapist in the first place, MDMA-assisted therapy was experienced as providing insight into how much my own wounds had been unconsciously triggered on a daily basis in the role as a therapist, and the specific ways in which it affected my effectiveness and my wellbeing. While other treatments and supervision pointed to some of this, MDMA-AT actually led to change.
An instant and substantial reduction in the level of previously unconscious anxiety and related compulsory defensive behaviors, also playing out in the role as a therapist, was experienced. Less over-working and exhaustion, and more receptiveness, trust, effectiveness and increased well-being apparently resulted.
Ultimately, the process lead to a renewed respect for and possible increased embodiment of Carl Rogers principles of authenticity, empathy and unconditional positive regard as necessary and sufficient for releasing the vast inner resources of the patient, their «self-organizing wisdom», so central to all true healing."
PRACTICALITIES:
Kep your camera on throughout the presentation. Recordings will not be made available.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Ivar W. Goksøyr is a specialist in clinical Psychology and the founder of Psykologvirke, a leading mental health clinic in Norway. Psykologvirke is working with national and international collaborators to set up new studies on MDMA-assisted therapy. Profit from this training is supporting this unconditional work of love.
Ivar is a psychedelic researcher, therapist and educator, associated with the Norwegian psychedelic research team Psykforsk since 2018. He is a certified MDMA-assisted psychotherapist and is an assistant trainer in MAPS-organized trainings in MDMA-assisted therapy. He received MDMA-assisted psychotherapy as part of his training. This training is unrelated to MAPS.
He has been a therapist in several clinical trials, including the worlds first trial looking into MDMA-AT for depression. Ivar has published both scientifically and popularly on the subject, in addition to presenting at international conferences on psychotherapy in general and psychedelic therapy in particular.
Ivar also has experience with psychedelic integration therapy for people receiving treatment with ketamine and is currently integrating ketamine-assisted therapy at his clinic. He is trained in psilocybin-assisted therapy and has previously been a consultant on a clinical trial on psilocybin and depression. He has administered psilocybin to subjects in the world's largest study on the effects of psilocybin on healthy volunteers.
He is appearing in numerous podcasts and interviews and is giving lectures on psychedelic therapy nationally and internationally. He is an outspoken advocate for the scientific exploration of psychedelic-assisted therapy.
Video lectures, interviews and publications
You can see an impactful talk he gave at the Nordic Psychedelic Science Conference 2022 here
This is an interview he did with Bessel van der Kolk, where they compare notes about their personal experiences with MDMA-assisted therapy. Summarised 3 minute highlight reel.
This is one of his publications, a rationale for the ongoing MDMA-at for depression study.
More information about Psykologvirke
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