
Psychedelics Today Sara Gael, M.A., Director of Harm Reduction, Zendo Project, Psychotherapist
Jul 12, 2017
01:16:49
Download Sara Gael joins us on this week's episode. Sara is the Director of Harm Reduction at the Zendo Project. We get into some great stuff including some of Zendo's biggest wins, how Zendo works, how to discuss harm reduction with festival organizers, and how to manage difficult experiences that arise in the Zendo. Something interesting that we learned during this talk was how law enforcement at Burning Man has really been interested in learning more about Zendo and their services, and requested Zendo to help train their staff. Sara also shares her experience and insights working on the MAPS Phase 2 MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD trials and how she got involved in psychedelic research. We also explore how transpersonal psychology can serve as an important framework for working with psychedelic experiences. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvzq63xWCeI] We hope you enjoy this episode. Be sure to leave us a comment below and share this episode! The Zendo Project The Zendo Project is sponsored by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). Zendo provides harm reduction services to the community and to festivals. Zendo strives to:
- Reduce the number of psychiatric hospitalizations and arrests.
- Create an environment where volunteers can work alongside one another to improve their harm reduction skills and receive training and feedback.
- Demonstrates that safe, productive psychedelic experiences are possible without the need for law enforcement-based prohibitionist policies.
- Naropa University - Mindfulness-Based Transpersonal Psychology
- Transpersonal Psychology
- Navigating Psychedelics: Lessons on Self-Care & Integration
- Zendo Project
- Burning Man
- Working with Trauma
- MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for PTSD
