Psychedelic Therapy and Trauma A New Frontier in Mental Health with Dr. Will Van Derveer | E212

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00:00 Intro

01:06 The Promise of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy

05:16 Why Psychedelics Faced Decades of Pushback

09:40 Psychedelic Therapy Requires Guidance

11:27 The Failure of the “Pill Fixes Everything” Model

15:31 Risks of Unregulated Psychedelic Retreats

24:20 Psychedelics Within Integrative Medicine

25:30 Ad: Optoceutics

27:31 What “Integration” Really Means

30:08 Why Psychiatry Still Resists Psychedelics

38:52 Why Lifestyle Still Matters After Therapy

41:45 Psychedelics and Addiction Treatment

50:50 Microdosing vs Full Therapeutic Doses

53:52 Ad: 3X4 Genetics

57:28 The Rise of Ketamine Clinics

1:00:54 Ibogaine: Risks, Duration, and Safety

1:04:50 Final Thoughts on Psychedelic Responsibility

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Will Van Derveer, MD is a psychiatrist and author of Psychedelic Therapy: Restore Your Mental Health and Reclaim Your Life which will be published by ShambhalaPublications in the Spring of 2026.

He is co-founder of Integrative Psychiatry Institute, which has provided comprehensive training for 2500 mental health professionals in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy several thousand professionals in other continuing education programs.

He is medical director of Integrative Psychiatry Center of Boulder, CO, providingintegrative psychiatry for a broad range of conditions and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy for treatment-resistant depression and PTSD.

In addition to his clinical practice and teaching, he has staffed clinical trials sponsoredby MAPS, investigating MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for chronic, treatment-resistant PTSD.

Dr. Van Derveer is co-host of the Higher Practice Podcast, where he explores what it takes to achieve optimal mental health.

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