More Than a Pill: The emerging field of psychedelic therapy with Jim Kragtwyk

Psychedelics have always had a controversial role in healing illnesses, transforming societal norms and reconnecting human consciousness to the greater web of life. After decades of prohibition Health Canada and the FDA have approved psilocybin-assisted therapy to treat anxiety in terminally ill patients.  In this episode I speak with clinical counsellor and addictions specialist Jim Kragtwyk about the implications of the emerging field of psychedelic therapy.  In this conversation we discuss the origins, taboos and potential of psychedelics for healing intractable conditions of the mind and a spiritually disconnected society.

Show Notes

• To learn more about Jim’s counselling work go to Medicine Moves
• Dr. Bruce Tobin discusses his work on anxiety and psilocybin on CBC the Current 
• Ketamine Assisted Therapy trials on Vancouver Island with frontline health care workers at Roots to Throve 
• FSA approved drug trials for psilocybin and major depressive disorders