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Dr. Michelle Shuler, LPC, LCDCHS Department Chair | Austin Community College
This week we welcome Dr. Michelle Shuler to the podcast. Dr. Shuler is the Department Chair of Human Services at Austin Community College and a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor. She is currently working on a certification as a Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Provider (PATP). Dr. Shuler began exploring psychedelic assisted therapy in 2015 after some of her clients started seeking more information about alternative treatment options for mental health diagnosis. Since beginning the program at the Integrative Psychiatry Institute, Dr. Shuler has become immersed in a diverse community of like-minded professionals there to discover what potential there is for psychedelic assisted treatment in behavioral health.In Part 1, Dr. Shuler shares what sparked her curiosity in this alternative approach of therapy, how treatments may look like in practice, the current research on substances like MDMA and ketamine, and what shifts must occur in the legal system and academia before psychedelic-assisted therapy is accepted as a legitimate alternative treatment option.Let’s talk about it._____Integrative Psychiatry Institute Online Psychedelic Assisted Therapy Training: https://psychiatryinstitute.com/psychedelic/Dr. Shuler has a history of working in undergraduate and graduate-level human services and counseling programs. She has taught core clinical mental health and addiction counseling curriculum and clinical coursework, such as counseling skills and supervision of counselors-in-training. Dr. Shuler earned a PhD. in Counselor Education and Supervision from the University of Texas San Antonio and a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling for the University of Northern Colorado. She maintains a small private practice as a therapist Texas with a focus on addiction and recovery support and consultant for programs seeking CACREP accreditation.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-kelley-shuler-phd-lpc-lcdc-lac-57286216/______
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