The Psychedelic Psychologist
The Psychedelic Psychologist
Ryan Westrum
The Psychedelic Psychologist is a conversational-style podcast hosted by Dr. Ryan Westrum with clients and guests who use talk therapy to integrate Psychedelic experiences for healing and personal transformation. Tune in to hear people’s experiences, breakthroughs and stories of healing addiction, depression, and trauma through Psychedelics. Dr. Ryan Westrum gracefully and empathetically narrates real therapy sessions with people in their most vulnerable and transformational moments.
Episode 53 - Integration, Incubating and The Time it Needs To Settle
Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week we dive into the value of incubating and letting the integration process take hold after the importance of reflection, time under the bridge and ultimately the chance to breath following a session. In this conversation we learn the importance of taking a journey when it calls to you, and also remembering to be prepared for the unexpected. If you are looking for psychedelic integration support, please:The Psychedelics Integration HandbookHealingsoulsllc.com
May 7, 2023
17 min
Episode 52 - Autonomous Companionship: A Couples Story of Love, Integration and Trust
Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. In the one year anniversary of this podcast I am thrilled and honored to share the story of Eric and Lynn. Their story is a beautiful expression of how I see transformative healing with psychedelic medicines. Specifically what arises in this conversation between them is the importance of autonomous companionship. The trust that they both have space and an opportunity to do individual work and work as a partnership. We dive into a vast array of directions as it relates to couples work specifically.  If you are looking for psychedelic integration support please check out:The Psychedelic Integration HandbookHealingsoulsllc.com
Apr 2, 2023
31 min
Episode 51 - A Missing Connection: Honoring the Integration of Ancestors and Oneself
Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelics Psychologist. This week Emma shares her wonderful experience finding connection. She describes a beautiful experience of finding the value and benefit of reflecting on her ancestors. Specifically, she describes a recent experience she is integrating were she reconnects and honors her grandmother. Emma paints clear picture of continuing to trust the process. If you are looking for psychedelic integration support, please check out:The Psychedelics Integration HandbookHealingsoulsllc.com
Mar 26, 2023
22 min
Episode 50 - The Season of Change: Integration and the Impermanence of Life
Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week we are celebrating Kaya and the seasons of change that psychedelics offer. We explore the magnitude that seasonal reflection can have on someone's exploration with medicine. In the 50th episode of The Psychedelic Psychologist Kaya provides a wealth of insight into the importance of listening, being quiet with oneself and leaning into the pain, fear, and hope that psychedelics can give.If you are looking for support integrating your psychedelic experiences please visit:The Psychedelics Integration HandbookHealingsoulsllc.com
Mar 19, 2023
27 min
Episode 49 - The Merging of Integration: One's Calling, Humilty, Lather, Rinse, Repeat
Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This session we connect with Matthew who dives deep into his relationship to medicine and the reverence he has for the work he is doing to heal; and further pass the word on about psychedelics. During our time Matthew talks about how he has been "called" to do much of both his professional work as a "psychedelic lawyer" and the personal work looking for guidance with the medicine. He describes the importance of respecting the medicine in the hopes to accept the healing opportunities they can provide. He is articulate in the importance of intention and allowing it to be work on just as much as any session. If you are looking for psychedelic integration support, please checkout:The Psychedelics Integration Handbookhealingsoulsllc.com
Mar 12, 2023
30 min
Episode 48 - Practical Integration: A Full Spectrum Approach
Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This session we meet Jonathan. He shares a tremendous story of the full spectrum healing, session, and integration he is actively doing after a 5 gram "hero's dose". Jonathan grants us a intimate story of his experience and what he now is doing to practically land the experience. He describes a handful of deeply valuable messages from what he learned regarding the volume of medicine, the prudence he now has for mild and more moderate doses. Furthermore, he clearly articulates the full spectrum of his integration: breathwork, yoga, and cold exposure. If you are looking for support regarding psychedelic integration, please visit:The Psychedelics Integration Handbookhealingsoulsllc.com
Mar 5, 2023
31 min
Episode 47 - Deeper Healing: New Prespectives on Healing, Love, and Living Authenic
Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. This week we connect with Tom, who is integrating his first experience with deep insights into trusting the process, and the magic that comes with the integration. Tom reminds us that many times psychedelic experiences can provide us a new perspective with a deeper and clearer understanding. Specifically, we discuss the beauty in being present to synchronicity and the messages that have new and profound insight. Tom teaches the wonderful importance of being authentic and truthful to self. If you are looking for psychedelic integration support, please go to:The Psychedelics Integration HandbookHealingsoulsllc.com 
Feb 26, 2023
27 min
Episode 46 - Due Diligence: The Approach to Healing is Ever Changing.
Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. We meet Patrick who shares a beautiful story about his healing journey and all the efforts he places on his mental health. Patrick is a breath of fresh air when it comes to talking about the due diligence it takes to research, prepare and do the session let alone the energy and mindfulness integration entails. In this session we dive into topics like previous therapies that have worked and have not worked, the value of trusting the process and being open to potential psychedelics can have. Patrick shines a light on an interesting idea about the difference between mainstream medicine and the side effects and the side effects that psychedelics provide. Moreover, he shares his homage he has to the healing of psychedelic medicines. If you need support or guidance surrounding psychedelic integration please go to:The Psychedelics Integration Handbook Healingsoulsllc.com
Feb 19, 2023
24 min
Episode 45 - The Embodied Practice of Healing. "No Whys" - Nuturing and Protecting
Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. The body is a temple and stores so much information. Marie, gives us a personal glimpse into the importance of the trust,  the listening and the honoring of her body. For someone who says she "is in her head a lot", Marie quickly is remembering and embracing the importance of tending to her body and the intuition she has within to love herself.In this session we dive into the importance of having a partner that is on the journey together and the value that is being a "seeker". Marie allows us to hear first hand the importance of trusting the process of this work and the necessity to go slow, and then go slower. If you are looking for support integrating your psychedelic experiences. Please go to:The Psychedelics Integration Handbook Healingsoulsllc.com
Feb 12, 2023
27 min
Episode 44 - Compounding Integration: The Introduction to The Shadow
Welcome to your weekly dose of The Psychedelic Psychologist. In this session we reconnect with Sara, who has been intentionally working with psychedelics for over the course of the past 9 months. She provides a beautiful picture of the idea of "compounding" integration; the idea of still integrating things from previous sessions within the most recent experiences. Sara, recently was introduced to some shadow work as well that she was aware of and shares intimate stories about what the shadow is to her. Also we talk about the intensity of engaging in "all the things" that come in a session. In our conversation Sara offers a important reminder to take time to reflect back, be open in the present and look to the future. Lastly, one of the values that I personally took from our conversation is the discretion that Sara has for this work. Talking about the healing and keeping her story sacred. If you are looking for support integrating a psychedelic experience, please go to: The Psychedelics Integration Handbook Healingsoulsllc.com
Feb 5, 2023
24 min
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