What do you think?
Rate this book
Embodied Psychedelic Therapy: A Somatic Guide
Incorporating body—centered practices into each stage of psychedelic—assisted therapy.
Embodied Psychedelic Therapy is a guide to holding space for people taking psychedelics for personal exploration, spiritual expansion, and healing. Covering preparation, the psychedelic journey itself, and integration afterward, it details how a focus on embodiment greatly benefits work with expanded states of consciousness. The book emerges from the intersection of psychedelics and somatics, weaving body—centered practices into the various stages of psychedelic work. It delves into ethics, adverse events, trauma, the use of touch, and other themes relevant to psychedelic—assisted therapy, drawing on practices both ancient and modern to support healing and transformation. This text represents the best practices for maximizing the potential of psychedelic—assisted how to create safer, more therapeutic experiences for those pursuing greater well—being and expansion.
Embodied Psychedelic Therapy is a guide to holding space for people taking psychedelics for personal exploration, spiritual expansion, and healing. Covering preparation, the psychedelic journey itself, and integration afterward, it details how a focus on embodiment greatly benefits work with expanded states of consciousness. The book emerges from the intersection of psychedelics and somatics, weaving body—centered practices into the various stages of psychedelic work. It delves into ethics, adverse events, trauma, the use of touch, and other themes relevant to psychedelic—assisted therapy, drawing on practices both ancient and modern to support healing and transformation. This text represents the best practices for maximizing the potential of psychedelic—assisted how to create safer, more therapeutic experiences for those pursuing greater well—being and expansion.
368 pages, Paperback
Published October 14, 2025
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 of 1 review
November 19, 2025
The book is incredibly professional, sensitive, and at the same time captivatingly written. It is very evident that both authors have personally undergone psychedelic therapy as clients, have long-standing experience conducting psychedelic therapy as therapists, and are also accustomed to working within complex therapeutic approaches that include somatic (body-based) experiencing.
Right at the beginning, we are presented with two cautionary stories about psychedelic experiences gone wrong with long-term consequences — one during a weekend party among a group of young people, and the other, perhaps even more strikingly, during an actual psychedelic therapy session. These stories serve as a clear warning and also as the raison d'être of the entire book.
Yes, psychedelic therapy holds great potential — but it must be approached with utmost care and under strict conditions, otherwise it can easily turn into a nightmare. This book is precisely about those essential conditions.
Right at the beginning, we are presented with two cautionary stories about psychedelic experiences gone wrong with long-term consequences — one during a weekend party among a group of young people, and the other, perhaps even more strikingly, during an actual psychedelic therapy session. These stories serve as a clear warning and also as the raison d'être of the entire book.
Yes, psychedelic therapy holds great potential — but it must be approached with utmost care and under strict conditions, otherwise it can easily turn into a nightmare. This book is precisely about those essential conditions.
Displaying 1 of 1 review