Resources

Readings

Short readings on the approaches I work with, written for a general reader: what each one is, how it works and whom it may suit. Each comes with a figure and a PDF to download.

Psychotherapy

Experiential therapy

A way of working that attends to what you are living through in the session itself: feelings, bodily sensations, thoughts, and the relationship with your therapist.Read more →

Psychosomatic psychotherapy

Working with bodily experience, feelings and relationships together. Here, "psychosomatic" names an approach to psychotherapy, not a verdict that physical symptoms are imagined.Read more →

Psychedelics

Psychedelics

A short introduction to substances that alter perception, emotion and the sense of self, and to the forms of support that surround them.Read more →

Psychedelic-assisted therapy

A way of working in which a psychedelic session is placed inside a course of psychotherapy: preparation before, accompaniment during, and time afterwards to make sense of what was lived.Read more →

Psychedelic harm reduction and integration

Support for thinking through a psychedelic experience you are considering, or for making sense of one you have already had. No substance is given.Read more →

Psilocybin-assisted therapy

A course of psychotherapy built around one or more supervised psilocybin sessions, with preparation before and integration after.Read more →

MDMA-assisted therapy

A course of psychotherapy built around a small number of supervised MDMA sessions, with preparation before and integration between and after. It has been developed mainly for post-traumatic stress.Read more →

Ketamine-assisted therapy

A course of psychotherapy in which ketamine, a medicine given under medical supervision, is paired with sessions before, during and after its effects.Read more →