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The Art of Simmering in MDMA-Assisted Therapy

Bruce Poulter, Marcela Ot’alora

At a time when there is so much excitement about psychedelic therapy, we sit with the question of how to integrate this radical departure from business as usual with the idea of simmering, slowing down to discover what is waiting. What needs time? What can’t be rushed? What is trying to get our attention? What is life affirming? Judith Herman said, “The antidote to traumatic experience is the protection of trusting connections”. It is imperative that we not repeat the harm that current social, political and economic systems have caused. We will explore this and related topics.

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