Sacred Medicine, Clinical Practice: Navigating the Future of Psychedelic Therapy

Medicine for These Times with Beth Weinstein

Dori Lewis, MA, MEd, LPC-S, is a co-founder of Elemental Psychedelics and owner-operator of Reflective Healing in Fort Collins, CO, where she blends transpersonal psychology, depth work, and psychedelic-assisted therapy after stewarding nearly 100 ketamine therapy sessions and receiving training in shamanic ritual. As an educator, she has delivered talks for the professional psychedelic community, co-teaches introductory psychedelic therapy workshops, and serves as core faculty for the Psychedelic Research and Training Institute (PRATI), specializing in teaching clinicians about set and setting, ceremony, and ritual within ketamine-assisted psychotherapy. Her latest venture, Elemental Psychedelics, is a women-led training center providing guidance through a feminine lens, which aligns with her belief that those with influence in professional and psychedelic communities must stay informed and challenge disinformation and questionable ethical practices.

Shannon Hughes MSW, PhD, is a co-founder of Elemental Psychedelics, where she organizes high-quality training and experientials to help practitioners develop their relationship to the psychedelic space with clarity, humility, and integrity, drawing on her background in research and academia while valuing both scientific evidence and inner guidance systems. For more than a decade, she was a researcher and educator in Higher Education with a tenured faculty position at a State University before co-founding The Nowak Society in 2017, a Colorado-based non-profit that builds and organizes psychedelic communities while also contributing to psychedelic policy through advisory committees and publishing community-partnered research on "underground" psilocybin practitioners. Through her private therapy and coaching practice (An Enduring Love) and Elemental Psychedelics, she has developed and delivered introductory workshops, psychedelic immersive trainings, and psychedelic circles to health professionals, while maintaining her personal belief that practitioners should hold their own deep relationship with the medicines they work with.

Episode Highlights
▶ Dori Lewis’s shift from traditional therapy to psychedelics to better support clients

▶ Shannon Hughes’s journey from academia to real-world psychedelic applications

▶ How Elemental Psychedelics emerged from a shared vision for healing and community

▶ What Colorado’s Prop 122 means for personal and regulated psychedelic use

▶ Why psychedelic therapy costs reflect deep training and regulation

▶ The importance of trust in the therapeutic psychedelic relationship

▶ How psychedelics fit into a wider healing toolkit

▶ A reimagined future of healing through psychedelic practices

▶ The rise of feminine leadership in psychedelic work

▶ Navigating the challenges and opportunities of commodifying psychedelics

Dori Lewis & Shannon Hughes's Links & Resources

▶ Website: https://www.elementalpsychedelics.com/

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