POD 135: Listening to psychedelic clinical trial participants with Becca Kacanda
In this episode I talk with MAPS phase III trial participant Becca Kacanda about her experience successfully treating PTSD with MDMA psychotherapy. The conversation covers the complexity of psychedelic psychotherapy, the importance of listening to the participants directly, and what it was like to be manipulated by Psymposia-associate Sasha Sisko who attempted to convince her that the therapy she had received was "whack-a-doodle nonsense ‘therapy.'" We also discuss her involvement with different initiates aimed at solving these problems.
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