On July 22, 2021, the Pennsylvania Office of Advocacy and Reform hosted the webcast joined by Bessel van der Kolk, MD, Rick Doblin, Ph.D., Hannah McLane, MD, Joseph McCowan, PsyD. One of the goals set by the PA Office of Advocacy and Reform for the upcoming year was to explore innovative and evidence-based approaches that could help vulnerable populations heal …
Psychedelic Trauma Healing in 2021: Let’s Do it!
Greetings, Join SoundMind as we build a clinic to bring psychedelic medicine to all at a time when healing is most needed. The Challenge As we brace for a new year which promises a slow but steady reduction of COVID-19 infection rates, we begin to assess the traumatic mental health effects that the pandemic left in its wake. This is …
Growing Evidence Supports Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy for Depression
When Lana[1] came to the Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research in Baltimore, MD, she had been depressed for more than a decade. She had tried several treatments, but none had offered lasting relief from her symptoms and she was plagued by thoughts of ending her life. Living with an emotionally abusive father, she described herself as broken. Over the …
Wellness and Centering in Times of Crisis: A SoundMind Series for Solidarity
Thank you, to everyone who participated on Sunday, June 14th for our inaugural event! It has been a month since our first broadcast, and the positive feedback has been inspiring! We are thrilled to have the privilege to continue to provide free and accessible content from such an impressive roster of compassionate people. To recap our first broadcast, we kicked …
Racial Justice and the Whitewashing of Psychedelics: Article and Talk with Steph Fèini Yĭn
Fèini (Steph) Yĭn talks at the Psyched Conference: AN EXPLORATION OF THE PSYCHEDELICS ECOSYSTEM about their article related to psychedelics for POC and healing racial trauma. Check out their article and watch their video here: How researchers and advocates of color are forging their own paths in psychedelic-assisted therapy Steph Feini Yin (they/them) is a journalist and community organizer who works at the intersection of science, …
COVID-19: Why “Save the Most Lives” is Not Equitable to Black Lives
Written by Hannah McLane and published by WHYY on April 10, 2019 You are a physician on a ward full of COVID-19 patients, and you find yourself faced with a difficult decision: you have two patients who have come in with similar symptoms—shortness of breath, cough, and fever. Both have lungs full of fluid, and both are rapidly deteriorating. Both …
SoundMind response to COVID-19 and Solidarity Series
We are offering free educational content about wellness and healing as part of our Solidarity Series initiative. We are also currently raising funds to provide free and sliding scale therapy to frontline healthcare providers and essential workers affected by COVID-19. Spaces will be limited to available funding. Please consider donating to our effort. Our frontline workers are faced with long …
MAPS Press Release: FDA Agrees to Expanded Access Program for MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for PTSD
from MAPS.org Big News! MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy Expanded Access program has been accepted by the FDA! The FDA will be allowing only a limited number of patients (less than 50 in the entire country) to enroll outside of the phase III trial. This is an incredible moment in the approval process. Here at SoundMind, will be closing on our property at …
How researchers and advocates of color are forging their own paths in psychedelic-assisted therapy
From WHYY Aisha Mohammed, a therapist at SoundMind, is quoted in this great piece on the importance of providing access to psychedelic therapies for people of color with PTSD, and others who have been targeted by the War on Drugs. We are so proud of our team who is leading the charge in Philadelphia to bring these incredible therapies into …
Highlights from the Sleeping Octopus Assembly on Psychedelics
On September 27-29, members of the SoundMind team joined MAPS and the Pittsburgh Psychedelic Society for the Sleeping Octopus Assembly on Psychedelics (SOAP), an annual conference exploring the role of psychedelics in science, medicine, policy, and culture. The event, hosted at a historic mansion in Pittsburgh, PA, featured presentations, panels, and “tentacle” breakout sessions with experts and advocates working to …