Amplifying Participants’ Perspectives of Beneficial Psychedelic Facilitation to Shape Future Practice

Understanding beneficial psychedelic facilitation requires unique inquiry methods due to the contextualized nature of psychedelic experiences. This study explored participants’ perspectives on beneficial psychedelic facilitation to inform organizational best practices at Ambio Life Sciences using decolonizing methodologies, arts-based methods, on-time journaling methods, and semi-structured interviews. Thematic analysis revealed four themes: (a) competence, (b) person-centred care, (c) therapeutic alliance, and (d) attending to context. Recommendations include using diverse data collection approaches, creating training materials with participant perspectives, establishing efficient knowledge-sharing practices, privileging participants’ perspectives in organizational planning, and researching ibogaine-specific psychedelic care. This research offers insights into the potential value of incorporating participants’ perspectives in refining psychedelic facilitation practices within organizational settings.

Author dc:creator

• Paddock, Nikita

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Young, Wendy

• School of leadership studies

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Identifier URI

https://doi.org/10.25316/ir-20349

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:null:10613/28781