"Was I the same when I got up this morning?"

Alice in Wonderland

 

Aims of Psychedelic Integration

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The actions taken to integrate an experience will vary from person to person and trip to trip. However, there are some common goals of integration that draw all these methods together: 

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• To explore the visual, physical, and psychological experiences from a psychedelic experience to gain insight into your past, present, and future

• Using lessons from a psychedelic experience to make positive changes in your everyday life

• Managing any new perspectives around reality or relation to the self and others that may arise during a psychedelic experience

• Learning to cope with difficult psychedelic experiences

• Making sense of any aspects of the psychedelic experience that were particularly confusing

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What Is Psychedelic Integration, and Why Is It Important? 

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Integration is the process of forming, coordinating, or blending your experience / knowledge into your current self in a safe and manageable way. In the context of psychedelics, this describes how we can bring insights from a psychedelic experience into our lives at large.

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Since their very early use, psychotherapists and clinicians have recognised the ability of psychedelic drugs to evoke new ways of thinking and to bring to the surface repressed memories, thoughts and feelings. It's these qualities that led psychiatrist Humphrey Osmond to coin the term "psychedelic" from the Greek roots meaning "mind-manifesting."

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By aiding the discovery of one's own psyche, psychedelics can have powerful therapeutic benefits. Yet, these radical changes in perspective and glimpses into hidden corners of the mind can at times be challenging. 

Sometimes these experiences can leave us feeling confused about relating to our sense of reality. Sometimes the surfacing of traumas can bring about distress associated with painful memories. 

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Through integration, we can begin to make sense of our psychedelic experiences, assimilate any realisations we might have, and transform difficulties into valuable opportunities for self-growth. 

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Scientists propose that following psychedelics, a period of mental flexibility follows in which the brain becomes more flexible with thought and behaviour patterns easier to change. By taking advantage of this window of opportunity, integration is also a means to improve our everyday lives, aiding us to drop negative habits and pick up new, healthier ones. 

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There are many ways people can integrate a psychedelic experience. For example, some people may choose to self-direct, whereas others may seek support from an integration therapist or coach. Some people may feel satisfied from only one or two integration sessions, whereas it can be an ongoing lifelong journey for others. And with the highly variable nature of psychedelic experiences, the way you might integrate one trip could be entirely different from another. 

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It's important to mention that the psychological preparation for the trip & post integration is as important as the trip itself.

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Exchange for pre trip psychological preparation, advice on dosage, meditation, intention setting and post trip integration:

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Exchange

£180 for 60-min session

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I do not provide psychedelics, I facilitate safe integration.