Author and psychotherapist Marc Aixalà is on the show to talk to us about psychedelic integration.

What You'll Learn About: 
💡 -- What psychedelic integration actually is, what it offers, and why it matters
⏰ -- When and how to apply different integration practices over time
🤔 -- Common mistakes made in both practice and understanding of integration
🧩 -- Approaches to working with derealization, depersonalization, and difficult or traumatic psychedelic experiences
🌌 -- How to integrate experiences of the transcendental and transpersonal
👥 -- Key insights for practitioners, facilitators, and individuals navigating their own integration process.

Enjoy!

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🌀 Website and Episode Show Notes

 

FULL TOPICS BREAKDOWN BELOW

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Episode Breakdown

• (00:00) Opening
• (05:18) ICEERS Integration Course
• (09:47) Interview Begins
• (10:52) What is ICEERS?
• (15:17) Marc's Experience in Psychedelic Integration
• (22:57) What is psychedelic integration?
• (29:32) Why psychedelic integration is different from psychotherapy
• (34:25) The interplay between integration and preparation
• (45:24) Patreon Thanks
• (48:39) Common Mistakes in Psychedelic Integration
• (53:48) How facilitators can compromise your integration through interpretation
• (59:58) We must be careful not to overly psychologize or spiritualize our interpretations of psychedelic experiences
• (1:01:56) Psychedelic Integration Practices and at what time point post-journey they are best done
• (1:07:54) Is it ever Too Late to integrate a psychedelic experience?
• (1:14:34) Essential integration practices after a bad trip or traumatic psychedelic experience
• (1:21:33) Tip for dealing with an ongoing depersonalization or derealization
• (1:27:24) Integration doesn't always mean changing how we live
• (1:29:38) Integrating "alien" or other worldly experiences
• (1:33:06) Integrating big "downloads"
• (1:38:16) How do we integrate our whole psychedelic experience, or is that even possible?
• (1:45:28) ICEERS Integration Training Course Explained
• (1:53:53) Outro