In July 2024, I am starting Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Psychotherapy training with the PSI Institute. I am excited to follow the road and bring new tools to support your process.
Check out Saj Razvi talking about the model with The Mind Bod Adventure Pod.
A deep dive into “the heart of healing,” as we explore how medicines like cannabis and ketamine can amplify trauma therapy. Our guest is Saj Razvi, Director of Education at the Psychedelic Somatic Institute, and one of the original MAPS researchers and clinicians responsible for bringing MDMA-assisted therapy into the world.
According to Saj, there’s a self-corrective homeostatic healing mechanism available in the body that gets amplified during altered states. The key intervention he uses with clients is called “selective inhibition.” Normally, when stressed, we calm ourselves with coping strategies like deep breathing, moving, rationalizing, dissociating, and more. These tools give us short-term relief, but the downside is they inhibit the long-term healing of trauma, which Saj says our biology “is organically trying to achieve
Source: https://www.mindbodpod.com/p/saj-razvi-psychedelic-somatic-therapy?utm_source=publication-search
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