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Dec 2024
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118. Psychotherapy with Andrew Feldmár

DRUG SCIENCE
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In this episode of the Drug Science Podcast, we hear from Andrew Feldmár, a psychotherapist with over 52 years of experience. He discusses his journey into psychotherapy, his departure from mainstream psychiatric and therapeutic practices rooted in the concept of mental illness, and his experiences with LSD. Feldmár also critiques various techniques used in contemporary psychedelic research and offers a fresh perspective based on what he has learnt in his years of experience.

 

 

Radical Adventure: An Inquiry into Psychedelic Psychotherapy Book

Auschwitz 

1956 Hungarian uprising

Jon Hopkins Medical School

Psycholinguistics

LSD

Alcohol

Psilocybin

Freud

Timothy Leary 

Aristotle

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