Psychedelic Psychotherapy: Insights from 25 Years of Research - William Richards

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Psychedelic Psychotherapy: Insights from 25 Years of Research
William Richards, PhD
Abstract: Reflecting on his past involvement in clinical research with psychedelic substances at the University of Göttingen and the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, and in the current investigations at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Dr. Richards will discuss the discrete alternative states of consciousness that appear to facilitate psychotherapeutic progress, and the factors of set, setting, and dosage that increase the probability of their occurrence. Attention will be paid to both the art and the science of psychedelic psychotherapy with appreciation for the phenomenology of psychedelic experiences, and for techniques of integrating new insights in normative states of consciousness.
William A. Richards, PhD, is a psychologist in the Psychiatry Department of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Bayview Medical Center, currently pursuing research with entheogens, and also a clinician in private practice in Baltimore. His graduate degrees include MDiv from Yale Divinity School, STM from Andover-Newton Theological School and a PhD from Catholic University, as well as studies with Abraham Maslow at Brandeis University and Hanscarl Leuner at Georg-August University in Göttingen, Germany, where his involvement with psilocybin research originated in 1963. From 1967 to 1977, he pursued psychotherapy research with LSD, DPT, MDA, and psilocybin at the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, including protocols designed to investigate the promise of entheogens in the treatment of alcoholism, severe personality disorders, narcotic addiction, the psychological distress associated with terminal cancer, and also their use in the training of religious and mental health professionals. From 1977-1981, he was a member of the psychology faculty of Antioch University in Maryland. His publications began in 1966 with "Implications of LSD and Experimental Mysticism," coauthored with Walter Pahnke, and published in the Journal of Religion and Health.

[@UrbanomicInteriors]

This is the type of work that causes me to consider a change in careers!

[@edkriegepiano]

of all the great talks on this subject, this one by dr. richards just might be the greatest. breadth & depth, sincerity & humor, wisdom & guidance, all wrapped up into one lecture. thank you MAPS, for making this available.

[@trcysttt]

Thoughtful, thought-provoking, unitive, visionary, masterful!
The lecture itself is transformational.
Thanks so much for posting.

[@worldtravelersassociation163]

This is an amazing lecture. I humbly stand on the shoulders of great researchers, therapists, and men like Bill Richards in the field of Transpersonal Psychology and Psychedelic Research..Thank you for your life's work, Bill!

[@BillKinsman]

I never thought it would take so long but the psychedelic Renaissance is in full swing! It is a new Era of endless possibilities!

[@johncardono8056]

What a gift it would be to get the opportunity to be a volunteer for one of these studies.

[@budoraclenomoreharper]

What an honest man. A visionary. I'd love to trip with him some day!

[@Yannisastra]

A truly thoughtful presentation, thnx for the upload!

[@annasan451]

our work...kairos . southern california experiential learning center 1964-1970 stanislov groff ,stanley keleman, fritz perls abraham maslow i am establishing my credits .we ,my friends and i had access to oure acid . as a human learning to be .i did live thru an isolated thread and am connecting .....i am glad to hear your voice. without my experience to draw with i might not be here.

[@666katch]

This is so powerful and we can learn so much positive feed back from this, if the gov't were to be open about this.

[@georginarandolphgirl66]

I would love to try this type of therapy.

[@the_conflationist]

Awesome lecture! And big thanks to the person that put the subtitles in.

[@MrForestExplorer]

Few have witnessed as many profound experiences occur in people than Bill Richards.

[@annasan451]

so we were given the directive ...explore inner space .we are learning ,inside and outside are relative and real.non drug "turn on " was the way to travel. i found this worked for me . i am a picture maker and have a record going back to my early years, i am gathering and sorting now.

[@pawelswidergal92]

Whether have conducted some research on the antidepressant properties of MXE and Saliva Divinorum?

[@feYslYa]

that was great, also listen to psybient

[@commonsurvivor]

dude skins like Ed Wyn from Mary Poppins

[@transdimensionalist]

check out ed wynne from ozric tentacles, totally psychadellic music :D

[@RBusch-gc9tk]

7:30

[@TheGuiltsOfUs]

What a load of bull!

[@FreeJulianAssange23]

12:20 Are you crying?