1.2 - Dr Alana Roy: Why Psychedelic Medicine Offers New Hope

Mind Medicine Australia

Dr. Alana Roy is a psychologist, mental health social worker, counselor, advocate, researcher, mindfulness meditation teacher, and therapist and has spent the last 13 years working in a broad range of settings including suicide prevention, trauma, sexual abuse, and family violence, and also the disability sector.

Alana utilizes and offers a wide range of therapies in her practice including emotion-focused therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), cognitive-behavioral therapy, neuro-linguistic programming, acceptance and commitment therapy, and mindfulness and meditation approaches.

In this episode:

• Current and future therapies and treatment options for mental health
• Potential complementary effects of mindfulness meditation and psilocybin
• Traditional rituals and practices for altering consciousness
• The categorization of drugs in modern society
• The default mode network

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