Fair Bit Going On

Using Psychedelics To Help Treat Mental Illnesses, Feat Psychotherapist Sean O'Carroll

October 20, 2021 Teri Kearns Season 1 Episode 22
Using Psychedelics To Help Treat Mental Illnesses, Feat Psychotherapist Sean O'Carroll
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Fair Bit Going On
Using Psychedelics To Help Treat Mental Illnesses, Feat Psychotherapist Sean O'Carroll
Oct 20, 2021 Season 1 Episode 22
Teri Kearns

Sean O'Carroll is a Psychotherapist with experience in psychedelic psychotherapy, eco-psychotherapy and he also specialises in bad trip integration. He is a Senior Consultant to the Monash University Psychedelic Team and also consults with St Vincent's Hospital Mental Health team.

Sean details the difference between going to a GP/mainstream methods to help with a variety of different mental health issues in comparison to the work that he does and we also discuss how often, it's the mainstream methods that suppress symptoms rather than finding the root of the cause.

Teri details the experiences she's had with anxiety and how the medicine her Dr prescribed only made things worse by completely numbing her to all emotions, even the good ones.

Sean talks about all of the research that is currently being done in Australia to help legalise these treatments and other research that's been done around the world and what the process is to getting accepted into one of these studies.

A few years ago Teri had a psychedelic experience that helped her completely heal from something that happened in her childhood and mend a broken family relationship and asks Sean if this is similar to the work that he does.

We go into a variety of different mental health topics including the study of using  MDMA to help treat PTSD and how this works, PLUS a whole lot more!


Find Sean On Facebook HERE.
Find Sean's Business 'Wild Mind' HERE.

Find Fair Bit Going On on Instagram HERE.
Find Teri on Instagram HERE.

Show Notes

Sean O'Carroll is a Psychotherapist with experience in psychedelic psychotherapy, eco-psychotherapy and he also specialises in bad trip integration. He is a Senior Consultant to the Monash University Psychedelic Team and also consults with St Vincent's Hospital Mental Health team.

Sean details the difference between going to a GP/mainstream methods to help with a variety of different mental health issues in comparison to the work that he does and we also discuss how often, it's the mainstream methods that suppress symptoms rather than finding the root of the cause.

Teri details the experiences she's had with anxiety and how the medicine her Dr prescribed only made things worse by completely numbing her to all emotions, even the good ones.

Sean talks about all of the research that is currently being done in Australia to help legalise these treatments and other research that's been done around the world and what the process is to getting accepted into one of these studies.

A few years ago Teri had a psychedelic experience that helped her completely heal from something that happened in her childhood and mend a broken family relationship and asks Sean if this is similar to the work that he does.

We go into a variety of different mental health topics including the study of using  MDMA to help treat PTSD and how this works, PLUS a whole lot more!


Find Sean On Facebook HERE.
Find Sean's Business 'Wild Mind' HERE.

Find Fair Bit Going On on Instagram HERE.
Find Teri on Instagram HERE.