Media & Podcasts
Beyond the Trip: A Psychedelic Therapy Podcast with Dr Esme Dark
This podcast explores themes relating to the therapy part of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy as well as discussing some important ethical, cultural and systemic considerations to hold in mind when working in this space. You can expect wide-ranging conversations with thought leaders and other inspiring humans working in the field and beyond.
Your host Dr Esme Dark is a clinical psychologist, somatic psychotherapist and a psychedelic assisted psychotherapist with over 15 years of experience working in the mental health space in Thailand, UK and Australia. She hopes to dispel some myths about psychedelic assisted psychotherapy and bring a greater understanding to the community about the process, the beauty, complexity and challenges that go along with it.
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Beyond the Trip Podcast
The Effects of Isolation (with Psychologist Dr Esme Dark)
Many of us live in big cities surrounded by millions of people and with communication at our fingertips due to technology and yet we feel more disconnected from one another than ever before. This experience has been amplified by the the global Covid pandemic for those living with strict social distancing.
In this very topical episode, we interview psychologist Dr Esme Dark about the effects of isolation, what she has experienced in her professional environment and the ways in which we can look after our mental health, wellbeing and realign ourselves with our innate hard wiring for connection.
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THE FLOW ARTISTS PODCAST
Psychology, Psilocybin and the Power of Play
Dr Esme Dark - Esme is a clinical psychologist, originally trained in the UK but now based in Melbourne, Australia.
She has a holistic and somatic based approach and a long interest in working with trauma and transcultural mental health having worked clinically with Refugee and Asylum Seekers in the UK, Thailand and Australia.
Esme is currently working in the worlds first psilocybin clinical trial in the treatment of Generalised Anxiety Disorder.
In this episode she speaks about hope and resilience in the face of trauma, her work in Psychedelic Research and the importance of play as a method to heal.