The Mindspace Podcast: Inspiring Wellbeing Dr. Devon Christie on Psychedelics as a New Paradigm for Medicine
"As therapists and guides, we're holding that space for the location of healing to be intrinsic to that person."
In this episode of the Mindspace podcast, Dr. Joe speaks with Dr. Devon Christie. Dr. Christie is a family physician with a focused practice in Multidisciplinary Pain Management and the Senior Lead of Psychedelic Programs at Numinus. She is also a clinical instructor with the UBC Department of Medicine, Kundalini Yoga instructor, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) teacher, Relational Somatic Therapist and MDMA-assisted and ketamine-assisted psychotherapist.
She also has first hand experience recovering from chronic pain, traumatic brain injury, PTSD, bulimia, anorexia, and depression. These experiences have served as the foundation for her work.
Dr. Christie and Dr. Joe spoke about:
- How Devon got into psychedelic medicine and why she believes there is so much promise in this field
- The psychedelic paradigm shift in medicine
- Healing mechanisms in psychedelic therapies
- The role of neuroplasticity, mindfulness, the default mode network, and mystical experiences in healing
- Why she believes somatic relational therapy is an ideal approach for psychedelics.
- Profound insights from her near death experience
- Her own healing journey, recovering from chronic pain, traumatic brain injury and PTSD
- How psychedelics can change the world and some of the risks along the way
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