Jose Muñoz Aycart - Empower the Healer Within: Rethinking At-Home Psychedelic Therapy
Jan 30, 2023
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Jose Muñoz Aycart, Co-founder of Wondermed, discusses revolutionizing mental health through at-home ketamine treatments. Highlights include Wondermed's goal of empowering the healer, Jose's psychedelic experiences, and plans to support the psychedelic community as legalization progresses.
WonderMed prioritizes empowerment through educational resources over ketamine as a standalone solution.
Accessibility is key at WonderMed, offering affordable, personalized, and reliable mental health treatments.
WonderMed provides group ketamine sessions ('catatations') to promote community, reduce stigma, and facilitate personal growth.
Deep dives
The Theory of Change at WonderMed
At WonderMed, the theory of change focuses on empowerment through educational resources rather than seeing ketamine as a solution in itself. The platform aims to provide tools for individuals to curate their own experiences, emphasizing guidance and educational resources while allowing personal crafting of the healing journey.
Empowering Through Personalization and Accessibility
Accessibility is prioritized at WonderMed, aiming to make treatments affordable, reliable, and customizable for individuals seeking mental health care. By offering curated tools and personalization, WonderMed empowers individuals to engage actively in their healing process.
Group Ketamine Sessions and Community Support
WonderMed offers group ketamine sessions called 'catatations,' providing participants a short but deep experience that includes music, breathwork, and a sharing circle. These sessions promote a sense of community, reduce stigma around ketamine use, and allow for personal growth in a supportive setting.
Expanding Support for Psychedelic Medicine
While focusing on ketamine treatments, WonderMed aims to expand its support for psychedelic medicine and community. The platform intends to be an ally for future psychedelic therapies, supporting research, therapists, and patients in the journey towards mental health healing and consciousness elevation.
Belief and Transformation at WonderMed
WonderMed encourages belief in transformation and empowerment, highlighting the importance of intention, personalized experiences, and the power of the individual's inner healer. By offering accessible and personalized treatments, WonderMed aims to support individuals in their journey towards mental health and self-discovery.
As Co-founder at Wonder Sciences, Wondermed’s parent company, Jose Muñoz Aycart combines his experience in international economics and astrophysics to build the Wondermed ecosystem, empowering people’s inner healer by providing affordable, personalized, evidence-based resources.
Having previously built self-sustained desalination plants in underdeveloped countries, Jose has shifted his focus to healing mental-health disorders with the power of psychedelic medicine, helping raise the $5.6M seed round that made Wonder Sciences possible.
His goal is to continue pushing the boundaries of our imagination through innovation.
Highlights:
How Jose applies his diverse background to psychedelics.
Wondermed’s goal of “empowering the healer” through accessible, affordable treatment.
The essential resources Wondermed offers its clients in addition to ketamine treatments.
Jose’s own psychedelic experiences, which confirmed perspectives arrived at from studying astrophysics and philosophy.
The power of expanding our perspective.
“Ketatations” and the role of ketamine in group contexts.
Who is eligible for Wondermed’s ketamine services and why.
Wondermed’s plans to support the psychedelic community as legalization and public acceptance progress.
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