I’m here with Dr. Jennifer Tippett, a licensed clinical psychologist in the Denver Metro area. Dr. Tippett has been working with patients with mental illness and substance misuse for a decade. She’s the director of the Substance Use Disorder specialty at the University of Denver’s Graduate School of Professional Psychology, where she teaches the sequence of graduate-level courses about the neurobiology of trauma, addiction, and behavioral addictions. She also has a small private practice where she provides psychedelic integration and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy.
I wanted to have her on because these things have been helpful to me in my own life, and because we’re likely going to see the clinical legalization of substances in the United States in the next couple of years. I think education around this topic ahead of time is vitally important, as it can be easily misunderstood or even misused.
Episode Highlights With Dr. Jennifer Tippett

The astounding research on certain therapies for PTSD and severe trauma
How these therapies can have a lasting effect without continued use
The downsides of SSRIs and what to be aware of
How trauma lives in the body and how this gives us a window to address it
The role of somatic therapies in trauma processing
How ACE (adverse childhood experiences) play a role in the trauma response
Clinical research on ketamine and how it is being used in patients with depression
The vital importance of integration for processing any type of trauma or trauma therapy
Why couples are each other’s perfect triggers and how to reframe couple disagreements
Complementary and alternative therapies that work with these types of therapy
The surprising roots of the stigma around psychedelics
Important safety and risk information
Problems and barriers with access to these therapies for people who need them most
What the future holds for clinical use of psychedelics and ketamines
And more!

Resources We Mention

Dr. Jennifer Tippett
The Body Keeps the Score
Daring Greatly

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