Max Wolff
@trpwolff.bsky.social
Psychologist, psychotherapist and clinician-researcher with research focus on psychedelic therapy
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
...tested psilocybin against escitalopram for depression. Whereas the main paper speaks of "psychological support", this paper on the same trial (by the lead therapist) describes an elaborate ACT-based psychotherapy & treats the drug as a psychotherapeutic tool: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The use of the psychological flexibility model to support psychedelic assisted therapy
Psychedelic assisted therapy comprises three stages: Preparation, Psychedelic Session, and Integration. Preparation is key for maximising the potentia…
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January 19, 2026 at 6:12 AM
...tested psilocybin against escitalopram for depression. Whereas the main paper speaks of "psychological support", this paper on the same trial (by the lead therapist) describes an elaborate ACT-based psychotherapy & treats the drug as a psychotherapeutic tool: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
...regulation (and written by PIs who are mostly not themselves involved as psychotherapists).
Secondary publications written by those who coordinate and/or provide the actual clinical work in those trials paint a very different picture.
Another example of this is the Psilodep 2 trial that...
Secondary publications written by those who coordinate and/or provide the actual clinical work in those trials paint a very different picture.
Another example of this is the Psilodep 2 trial that...
January 19, 2026 at 6:05 AM
...regulation (and written by PIs who are mostly not themselves involved as psychotherapists).
Secondary publications written by those who coordinate and/or provide the actual clinical work in those trials paint a very different picture.
Another example of this is the Psilodep 2 trial that...
Secondary publications written by those who coordinate and/or provide the actual clinical work in those trials paint a very different picture.
Another example of this is the Psilodep 2 trial that...
It's the paper by Tai et al. that we refer to in these two commentaries (probably also of interest to you):
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Main outcomes papers typically misrepresent the psychotherapy component, presumably because they're relevant for...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Main outcomes papers typically misrepresent the psychotherapy component, presumably because they're relevant for...
Treatment with psychedelics is psychotherapy: beyond reductionism
Treatment of psychiatric disorders with psychedelic substances represents one of the
most promising current treatment approaches in psychiatry. Since its inception in
the 1950s, therapy with psychedel...
www.thelancet.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:02 AM
It's the paper by Tai et al. that we refer to in these two commentaries (probably also of interest to you):
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Main outcomes papers typically misrepresent the psychotherapy component, presumably because they're relevant for...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Main outcomes papers typically misrepresent the psychotherapy component, presumably because they're relevant for...
Glad to see you classified the treatment tested by Goodwin et al. (2022) as psychotherapy rather than psychological support, although I'd say that's not only probably but in fact clearly the case, based on the paper describing the therapist training for that trial.
January 17, 2026 at 6:39 AM
Glad to see you classified the treatment tested by Goodwin et al. (2022) as psychotherapy rather than psychological support, although I'd say that's not only probably but in fact clearly the case, based on the paper describing the therapist training for that trial.
You mean "non-hallucinogenic psychedelic" as in "non-food bread"?
January 10, 2026 at 12:45 PM
You mean "non-hallucinogenic psychedelic" as in "non-food bread"?
Unfortunately, the idea that repressed memories can & should be recovered in therapy is quite common in some traditions of therapy (e.g., "Internal Family Systems") that are popular among psychedelic practitioners, especially those who are not trained psychotherapists & operate in the underground.
December 6, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Unfortunately, the idea that repressed memories can & should be recovered in therapy is quite common in some traditions of therapy (e.g., "Internal Family Systems") that are popular among psychedelic practitioners, especially those who are not trained psychotherapists & operate in the underground.
@herzog.bsky.social @tkaiser.science this commentary is probably of interest to you
December 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM
@herzog.bsky.social @tkaiser.science this commentary is probably of interest to you
Thank you, Bjørn, looking forward to reading it. Very important topic!
December 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Thank you, Bjørn, looking forward to reading it. Very important topic!
November 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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November 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Reposted by Max Wolff
I've been saying that since I was 18, as I exited a Jimi Hendrix concert in Kansas City
October 11, 2025 at 7:14 AM
I've been saying that since I was 18, as I exited a Jimi Hendrix concert in Kansas City
October 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM