EASE™ - guided therapeutic integration process

E- Experience

The Medicine Journey- prepare for your treatment with a psychiatric evaluation that will guide dose, set and setting, and goals. Preparation includes education regarding the medicine, building trust in the therapeutic process, and establishing a therapeutic alliance with your guide(s). All planning leads to a safe space to let go and allow the medicine to work.

A- ACCESS

Post experience processing.  What do you remember?  Memories of the experience may not be clear or may be indescribable.  What can you access?  How might you feel different? What thoughts are coming up for you?  What are you feeling? Access your inner child or inner healer or inner truth. Guides help you in this process that may include journaling, art, talk therapy, movement, breathwork, somatic experiencing, grounding and more. We know the medicine changes the brain creating neuroplasticity, in the access phase we tap into the expansiveness as much as possible to bring the therapeutic effect of the medicine into consciousness.

S-SEEK

You are the seeker, seeking to set intentions and find meaning in the journey.  In this phase you continue to be curious about discovering yourself.  What feels like the right next step for you? How can the new awareness and insights be useful to you? What do you need to heal? Is there anger or negativity that needs to be released? Fear? Pain? Are there ideas or beliefs you are ready to let go of? Can you love and accept yourself a little more? Do you have forgiveness? What is motivating or inspiring you at this time? You are re-writing or editing or adding to your narrative.  This is the work of psychedelic psychotherapeutic integration that can include multiple modalities of healing and therapeutic techniques including ETT®, CBT, ACT, Mindfulness and more.

E- Expand & Explore

This phase is extensive and on-going.  It may evolve as treatment continues and as you move forward in your personal growth and journey.  You will discover new ways in which this medicine and your processing has gifted you a more expansive life with new freedoms.  You can continue to explore feeling more comfortable in your body and in the world.  You may find yourself feeling a deeper connection to humanity, the people in your life, and to nature.  You may find yourself less fearful of death and more eager to embrace life.  As your new insights become part of who you are your path will become clear.  Change is possible.  You are the catalyst of change. We look forward to supporting your process.

EASE™ is cyclical and on-going.  These phases of integration can be repeated and look different for each of us.

This content was created by Monét Mindell PMHNP, Psychedelic therapy guide and creator of EASE™ integration, MonetMind, 2024.