Cannabis-Assisted Psychedelic Therapy in Denver, Colorado
Welcome to Our Practice
At Denver Emotional Health, we effectively treat a variety of issues from depression and anxiety to trauma. For many individuals, traditional therapy is simply ineffective over the long run for their disorders, leading them to seek non-traditional treatment methods. Whether you have struggled with depression, anxiety, OCD, or trauma disorders, and have unsuccessfully tried numerous treatments, we may be able to help you. We offer ketamine and/or cannabis-assisted therapy to help people achieve mental, spiritual, and personal growth, particularly for those with difficult-to-treat disorders who often feel they have nowhere else to turn.
Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness for Healing Purposes
One of the leading trailblazers of modern psychedelic research, Stanislav Grof M.D., has emphasized the need for a radical revision of our concepts regarding consciousness and its relationship to matter and the brain. This highlights the importance of psychedelic-assisted therapies, such as those utilizing cannabis, to access non-ordinary states of consciousness for personal healing and growth. If you or a loved one is interested in learning how cannabis can be used to treat your symptoms or help you engage in personal and spiritual growth, continue reading below and contact us when you feel ready. Our Denver counselors and therapists will guide you in utilizing cannabis for its full psychotherapeutic benefits.
Cannabis as a Healing Agent – An Entheogen
An entheogen is a chemical substance, typically of plant origin, ingested to produce a non-ordinary state of consciousness for religious or spiritual purposes. Cannabis, when used with proper intentions, is a powerful and effective psychotherapeutic tool known throughout history. While stronger entheogens are currently banned under state and federal laws, marijuana and cannabis remain useful tools due to their legal status, short-lived effects, and ability to cut through psychological defenses, allowing access to the Self and facilitating healing.
Historically, cannabis has been used for psychospiritual growth and medicinal benefits across civilizations. In Denver, Colorado, where cannabis is legal both recreationally and medicinally, its use has become mainstream. However, its role in promoting mental health and spiritual growth is under-recognized. Cannabis is a transformational tool that, when guided by our expert therapists, can help you gain self-awareness, insight, and liberation from extreme parts and painful patterns, and unburden and heal deep wounds.
Our Therapeutic Approach
At Denver Emotional Health, we help you unlock the full potential of your mind, and facilitate spiritual and psychological growth through professional psychotherapy. Using the Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) frameworks, we focus on relating differently to your mind as a focal point of the healing process. We bring our full experiences and knowledge, but more importantly, our presence and intention to compassionate care for you. Our goal is to build a solid, deep relationship with our clients, enabling them to share any emotion or thought and work through struggles with depression, anxiety, and trauma/stress disorders, often misdiagnosed or untreated by other therapists.
What Does Cannabis-Assisted Psychotherapy Look Like?
Cannabis-assisted psychotherapy is suitable for novices or new users of cannabis. For daily users, higher doses and tolerance breaks may be necessary. Before using cannabis in a session, we assess your relationship with the plant, past therapy experience, mindfulness practice, and determine the best approach individually.
We begin by recognizing the most distressing symptoms and your intentions for using cannabis. Rather than simply eliminating symptoms, we take a person-centered approach based on IFS and ACT, aiming to find the “purpose or role” of the symptom and uncover the root cause. Cannabis helps access hidden parts of yourself, facilitating new internal relationships and healing old wounds.
There are generally several preparation sessions before engaging with cannabis, and several integration sessions afterward. We are always fully aware of your personal and health histories, challenging symptoms, prior substance use, and intentions before any sessions.
Our Approach to Psychotherapy with Cannabis
Cannabis-assisted psychotherapy includes mindfulness practice, breathing techniques, visualizations utilizing ACT, and significant amounts of self-compassion and parts-work using IFS. Cannabis acts as a tool to help access the Self, allowing distance from parts and providing care, healing, and attention to other parts. It helps reach defended parts not easily accessible in traditional therapy.
For trauma, cannabis is useful for getting in touch with the body and parts that store trauma. It facilitates sifting past anxiety, tuning into parts, gaining insights, achieving energetic release, and emotional catharsis. Cannabis helps contact the present moment, despite anxiety, depression, or OCD-related symptoms, becoming a hallmark of our work.
Research Support for Cannabis in Psychotherapy
While more clinical research is necessary, sufficient anecdotal evidence suggests that cannabis psychotherapy is effective for various issues. Despite its federal illegality, clinical and anecdotal research shows cannabis’s usefulness in treating anxiety, depression, and PTSD. For those interested in exploring cannabis-assisted psychotherapy, contact us for a free consultation to learn how we can help.
Psychedelic Integration: The Final Stage
Psychedelic Integration follows the cannabis-assisted psychotherapy session, applying learned information to daily life, changing long-standing patterns, and allowing parts to let go of extreme roles. This healing process facilitates accessing the Highest Self or Observing Self, helping with anxiety, depression, OCD-related symptoms, PTSD, or severe substance use or addiction issues. Contact us to learn how our therapy process can help you achieve your goals and alleviate mental health struggles.
Contact Us
Ensure your journey is guided by experienced, knowledgeable, and compassionate professionals. Contact us today for a free consultation at bigganslpc@gmail.com.