Episode #121: A Medical Perspective on Psychedelic Interventions for Healing
My guest this week is Dr. Pamela Kryskow.
Are you curious about psychedelics—psilocybin or ketamine, MDMA and other emerging therapies? Are you looking for solutions to calm your nervous system? Struggling to find support for improving mental health, depression, anxiety, alleviating trauma, addictions, or chronic pain? I’ve invited Dr. Pamela on the show to share her clinical experience and medical perspective on the use of psychedelic interventions. Through her many years of clinical practice, university research, and non-profit organization, Roots to Thrive, she talks about what have been the most effective modalities in her patient population, and some of them may be very surprising. Although there are a variety of tools at our disposal, the most powerful and long lasting are the ones within; our willingness to heal and the belief in ourselves.
Roots to Thrive has been changing lives around the world from those suffering with chronic pain to severe mental health issues, in both clinic and virtual settings, tune in to episode 121 to find out more. And please share with anyone you think could be helped by this important work. ❤️
Learn more about Roots to Thrive at https://rootstothrive.com
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Dr. Pamela Kryskow is a medical doctor with a strong interest in chronic pain, mental health and psychedelic medicine. She is a clinical instructor at UBC and adjunct professor at VIU. She is one of the founding board members of the Canadian Psychedelic Association and the medical chair of the Vancouver Island University Post Graduate Certificate in Psychedelic Medicine assisted Therapy. Dr Kryskow is actively involved in research related to psilocybin, MDMA, ketamine, front line health care workers and first responders mental wellness. She is co-investigator on the largest microdosing study Microdose.me which is ongoing with 20,000+ enrolled participants. She is the medical lead on the Roots To Thrive Ketamine and Psilocybin Assisted Therapy Programs that treats health care providers and first responders with PTSD, depression, anxiety, addiction and people with end of life distress. In real life she loves hiking in the forest, ocean kayaking, growing kale and daydreaming in the hammock. Her heritage includes Polish, Ukrainian, and German. She currently resides in the traditional unceded territory of the Klahoose First Nations.
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EPISODE TAKEAWAYS
[05:30] Dr. Pamela Kryskow’s story and foundational support…
[09:30] What modalities are the most impressive or surprising when it comes to chronic pain?..
[18:08] How did Dr.Kryskow come across psychedelics in medicine?..
[22:35] What is ketamine?..
[33:35] Psilocybin for end of life, addiction and other uses…
[42:00] Importance of taking ownership of your health…
[44:00] Why group work is so effective…
[49:00] Indigenous elders and their deep knowledge of psychedelics…
[56:00] How does Roots to Thrive work?
[01:05:54] Closing thoughts and how to learn more about Roots to Thrive…
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