DoubleBlind Magazine: “How Psychedelics Help Us Thrive Beyond Systems of Oppression”
EXCERPT FROM THE ARTICLE, WRITTEN BY PREETI SIMRAN SETHI:
While grounded in historic subjugation, colonization is not merely rooted in the past. It is a process and concept that continues to influence modern societies in wide-ranging and far-reaching ways — from the forced removal of Indigenous populations from their lands and waters, to the exploitation of resources and continued oppression of communities of color through the global War on Drugs.
For psychotherapist Danielle Herrera, the untangling of colonization is a tangible unknown: an ongoing (re)negotiation of power, place, identity, and sovereignty. “It moves,” she says. “It is amorphous. We can go towards it, but we do not stop there.” We keep going.
In this installment of Decolonizing Psychedelics, Danielle and I discuss psychedelic exceptionalism, the systemic issues of psychotherapy and psychedelic therapy, and ways we should frame the notion of “right relationship.”