Coaching and psychedelics: a beneficial partnership?

After many years in the making, working in friendship and collaboration with fellow coaches Yannick Jacob and Marcel Braun  we are proud to announce that our paper “Coaching and psychedelics: a beneficial partnership?” has been published in this months Oxford Brookes University International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring.

A burgeoning evidence base demonstrates the therapeutic potential of psychedelics. Grounded in a review of existing literature and drawing on assumptions from coaching psychology and positive psychology, this paper argues that psychedelic experiences, beyond their potential to treat disease and disorder, hold promising potential to foster growth, learning, and wellbeing for non-clinical populations, and that coaching can offer effective, safe, and ethical support. Through identifying positive psychological themes in research and highlighting shared motivations to seek coaching and psychedelics, this paper builds the case for psychedelics-assisted coaching, offers a framework for practice, and discusses ethical concerns and future research.

If you’re interested please take a read here.