Few measures better reveal the character of society than its approach to those who suffer. Occasionally, the suffering we encounter is beyond our capacity to relieve. In those cases, we can be held to no higher standard than that we have responded with care and compassion. However, what is to…

A Recent Poll of Australians Says Yes We Should Scott Leckie and Tania de Jong AM As published in The Daily Telegraph on 16th February 2022 The painful COVID-era will fade but it will never be forgotten. This unanticipated period will be remembered for many things — death, suffering, economic…

An Open Letter from our Chairman, Peter Hunt AM Tania and I started Mind Medicine Australia three years ago because we wanted to help people who are suffering from mental illness, particularly treatment resistant mental illness. Australia’s mental health statistics are terrible and the level of suffering has become significantly…

By Nigel Denning, Managing Director, Mind Medicine Institute and Course Director of the Certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies What is shadow work? Shadow work is a term coined by Carl Jung, the Swiss Psychoanalyst and close collaborator of Sigmund Freud. It refers to working with all the aspects of the mind…

Trigger warning: suicide and suicide ideation In this blog series, we are sharing some of the healing stories from our recent book: Psychedelic Healing Stories from Australia. In this blog, we share the story of Daniel, 39 y.o. Student (Mental Health/Addiction Studies) and his experiences with DMT and Psilocybin. What…

By Kevin Ke On September 30th 2021, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) of Australia published an eagerly awaited report on the use of psychedelics in treating mental health conditions. It is an independent review of the evidence surrounding two particular substances: MDMA and psilocybin, commissioned by the regulatory agency in…

By Nigel Denning & Dr. Tra-ill Dowie We would like to say something about the ethics and importance of the role of therapists in working in non-ordinary states. Nigel has personally worked in this space for 35 years in various forms including many decades in Holotropic Breathwork. …

How free are we if we don’t have access to psychedelic medicines that could heal us? By Tania de Jong AM and Scott Leckie In the lucky country we like to think of ourselves as free, prosperous and privileged. But is our luck running out and what might we do…

By Dr Alana Roy My name is Dr. Alana Roy and for those who know and love me, Lani Roy. I am the National Practice Manager of Mind Medicine Psychological Support Services and the Co-lead on CPAT (Mind Medicine’s ‘Certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies’). …