The Psychedelic Guide

“A tremendous resource for practitioners and trainers of practitioners alike. Those who sit with people in psychedelic states hold enormous influence over the experience and are more critical to therapeutic outcomes than the psychedelics themselves. Practitioners shape the healing process more than any protocol. McCarroll asks us to take that seriously: training practitioners is essential to the successful introduction of psychedelics into mental health care around the world.” * Rick Doblin, PhD, founder and president of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies *
“A profound, unique contribution to the widening field of psychedelic healing and transformation. Valeria McCarroll brings to this work a combination of vast reading and study in Western and Eastern psychospiritual disciplines, seasoned experience as a therapist, mentoring by great teachers such as Ralph Metzner, and her own deep inquiry. She weaves ‘who we are with what we are becoming.’” * Cathy Coleman, PhD, editor of Ralph Metzner, Explorer of Consciousness *
“Written with erudition and heart, McCarroll’s book takes the reader on a deep journey. She makes it clear that any current or prospective psychedelic guide is a ‘midwife of the soul’ and thus encourages and challenges such guides to know themselves and the universal consciousness at the deepest level. This book should be mandatory reading for anyone contemplating the awesome responsibility of occupying the ‘seat of the guide.’” * Gary Bravo, MD, psychiatrist and contributor to Birth of a Psychedelic Culture *
“For anyone who is practicing as or considering becoming a guide and embarking on the journey to become an instrument of transformative change with impeccable integrity, consciousness, and heart, this book is one you’ll want to treasure and return to often. A richly woven guidebook that offers a map toward becoming intimately conversant with the inner-outer fractal through which life always seems to manifest best.” * Nina Simons, cofounder of Bioneers and editor of Moonrise *
“The Psychedelic Guide is a powerful call for personal accountability within the psychedelic space. Both humble and unapologetic, this book offers a framework for psychedelic care by boldly facing our personal and collective shadow with compassion and rigorous study. Free from grandstanding and condescension, McCarroll’s multidimensional vision honors the time-tested philosophies, lineages, and wisdom practices of generations before us. Read it if you dare. Read it if you care.” * Tracey Tee, founder of Moms on Mushrooms *
“This book is an extraordinary gift to psychedelic practitioners at every stage of their development. McCarroll articulates a profound vision of guidework that reaches far beyond any other written work on the subject. This is the kind of book practitioners would be well served to return to again and again.” * Bill Brennan, PhD, psychologist and coauthor of EMBARK: Psychedelic Therapy for Depression *
“The Psychedelic Guide is far more than a guidebook for psychedelic guides. In her exquisite new book, McCarroll has brilliantly interwoven the threads of ancient and modern wisdom to create a map for anyone considering the subject of psychedelics. Let this book help you dream, negotiate, translate, name, and remember the most precious journeys of your life.” * Pamela Eakins, PhD, DD, sociologist and author of Tarot of the Spirit *
“McCarroll brings to this important and useful book a special authority earned by her unique integration of three practical bodies of knowledge needed to navigate the intense challenges posed by the use of substance-induced consciousness transformations. It is a promising aid for those brave guides who assist in these amazing journeys.” * Don Hanlon Johnson, PhD, professor emeritus at the California Institute of Integral Studies *
“Raising a much-needed lantern in the psychedelic depths, Valeria McCarroll has the authority of a seasoned clinician and the heart of a true elder-in-the-making.” * Carla Detchon, host of the Psychedelic Divas podcast *

VALERIA McCARROLL, PhD, LMFT, is a psychedelic educator, writer, and therapist whose work integrates transpersonal psychology, somatics, and nondual wisdom with social and transformative justice. She is on the teaching faculty in the Department of Research Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) and maintains a private practice in Northern California.

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