Episode 5: Psychedelic Assisted Therapy - Out of the Shadows (A Jewish Approach to Mental Health)

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The opening of this shiur, in Parsha Perspectives - Rabbi Efrem Goldberg’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

[Music] there are problems that affect so many and yet so few talk about them which is why Rabbi F from Goldberg and Moshi yakness bring you out of the Shadows a Jewish approach to mental health Rabbi Goldberg and motion speak to leaders in the field and discuss contemporary challenges to help us better understand mental health and those who are struggling with it this month's topic psychedelic assistant therapy on this episode we are joined by Dr Jacob L Friedman a board-certified psychiatrist practicing medicine in both Massachusetts and the state of Israel where he maintains a private practice in Jerusalem and arid a humble individual who shares his story of significant traumas the consequences of those travels that he lived with and his ongoing journey of healing and self-discovery throughout his journey Arya has experienced many different modalities of therapy and psychedelic therapy and its tools have positively impacted his mental health there are sensitive parts to his story yet if anyone is interested to learn more Hari is available to share with those who are seeking healing of their own we you find psychedelics so why is that a controversial area in mental health absolutely it's great first of all it is great to be back and always a pleasure having getting to work with you and see you again um yeah psychedelic Psychotherapy is controversial I think because it's unknown I think anything that's unknown and when there's a lack of clarity um people like to draw conclusions and make assumptions and I think it's a although it's been around for a long time and we'll learn more about it as we discuss it but it's an Innovative approach to an alternative approach

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1. 0:01[Music] there are problems that affect so many and yet so few talk about them which…
2. 6:17something that scared psychiatrists for a very very long time because traditionally we've Associated psychedelic drugs…
3. 12:46and it's remarkable because these are people who are otherwise stuck in the worst possible way…
4. 19:08also called an empathogen meaning that it allows a person to connect better with other people…
5. 25:41all the things you just described why shouldn't everyone say you know what we can have…
6. 31:59that with many things over the history of medicine I think that we have to be…
7. 38:21I I started by going off to uh Yeshiva and Flappers called is Rocky went in…
8. 44:42because the deal is going sideways and I go into one of the private bathrooms go…
9. 51:01back to the job and I started unpacking um I I started working through it again…
10. 57:20felt like it was questioning my Essence really was questioning my actions but by questioning my…

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