The future of psychedelic therapy

More attention for psychedelic therapy

In recent years, attention to psychedelics as an aid during therapy has grown. The increase in the number of scientific studies demonstrates the level of confidence in psychedelics, particularly psilocybin from magic mushrooms and truffles. How long it will take for mainstream mental healthcare to start working with psychedelics depends on the speed of the scientific research. We have written about these topics previously, and our posts can be read via these hyperlinks:

Psychedelic therapy via GGZ Nederland from 2025 (message of August 19, 2019)

Studies into psilocybin therapy

News outlets that write about psychedelics

News reports about psilocybin therapy or sessions with other types of psychedelics are appearing with increasing frequency. A simple search term like "psilocybin therapy" yields around 307,000 results today, whereas this was significantly less about 8 years ago when we started lifestyle coaching in combination with psilocybin truffles.

Attention to psilocybin therapy is therefore growing steadily, and we are frequently approached by podcast creators, TV producers, YouTube programs, magazines, and other media outlets. The most recent is Reporters Online, which writes about trip therapy, among other things:

Is completely gone psychedelic therapy never been. Therapy is still offered in the alternative circuit. At Psychedelic Therapy Netherlands, for example, which via triptherapie.nl  offers various types of therapy based on a hallucinogenic substance such as psilocybin (in truffles) or LSD. Initiator Marcel van der Putten worked in sports and nutrition and started Triptherapie based on the idea that a healthy body performs best when the mind is also healthy.

His approach is serious and thorough. Marcel: 'The therapy begins with preparation. Clients undergo an extensive intake and neurotransmitter test based on questions about their emotional state. For example, if someone suffers from headaches, concentration problems, and worrying, this may indicate a low dosage of the neurotransmitter GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid). People with a GABA deficiency can be anxious, and we take that into extra consideration.'‘

‘The majority of our clients suffer from depression. In addition to trip therapy, which consists of one or more psychedelic sessions spaced a few weeks apart, we also provide advice on nutrition, exercise, and supplements. We view psychedelic therapy as a holistic approach in which we treat the body and mind as a single entity.’

Read the full message here: Getting better through (conventional) treatment with psychedelics. It is getting closer and closer…

Other posts and podcasts can be found via the following blogs:

Triptherapie for Talkative Fungi

Triptherapie at High Humans

The future of psilocybin therapy

Once the final phases of scientific research into psilocybin are successfully completed, there is no escaping the fact that psilocybin must be stripped of its status as a hard drug (Opium Act List 1). A possible new classification could be that it is labeled as a medicine, which implies regulation. The use of the pure substance psilocybin would then likely be reserved for psychiatrists and mainstream mental healthcare. The advantage of this is that health insurers will start reimbursing it. A disadvantage could be that if only mainstream care can administer it, it becomes too clinical and the effect may diminish. Currently, psilocybin is not prescribed but taken voluntarily based on the belief that it works. That small element of the placebo effect could evaporate due to prescribing through mainstream care. Let us hope that psilocybin falls under the category of medicines and that magic truffles remain legal for alternative approaches. This way, everyone can make a choice they personally support, which can contribute to the outcome.

Psilocybin therapy with magic truffles

Psilocybin therapy can now take place legally through the use of magic truffles containing psilocybin as a component. This is convenient for individuals who cannot or do not wish to wait for the slow progress of scientific research. We offer psychedelic sessions in combination with general health advice based on an intake. Are you ready to give a psychedelic session a try?