I am a board-certified psychiatrist who specializes in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. Over my years of practice, I have realized the limitations of the standard tools and medicines within psychiatry. At times the best our standard treatments can do was help people “get by” and as one veteran patient once told me, “survive by numbness.” This way of helping is not enough. It is through the extensive studying of psychedelics and their potential for profound healing that has given me renewed hope in this field. I hope to share some of my knowledge in an attempt to empower oneself with their own healing.