Exploring Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy and Sex Therapy Through the Lens of Optimal Sex and Attachment: A Potential for Transformative Healing

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dc.contributor.authorBain, Kristina
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-09T22:46:38Z
dc.date.available2023-03-09T22:46:38Z
dc.date.issued2022-12
dc.description.abstractPsychedelic-assisted therapy and sex therapy are two fringe disciplines within psychology that have yet to be merged. However, psychedelic-assisted therapy is showing promising results in healing underlying issues related to sexual concerns such as anxiety and avoidance. Exploring optimal sex (Kleinplatz et al., 2009) and barriers to optimal sex through an attachment lens reveals that psychedelic-assisted therapy could potentially produce transformative healing. The key to transformative sexual healing with psychedelics may be connected to the attachment system and the unique way psychedelics stimulated the 5-HT2A receptors in the brain. There are several significant barriers to psychedelic-assisted sex therapy such as legalization, stigma, and an absence of foundational research to overcome before such results can be actualized.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11803/2015
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisher.institutionCity University of Seattle (CityU)
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
dc.rightsopenAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/
dc.subjectpsychedelic-assisted therapy
dc.subjectsex therapy
dc.subjectoptimal sex
dc.subjectsexual well-being
dc.subjectadult attachment
dc.titleExploring Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy and Sex Therapy Through the Lens of Optimal Sex and Attachment: A Potential for Transformative Healing
dc.typeCapstone
thesis.degree.disciplineCounselling
thesis.degree.grantorCity University of Seattle (CityU)
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Counselling
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