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This podcast is dedicated to the exploration and communication of somatic relational trauma-informed practices woven with psychedelic and earth-based medicines. We welcome from the underground the experience of practitioners dedicated to the ethical, creative and embodied use of medicines in therapeutic and ceremonial settings. Our kindness seeks to bridge the lived experience of the underground, the indigenous ways, the institutional studies, and the direct knowledge of those humans seeking to expand their consciousness and heal on all levels.2026 Punk Therapy Alternative & Komplementäre Medizin Beziehungen Hygiene & gesundes Leben Persönliche Entwicklung Persönlicher Erfolg Sozialwissenschaften
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  • 57 - Ayahuasca for PTSD and Combat Trauma: Ceremonial Healing, Safety, and Cultural Context with Michael Gueron

    57 - Ayahuasca for PTSD and Combat Trauma: Ceremonial Healing, Safety, and Cultural Context with Michael Gueron
    Sep 16 2026
    Dr. T welcomes ceremonial transpersonal counselor Michael Gueron, founder of Kintu Worlds, for a conversation about combat trauma, ayahuasca, ceremonial practice, and the responsibilities involved in creating safe medicine spaces. Michael describes how military service profoundly altered his sense of self and how the loss of a fellow soldier affected his unit. After leaving the military, the symptoms of PTSD became increasingly apparent, eventually contributing to a longer search for healing. His introduction to ayahuasca in Australia became an important point in that process and ultimately led to years of personal medicine work and ceremonial facilitation. Michael and Dr. T explore the cultural dimensions of ayahuasca practice and the complexities that arise as traditional medicine moves beyond its original cultural contexts. Michael argues that different cultures bring distinct psychological patterns, histories, and ways of relating into ceremony, requiring facilitators to understand the people they serve rather than simply reproduce another culture’s practices. The conversation also examines Michael’s approach to ceremonial safety, including clear boundaries, protection, presence, self-knowledge, and what he describes as working from the heart. For Michael, the heart is not associated with sentimentality, but with clarity, embodied presence, and an immediate capacity to perceive what is occurring within a ceremonial space. Dr. T and Michael consider what these perspectives might mean as psychedelic therapy increasingly brings clinical psychotherapy into contact with ceremonial and spiritual frameworks. They discuss tensions between medical models and traditional approaches, the importance of ethical standards among underground practitioners, and the possibility of greater collaboration among ceremonial communities. Michael also reflects on mortality, friendship, community, and the relationships that help people endure difficult periods of life. His experiences of combat and trauma inform a perspective in which medicine work is not only concerned with individual transformation, but also with cultivating connection, responsibility, kindness, and meaningful participation in community. “You know, and this is medicine of friendship. You know, cultivate that friendship, that support. And that's what keeps us strong; and have a listening ear. Listen. We don't have to say so much. Just listen and be kind to each other, and that's it.” — Michael Gueron About Michael Gueron: Michael’s journey began in Israel, where early life experiences, including military service as a member of the Israeli Paratroopers, left deep emotional wounds. Overcoming the trauma of these intense combat experiences led Michael to a profound healing journey spanning over 15 years. From studying transpersonal counseling, Shiatsu, and oriental therapies, to immersing himself in sacred plant medicine traditions in Peru and Brazil, Michael’s path has been one of relentless transformation. His work with Australian acacias and master plants like Ayahuasca and Huachuma has awakened profound soul memories and a deep commitment to service. Today, Michael has facilitated thousands of individuals in their healing journeys, combining ancient wisdom with compassionate care. All Things Ayahuasca podcastWebsite: KintuWorlds.com Key Moments: [00:00:00] Introduction and Content Warning Truth Fairy and Dr. T open the episode with a content warning and information about supporting Punk Therapy and upcoming training opportunities. [00:02:26] Meet Michael Gueron Dr. T introduces ceremonial transpersonal counselor Michael Gueron and his background in trauma healing, meditation, traditional practices, and plant medicine. [00:05:04] Stepping Out of the Shadows Michael discusses his preference for working quietly behind the scenes and why he believes sharing knowledge publicly is increasingly important. [00:07:16] Combat Trauma and the Path to Ayahuasca Michael describes military service in Israel, his experience of PTSD, and the healing journey that eventually brought him to ayahuasca. [00:10:43] Art, Nature, and Life Before the Military Michael reflects on his early connection to creativity, nature, animals, and the landscape before entering military service. [00:13:59] Military Service as a Rite of Passage Michael explores how military training, combat, loss, and the bonds between soldiers fundamentally changed his sense of self. [00:18:48] Culture and the Western Psyche Michael and Dr. T examine how ayahuasca is moving across cultures and why different cultural and ancestral contexts shape medicine experiences. [00:23:55] Boundaries and Ceremonial Safety The conversation turns to the importance of clarity, boundaries, protection, and strong containment when facilitating medicine ceremonies. [00:28:51] Where Therapy Meets Ceremonial Practice Dr. T and Michael consider what conventional psychotherapy may encounter as psychedelic ...
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  • 56 - Together Into Dissociation and Together Out Again with Sean Merrick

    56 - Together Into Dissociation and Together Out Again with Sean Merrick
    Aug 16 2026
    In this deeply thoughtful discussion, Dr. T, Truth Fairy, and Sean Merrick explore how structural dissociation shapes the way trauma survivors experience psychedelic medicines. Sean explains the distinctions between primary, secondary, and tertiary structural dissociation while emphasizing that developmental trauma often creates subtle yet pervasive forms of disconnection that practitioners can easily miss without specialized training. The conversation challenges assumptions within the psychedelic field, proposing that when someone appears unaffected by medicine, the appropriate response may not be more medicine but greater relational presence, curiosity, and attunement. Throughout the episode, the hosts argue that the maturation of psychedelic therapy depends upon integrating contemporary trauma neuroscience with careful, compassionate clinical practice. The conversation moves into the lived experience of dissociation, examining the subtle bodily cues, shifts in posture, eye movement, confusion, shame, and emotional disconnection that may indicate protective nervous system responses. Truth Fairy and Sean emphasize that practitioners must first become familiar with their own dissociative processes before they can accurately recognize them in others. Together, they discuss developmental trauma, alexithymia, attachment wounds, embodied awareness, and the importance of moving slowly enough for clients to develop self-empathy, emotional regulation, and relational trust before engaging in deeper medicine work. Rather than viewing psychedelic healing as medicine doing the work alone, they describe healing as a fundamentally relational process requiring careful co-regulation and genuine human presence. Dr. T contributes clinical reflections from research settings while Sean offers practical insights drawn from both underground medicine traditions and advanced trauma training. Together, they examine how memories may emerge symbolically, emotionally, or somatically rather than as clear autobiographical narratives, highlighting the importance of avoiding premature interpretation or overwhelming exposure. The episode concludes with a call for greater humility, stronger practitioner education, and an evolution of psychedelic therapy that prioritizes nervous system safety, developmental understanding, and ethical relationship above outcome-driven approaches. Their closing reflection captures the heart of the conversation: healing happens together by entering dissociation together and finding the path back together. "How about we stay in the relational field and see what happens when you don't feel anything, as opposed to throwing more medicine at it?" — Sean Merrick About Sean Merrick, MA, LMFT: Sean Merrick is a licensed psychotherapist whose work bridges underground plant medicine traditions with advanced clinical trauma treatment. His clinical focus includes developmental trauma, structural dissociation, attachment, neurobiology, and the integration of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. Drawing upon extensive training in dissociative disorders and years of medicine facilitation, Sean advocates for relational, trauma-informed approaches that prioritize nervous system regulation, careful assessment, and ethical psychedelic practice. Website: SeanMerrickMFT.com Resources discussed in this episode: The Haunted Self by Onno van der Hart, Ellert Nijenhuis, and Kathy SteeleInternational Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD)Allan SchoreUnderstanding and Treating Chronic Shame by Patricia DeYoung __ Contact Punk Therapy: Patreon: Patreon.com/PunkTherapy Website: PunkTherapy.com Email: info@punktherapy.com Contact Truth Fairy: Email: Truth@PunkTherapy.com Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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    1 Std. und 7 Min.
  • 55 - Grief Literacy, Psychedelic Therapy, and the Enduring Bonds of Love with Luna Jaffe

    55 - Grief Literacy, Psychedelic Therapy, and the Enduring Bonds of Love with Luna Jaffe
    Jul 16 2026

    Truth Fairy welcomes Luna Jaffe, author, visual artist, and grief companion, for a deeply moving discussion on grief-literate guiding in psychedelic healing. Drawing from the loss of her only child, Hunter, Luna explores why grief cannot be viewed as something to overcome or fix, but rather as an experience that expands our capacity to love, witness, and remain present with profound suffering. Through the lens of her memoir Look, Mom, I Can Fly, she shares how writing, poetry, flower mandalas, and carefully supported psychedelic journeys became pathways for continuing relationship, meaning, and repair rather than attempts to erase pain.

    Together, Truth Fairy and Luna examine the critical need for grief literacy within psychedelic facilitation. They discuss how many practitioners remain unprepared to support acute grief, shock, developmental trauma, and the complex emotional landscapes that often emerge during medicine-assisted healing. Luna reflects on both supportive and poorly held psychedelic experiences, emphasizing the necessity of preparation, nervous system regulation, relational safety, movement, and deeply attuned guides who can remain present without rushing toward resolution. Their conversation highlights the importance of witnessing rather than fixing, allowing grief to unfold at its own pace while honoring the bereaved's evolving needs.

    Throughout the episode, Truth Fairy and Luna explore the intersection of trauma, attachment, creativity, and the continuing bonds that can exist after death. They discuss how psychedelic experiences may deepen communication with loved ones who have died, while emphasizing the importance of careful integration, titrated medicine work, and trauma-informed guidance. Luna describes how poetry emerged as a living collaboration with her son and reflects on how healing often occurs through relationship rather than certainty. This episode offers an important exploration of grief-informed psychedelic practice, compassionate facilitation, and the ethical responsibility of guides to create spaces where profound loss can be witnessed with courage, tenderness, and humanity.

    "Grief is not something you heal. It's something you learn and grow a capacity to hold." - Luna Jaffe

    About Luna Jaffe:

    Luna Jaffe is an award-winning author, writer, visual artist, and grief companion whose work explores love, loss, creativity, and the enduring relationship between the living and those who have died. Following the death of her only child, Hunter, in 2020, Luna devoted herself to understanding grief through writing, art, pilgrimage, and carefully held psychedelic experiences. Her memoir, Look, Mom, I Can Fly: Notes from the Wide Skies of Grieving My Only Child, has received both the Foreword INDIES Gold Award and the Nautilus Book Awards Silver Medal for Memoir.

    Previously, Luna was the author of the award-winning Wild Money series and founder of Lunaria Financial. Today her work centers on grief literacy, creative expression, and companioning others through profound loss with compassion, honesty, and hope.

    • Website: LunaJaffe.com
    • Book: Look, Mom, I Can Fly: Notes from the Wide Skies of Grieving My Only Child by Luna Jaffe

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    Patreon: Patreon.com/PunkTherapy

    Website: PunkTherapy.com

    Email: info@punktherapy.com

    Contact Truth Fairy:

    Email: Truth@PunkTherapy.com


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    55 Min.
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