Dr. Beatriz Caiuby Labate (Bia Labate) is a queer Brazilian anthropologist. She has a Ph.D. in social anthropology from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil. Her main areas of interest are the study of plant medicines, drug policy, shamanism, ritual, and religion. She is Executive Director of the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines [...] an organization that provides public education about psychedelic plant medicines. She is Adjunct Faculty at the East-West Psychology Program at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) in San Francisco. She is also Public Education and Culture Specialist at the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). She is co-founder of the Interdisciplinary Group for Psychoactive Studies (NEIP) in Brazil, and editor of NEIP's website [...] as well as editor of the Mexican blog Chacruna Lationoamérica [...] She is author, co-author, and co-editor of twenty-one books, two special-edition journals, and several peer-reviewed articles [...]

Clancy Cavnar has a doctorate in clinical psychology (Psy.D.) from John F. Kennedy University in Pleasant Hill, CA. She currently works in private practice in San Francisco, and is Co-Founder and a member of the Board of Directors of the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines. She is also a research associate of the Interdisciplinary Group for Psychoactive Studies (NEIP). She combines an eclectic array of interests and activities as clinical psychologist, artist, and researcher. She has a master of fine arts in painting from the San Francisco Art Institute, a master's in counseling from San Francisco State University, and she completed the Certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy program at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS). She is author and co-author of articles in several peer-reviewed journals and co-editor, withBeatriz Caiuby Labate, of eight books. For more information see: [...]

Provides a systematic and dense reflection on the therapeutic use of ayahuasca

Brings the therapeutic use of ayahuasca to a new level of public examination and academic debate

Stimulates discussion on methodological, ethical, and political aspects of research and will enhance the development of this emergent field of studies

1. Ayahuasca as an Unusually Versatile Therapeutic Agent: From Molecules to Meta-cognition and Back.- 2. New Evidence of the Antidepressant Effects of Ayahuasca.- 3. Psychedelic Medicines and Their Role in Shifting the Paradigm from Pharmacological Substitution Towards Transformation-Based Psychiatry.- 4. Ayahuasca and its Potential Role in Psychotherapy.- 5. A Qualitative Assessment of Risks and Benefits of Ayahuasca for Trauma Survivors.- 6. Ayahuasca and Childhood Trauma: Potential Therapeutic Applications and Risks.- 7. Ayahuasca and Cognition.- 8. Healing with the Brew: Ayahuasca's Reconfiguration of "Addiction".- 9. Ayahuasca Ritual Healing as an Addiction Treatment in Catalonia: Combining Cognitive and Cultural Perspectives.- 10. Perspectives on Healing and Recovery from Addiction with Ayahuasca-Assisted Therapy Among Members of an Indigenous Community in Canada.- 11. Ayahuasca as a Healing Tool Along the Continuum ofRecovery from Eating Disorders.- 12. The Therapeutic Use of Ayahuasca in Grief.- 13.Depression, Anxiety and Sorcery: An Interview with Shipibo Healer Jose Lopez.