MDMA and Couples with Dr. Anne Wagner

The Mindspace Podcast: Inspiring Wellbeing

"I envision a day where people would be able to choose to do MDMA-assisted psychotherapy in a safe context to be either able to heal from something together or to grow together, and to support the relationship."

In this episode of the Mindspace podcast, Dr. Joe speaks with Dr. Anne Wagner. Anne is a Toronto-based psychologist and couples therapist, a researcher studying MDMA-assisted therapy, and the founder of Remedy Centre. Remedy is a social venture that provides individual, couples, and group therapy and reinvests the profit from these services in the Remedy Institute, which is “a new charity focused on supporting mental health innovation & research, including with psychedelics, training for aspiring mental health professionals, as well as low to no-cost therapy services for marginalized communities.”

She is the principal investigator on a pilot trial investigating the impact of MDMA-assisted Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) on PTSD and is planning a study that will investigate the impact of MDMA-assisted Cognitive Behavioural Conjoint Therapy (CBCT) on PTSD.

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Dr. Joe and Dr. Wagner spoke about:

• Her non-profit, the Remedy Institute
• The current MDMA-assisted psychotherapy trials being ran at the institute
• How Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) differs from other forms of therapy used in MDMA-assisted psychotherapy trials for PTSD
• How the MDMA-assisted Cognitive Behavioural Conjoint Therapy (CBCT) on PTSD trial is being designed
• What the benefit is of couples therapy compared to individual therapy in the treatment of PTSD
• Transference between patient and therapist during an MDMA session
• The preparation and integration involved in specifically MDMA-assisted CBCT
• How MDMA can be a catalyst for behavioural change

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