https://higherplace.com Clear, humane, evidence-based writing on psychedelic therapy and mental health. en Tue, 19 May 2026 21:03:56 GMT https://higherplace.com/articles/what-we-mean-when-a-drug-works https://higherplace.com/articles/what-we-mean-when-a-drug-works Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Psychedelic trials report dramatic numbers. Understanding what those numbers measure — and what they quietly leave out — is the first step to reading them honestly. Dr Alani Reyes https://higherplace.com/guides/talk-to-your-doctor https://higherplace.com/guides/talk-to-your-doctor Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT A calm, practical guide to raising the subject with a clinician — what to ask, what to expect, and how to tell credible care from a sales pitch. Higher Place editors https://higherplace.com/articles/the-room-matters-as-much-as-the-molecule https://higherplace.com/articles/the-room-matters-as-much-as-the-molecule Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Set and setting Dr Marcus Holloway https://higherplace.com/guides/set-and-setting https://higherplace.com/guides/set-and-setting Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT The two oldest words in this field, explained without mysticism — what they actually refer to, why clinicians take them so seriously, and how to apply the idea. Higher Place editors https://higherplace.com/articles/treatment-resistant-doesnt-mean-person-resistant https://higherplace.com/articles/treatment-resistant-doesnt-mean-person-resistant Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT The clinical label describes what medicines have failed to do, not what a person is. That distinction changes how we read the research — and how we treat the people in it. Dr Alani Reyes https://higherplace.com/articles/the-body-keeps-the-appointment https://higherplace.com/articles/the-body-keeps-the-appointment Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT Trauma is not only a memory problem. Understanding why it lives in the body helps explain why some emerging therapies work on the body's terms, not the mind's alone. Dr Marcus Holloway https://higherplace.com/articles/who-gets-to-be-a-patient https://higherplace.com/articles/who-gets-to-be-a-patient Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT If psychedelic therapy becomes a real treatment, the next question is not whether it works but who will be able to reach it — and whether access will follow need or money. Tomas Iwu https://higherplace.com/guides/supporting-someone-after-a-hard-experience https://higherplace.com/guides/supporting-someone-after-a-hard-experience Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT A harm-reduction guide for friends and family — how to be useful to someone shaken by a psychedelic experience, and how to recognise when to seek help. Higher Place editors https://higherplace.com/articles/a-clinicians-first-session https://higherplace.com/articles/a-clinicians-first-session Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT A therapist describes what it was actually like to sit with a patient through a supervised dosing session — the boredom, the fear, and the part nobody had prepared her for. As told to Priya Nandakumar https://higherplace.com/articles/integration-is-the-real-work https://higherplace.com/articles/integration-is-the-real-work Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT People imagine the dosing session as the climax of psychedelic therapy. In practice, clinicians often describe it as the prologue. What a person does with what they saw — over weeks, sometimes months — is where a temporary experience becomes a durable change, or fails to.