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ORCID
https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4390-3504
Date of Graduation
5-9-2024
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Educational Specialist (EdS)
Department
Department of Graduate Psychology
Advisor(s)
Renee Staton
Abstract
The psychedelic renaissance of the past two decades has introduced a new era of acceptability of and curiosity in historically maligned psychedelic compounds. With increasing positive evidence-based support, psychedelics and psychedelic-assisted therapies (PAT) are being embraced as legitimate psychotherapeutic mechanisms. The uptick in interest, acceptability, and use means that encountering psychedelics in the counseling room is not a question of if but when. As leaders within the field and educators of future generations of clinicians, counselor educators are uniquely poised to influence the field’s relationship with psychedelics. While no current studies have explicitly examined the attitudes and beliefs of counselor educators toward psychedelics and PAT, insights offered by Hearn et al.’s report indicate that the perspectives of counselor educators differ from those held by individuals in other mental health care specializations. This preliminary insight, complemented by the foundational influence of counselor educators, exemplifies the importance of closing the knowledge gap and establishing considerations for psychedelics in counseling education.
Recommended Citation
Hughes, Kimberly, "Counselor Educator Attitudes and Beliefs Toward Psychedelics and PAT" (2024). Educational Specialist, 2020-current. 91.
https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/edspec202029/91
