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Neil Goldsmith

Neal M. Goldsmith, Ph.D., is a New York-based psychotherapist and author of Psychedelic Healing: The Promise of Entheogens for Psychotherapy and Spiritual Development, specializing in psychedelic therapy and psychospiritual development.

Oct 10, 2026

3:57
yeah but i think the bravery comes within academia not within society i mean i see that you know i wouldn't even argue with that actually
4:06
Because, you know, I would argue with that even in a way.
4:09
I mean, yes, it's still, there's still an edge of, you know, what you're talking about, but it's just an edge anymore because you have the people at Johns Hopkins who've been working for 15 years, publishing papers and getting them accepted.
4:22
You know, psychedelics, you also talked about therapeutic versus sort of spiritual.
4:26
And I think that duality is kind of a necessary misnomer because everything's spiritual and including psychotherapy.
4:34
And psychotherapy shouldn't really be therapy.
4:38
Look, if people have been traumatized, as Brandon was saying, then proceed with caution, absolutely.

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48:27
You become very nearsighted, wouldn't you say?

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