{"podcast":{"title":"Living Medicine","slug":"living-medicine-7074573","podcast_index_feed_id":7074573,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/547667/rss","website_url":"https://livingmedicineinstitute.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/e/8/0/6/e8066f1cec04486e16c3140a3186d450/Dr._Sandy_Newes_Artwork.png","author":"Dr. Sandy Newes","episode_count":51,"summary":"This is the Living Medicine podcast where we talk about ethical, medical use of psychedelic psychotherapy- teaching skills, examining the issues, and interviewing interesting people.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-04T16:21:01.168626+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/living-medicine-7074573"},"episode":{"title":"Psychodynamic Approaches To Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy: Dr. Erika Czerwinski","slug":"psychodynamic-approaches-to-ketamine-assisted-psychotherapy-dr-erika-czerwinski","published_at":"2025-05-01T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/living-medicine-7074573/psychodynamic-approaches-to-ketamine-assisted-psychotherapy-dr-erika-czerwinski","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/living-medicine-7074573","url":"https://485c1e09-45d8-4663-b442-542948ad8f19.libsyn.com/psychodynamic-approaches-to-ketamine-assisted-psychotherapy-dr-erika-czerwinski","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/485c1e09-45d8-4663-b442-542948ad8f19/Living_Medicine_-_Erika_Czerwinski_PsyD.mp3?dest-id=4724072","summary":"Dr. Erika Czerwinski, PsyD, is the Founder, Director, and Facilitator of Eleos, which integrates ketamine-assisted psychotherapy and nature-based mindfulness to facilitate self-discovery. With over 20 years of clinical experience working with individuals, couples, and groups, Dr. Czerwinski holds certifications in psychedelic-assisted therapies from MAPS, the Integrative Psychiatric Institute, and the Living Medicine Institute. Since 2019, she has facilitated ketamine-assisted psychotherapy for physicians, young adults, and those healing from trauma. In this episode… As the psychotherapy space enters a psychedelic renaissance, navigating the complex relational dynamics that emerge in altered states remains a top concern. How can therapists maintain ethical boundaries while being authentic and responsive during such vulnerable moments? What role do clinical frameworks like attachment theory and transference play when working with powerful medicines like ketamine? According to clinical psychologist Dr. Erika Czerwinski, relational attunement, psychoanalytic listening, and ceremony-based approaches can ground and enrich ketamine-assisted psychotherapy. Distinguishing dosages helps clinicians tailor interventions based on client needs and internal states. When clients begin regaining verbal awareness during ketamine sessions, gentle, well-timed reflections can surface unconscious material, validate emerging emotional experiences, and help anchor insights for integration. By attuning to transference patterns and unconscious processes, interpretations can deepen relational safety and accelerate healing. In this episode of Living Medicine, Dr. Sandy Newes interviews Erika Czerwinski, PsyD, Founder, Director, and Facilitator of Eleos, about integrating relational depth into ps…","meta_description":"Dr. Erika Czerwinski, PsyD, is the Founder, Director, and Facilitator of Eleos, which integrates ketamine-assisted psychotherapy and nature-based mindfuln…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2802,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/living-medicine-7074573/episodes/psychodynamic-approaches-to-ketamine-assisted-psychotherapy-dr-erika-czerwinski/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/living-medicine-7074573/psychodynamic-approaches-to-ketamine-assisted-psychotherapy-dr-erika-czerwinski.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}