Speaker Bio
Christine Hauskeller is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Exeter, specialized in the philosophy of medicine and in moral and political philosophy using approaches from feminist theory and the Frankfurt School. She has examined evidence production in clinical trials and has a special interest in constellations of knowledge and power, of epistemology and normativity. After two decades working on life science innovation, she began to study emerging psychedelic medicine, decolonising approaches and animism five years ago. Christine co-founded the Exeter Transdisciplinary Research Group Psychedelic Studies. Recent publications include the book Philosophy and Psychedelics. Frameworks of Exceptional Experience (Bloomsbury 2022) and the thematic journal issue on Critical Psychedelic Studies in Interdisciplinary Science Reviews (2023).
ICPR 2024 Abstract
Interrogating Integration
This symposium aims to provide a broad and balanced view of integration in psychedelic therapy. Integration is considered
An aspect largely been ignored by these critical voices is ‘integration’. Integration is ill-defined but broadly refers to the time after a psychedelic experience when an individual seeks to make meaning of this event. Integration is widely considered to be of key importance in securing success in psychedelic therapy. The process typically occurs soon after the psychedelic experience. Yet there is little definition of what integration should entail, who should perform it, or what the end goal is. It is widely assumed that integration is beneficial and it has been suggested that psychedelic therapy without integration is ‘unethical’.