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Courtney Watson: Ancestral Realms & The Practice of Remembering Fruiting Bodies
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In episode 3 we are joined by Courtney Watson. Courtney is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Certified Sex Therapist. She is the owner of Doorway Therapeutic Services, a group therapy practice in Oakland, California focused on addressing the mental health needs of Black, Indigenous, People of Color, Queer Folks, Trans, Gender Non-conforming, Non-binary and Two Spirit individuals. Courtney has followed the direction of her ancestors to incorporate psychedelic assisted therapy into her offerings for folks with multiple marginalized identities and stresses the importance of BI&Poc and Queer providers offering these services. She is currently blazing the trail as one. of the only predominantly QTBIPOC providers offering Ketamine Assisted Therapy in 2021. She has also founded a non-profit, Access to Doorways, to raise funds to subsidize the cost of ketamine/psychedelic assisted therapies for QTBIPOC clients.
Links mentioned in our conversation:
Support Doorways Non-profit
What’s in this episode:
Courtney’s background (2:55)
“Professionalism” (4:30)
Becoming a therapist (6:20)
Scholar of human sexuality (7:00)
Shortcomings in the world of psychedelics (9:40)
Meeting folks part way to educate (12:20)
Being in right relationship (13:18)
How can you talk about altered states of consciousness and not talk about spirit? (14:30)
Earth erasure in this field (16:00)
Co-creation with people from marginalized communities (20:05)
Ketamine as medicine (21:45)
The ketamine spirit is perfect for therapy (24:36)
These synthetic molecules have intelligence (27:00)
Equity of sourcing and profiting (28:00)
The genius of the plant world (31:08)
Finding a therapist who relates to your lived experience (33:25)
Information to help move in the right direction (35:30)
Integrity in the medicine space (37:47)
The term “Holding Space” (38:39)
Going back and retrieving the wisdom of things that were pushed into the shadows (41:00)
“The old woman at the end of the village” (43:30)
Dreamy dream (45:45)
What does healing mean to you? (50:00)
The importance of elders (53:20)
Huge thank you to the forever inspiring Courtney Watson for joining us. What a gift. Follow her on Instagram at @doorwaytherapeutics.
And special thank you to the people behind the scenes who help make the Fruiting Bodies podcast possible. Be sure to send them some love!
· Podcast Editor, Sydney Bogan
· Studio space, Mariah Makalapua & Medicine Collective
· Equipment & support, Joe Izzo from Conscious Cloud Podcast
· Our awesome volunteer team: Yicela Alvarado, SunMee Sandusky, and Allison Holmes
· Our sponsors, Dr. Bronner’s, Mimosa Therapeutics, and Psychedelics Today
· All of our incredible supporters, collaborators, and listeners
Stay connected by following us on Instagram @fruitingbodiesco. Visit our website to find past show notes, become a monthly supporter and join our email list.
Thank you for supporting our shared mission!
-Elan & Becca
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fruitingbodies/support
In episode 3 we are joined by Courtney Watson. Courtney is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Certified Sex Therapist. She is the owner of Doorway Therapeutic Services, a group therapy practice in Oakland, California focused on addressing the mental health needs of Black, Indigenous, People of Color, Queer Folks, Trans, Gender Non-conforming, Non-binary and Two Spirit individuals. Courtney has followed the direction of her ancestors to incorporate psychedelic assisted therapy into her offerings for folks with multiple marginalized identities and stresses the importance of BI&Poc and Queer providers offering these services. She is currently blazing the trail as one. of the only predominantly QTBIPOC providers offering Ketamine Assisted Therapy in 2021. She has also founded a non-profit, Access to Doorways, to raise funds to subsidize the cost of ketamine/psychedelic assisted therapies for QTBIPOC clients.
Links mentioned in our conversation:
Support Doorways Non-profit
What’s in this episode:
Courtney’s background (2:55)
“Professionalism” (4:30)
Becoming a therapist (6:20)
Scholar of human sexuality (7:00)
Shortcomings in the world of psychedelics (9:40)
Meeting folks part way to educate (12:20)
Being in right relationship (13:18)
How can you talk about altered states of consciousness and not talk about spirit? (14:30)
Earth erasure in this field (16:00)
Co-creation with people from marginalized communities (20:05)
Ketamine as medicine (21:45)
The ketamine spirit is perfect for therapy (24:36)
These synthetic molecules have intelligence (27:00)
Equity of sourcing and profiting (28:00)
The genius of the plant world (31:08)
Finding a therapist who relates to your lived experience (33:25)
Information to help move in the right direction (35:30)
Integrity in the medicine space (37:47)
The term “Holding Space” (38:39)
Going back and retrieving the wisdom of things that were pushed into the shadows (41:00)
“The old woman at the end of the village” (43:30)
Dreamy dream (45:45)
What does healing mean to you? (50:00)
The importance of elders (53:20)
Huge thank you to the forever inspiring Courtney Watson for joining us. What a gift. Follow her on Instagram at @doorwaytherapeutics.
And special thank you to the people behind the scenes who help make the Fruiting Bodies podcast possible. Be sure to send them some love!
· Podcast Editor, Sydney Bogan
· Studio space, Mariah Makalapua & Medicine Collective
· Equipment & support, Joe Izzo from Conscious Cloud Podcast
· Our awesome volunteer team: Yicela Alvarado, SunMee Sandusky, and Allison Holmes
· Our sponsors, Dr. Bronner’s, Mimosa Therapeutics, and Psychedelics Today
· All of our incredible supporters, collaborators, and listeners
Stay connected by following us on Instagram @fruitingbodiesco. Visit our website to find past show notes, become a monthly supporter and join our email list.
Thank you for supporting our shared mission!
-Elan & Becca
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fruitingbodies/support
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