Sexuality and Psychedelics: Sexuality, culture and healing intimacy, health and pleasure with psychedelics

While psychedelics are becoming more integrated into society and research, some dimensions of the psychedelic experience still feel taboo and illicit a mixture of feelings like shame, longing and curiosity. Sexuality, sex and intimate relationships are some of those dimensions psychedelic bring to consciousness, challenging rigid and dogmatic societal structures, awakening implicit memories, somatic sensations and ask us to go deeper into our embodiment. The psychedelic culture needs to feel safe, welcoming and inviting of these vibrant, visceral and at times challenging topics. This seminar brings the nuanced dimensions of these topics and their intersection with the psychedelic experience. 

This Seminar invites you to explore how psychedelics can be used to…

• Navigate consent and boundaries

• Provide insight on cultural implications on sexuality and sexual expression 

• Feel our internalized archetypes as they relate to power and gender 

• Deepen love, repair wounds and strengthen intimacy in relationships

• Reclaim the erotic after trauma

We invited experts and practitioners panelists to weave together insights from a variety of traditions, modern psychedelic-assisted therapy, sexual wellness, health, and healing, and contemporary intimate relationship practices. Panels will offer a holistic framework for exploring sexuality and relationship as they intersect with psychedelics. Whether you're a therapist, a curious explorer, or someone seeking deeper connection in your relationships, join us to learn how to engage these topics in a conscious, somatic and mindful way, while learning new practical tools about the transformative potential of psychedelics and sexuality.

What You'll Gain:

• Insights into how psychedelics can deepen intimacy, sexual awareness, and relational growth.

• Tools for navigating power dynamics, consent, and boundary-setting in altered states.

• Approaches for exploring and supporting sexual trauma healing in psychedelic spaces.

• A deeper understanding of how altered states can reveal unconscious patterns, desires, and pathways to greater intimacy.

• Practical frameworks for integrating psychedelic insights into your sexual and relational life.

  Seminar Schedule

  9:30-9:45 - Sex, psychedelics and our current state. Sura Hertzberg and Dr. Ido Cohen

  9:45- 10:40 - The Ethics of Vulnerability: Boundaries, Consent and Intimacy in Psychedelic Practice. Britta Love and Caffyn Jesse.

  10:45-11:40 - What’s love got to do with it?: Psychedelics and couples . Marie Winter and Sarah Tilley.

  11:45-12:40 - Reclaiming the Erotic Self: Psychedelic Pathways to Healing sexual Trauma. Mor Gavish LMFT and Emma Knighton LMFT

  12:40-1:05 - break 

  1:05-2:00 - Cultural Currents: How Society Shapes Our Relationship with $ex & Psychedelics. Monica Cadena and Dr. Cat Meyer

  2:05 - 3 Power, Gender and Psychedelics: Uncovering Internalized systems in Healing Work. Shveta Mittal and Julian Redwood.

  3:00-3:30 - Q&A and summary. Sura and Ido