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I've written this reflection in honour of the importance of psychological preparation within psychedelic-assisted therapy, and the opportunity it offers to explore our inner world with curiosity, compassion and care. Through the lens of Internal Family Systems (IFS) and trauma-informed psychotherapy, I invite you to consider what it means to prepare not only for an experience, but for the emotions, protective parts and deeper aspects of ourselves that may emerge. Perhaps prep

There is something extraordinary about adolescence. It is a space between worlds. No longer quite a child, not yet an adult. A time of becoming, questioning, separating, belonging, experimenting and discovering. Teenagers are beginning to ask questions that sit much deeper than they sometimes have words for. Who am I? Where do I belong? What do other people think of me? What do I think of myself? Which parts of me are safe to show? Which parts do I need to hide? And perhaps,

by Kellee Thomson There is a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from living inside a mind that never seems to switch off. Replaying conversations.Planning for every possible outcome.Wondering whether you said the wrong thing.Trying to keep everyone happy.Setting incredibly high standards for yourself.Preparing for problems that haven't happened yet. Sometimes we call it anxiety. Sometimes it looks more like perfectionism, people-pleasing, overworking, hypervigilance or