**3. The psychedelic psychotherapy process**

Psychedelic medicines create a shift in access to knowledge and emotional experience both internally and externally. The tapestry of internal threads of experience ranging

from mental, emotional, somatic and nervous system realms is annexed and becomes available experientially, all while being woven into an expanded sense and concept of self. Correspondingly, the intersubjective space and all the elements in the surrounding sensory field of awareness—the so-called "*setting"—*becomes expansively resonant and apprehended through multiple sensory modes in a synesthetic melange, thereby enriching and refining the experience of the outer world.

Similar to the psychoanalytic method, where the removal of obstacles toward free association provides both the methodology and healing process, experiential attention to the self-sculpture allows for the acquisition of knowledge and correction simultaneously. Various self-components that have become exaggerated are softened, leading to the correction of imbalanced protective systems. Trauma blockages and projected interferences may come to be released, which in turn permit correction and repair. Access to the knowledge and wisdom of the mind and body naturally fosters enrichment, development and growth.
