**7. Foundational identity**

Introjects, identifications and a myriad of self-states from a range of developmental ages are frequently recognized and witnessed during the psychedelic experience. With careful facilitation, exploration and access to the corresponding emotional states are recognized. Recognition and integration of aspects of the self into coherent whole permits a rich symphony of developmental expressions and capacities. Organizing ideas and reflections about the self becomes available for reconsideration, review and an accurate upgrade based on current life circumstances. Identities that have retreated from expression or have not been fully elaborated, identity errors stemming from projections or compromise formations that provided solutions to underlying anxieties are able to be safely explored and reformulated within an experiential, present-moment exchange with the psychotherapist.
