Whole Medicine

A comprehensive framework for ethical psychedelic medicine—a guide for therapists, trip sitters, and anyone concerned about upholding boundaries and safety in the entheogen and plant medicine community

Psychedelic advisor Rebecca Martinez lays out the groundwork for an ethical approach to 21st‐century psychedelic therapy. Applying a social‐justice lens to entheogenic practice, Martinez provides practical guidance for psychedelic sitters, advocates, explorers, and those practicing (or learning to practice) licensed psychedelic therapy.

As psychedelics become a more accessible pathway to healing, how do practitioners—and seekers—navigate complex issues in a wide range of settings?

Here, you’ll learn skills like:

• Understanding consent and boundaries
• Building safe and ethical psychedelic experiences
• How to integrate the cultural and historical contexts of plant medicines

• Considering the psychological risks and benefits of psychedelic therapy

• How to apply a social‐justice lens to entheogenic healing

Martinez also discusses how, in many corners of the psychedelic community, an overemphasis on positivity can overwhelm attempts to challenge abuses of power; dismantle internalized hierarchies; and acknowledge and integrate our own flaws and traumas.

An essential guide for any psychedelic therapist, entheogenic guide, or mind‐expanding medicine enthusiast, Whole Medicine brings much‐needed conversations about ethics, boundaries, and informed use out of the shadows for better, safer, community‐centered psychedelic healing.

FOR PSYCHEDELIC THERAPISTS, HEALERS, and USERS: Designed to be in healing contexts; includes everything you need to know to create successful and ethical psychedelic healing experiences

FILLS A GAP: There are currently no books on the why and how of creating and respecting boundaries within psychedelic therapy work.

PSYCHEDELIC GUIDE, UPDATED: Meets the growing needs of psychedelic users and therapists—not your 1970’s guide.

BOUNDARIES, ETHICS, AND SAFER USE: Discusses key issues that have long been whispered about, but not openly addressed in books.

RESPONSIVE TO COMMUNITY NEED: With podcasts like NY Mag’s Cover Story exposing the underbelly of psychedelic therapy, the community needs (and has asked for) resources on safe, ethical, boundary‐respecting psychedelic use

RESTORATIVE JUSTICE: Calls perpetrators of psychedelic therapy abuse to account in a way that leads to real, enduring change
EXPERT AUTHOR: Martinez is a psychedelic advisor, speaker, and community leader with deep roots in the psychedelic therapy space. She was involved in the formation of Oregon’s Measure 109’s psilocybin services framework.