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CARTER, Inc. is a 501c3 private nonprofit organization dedicated to the art and science of achieving lifelong freedom from addiction. Led by @drrickbarnett

[Dr. Rick Barnett, PsyD 😊 @drrickbarnett]

Taking psychedelics oneself doesn’t automatically qualify someone to practice psychedelic therapy/healing. I know many with multiple psychedelic experiences who are not in a position to help others. #knowyoursitter

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@drrickbarnett ☺️👍🏼😊

[Paul Heintz @paulheintz]

Guess I have some ... personal news: I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be joining @vtdigger in January as managing editor. https://t.co/36WxQkjJOd

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[Dr Psyched @psyched_dr]

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"These preliminary findings suggest that MDMA-assisted psychotherapy might have the potential to provide long-term benefits for people who have or are overcoming a serious illness" @MAPS

[Dr. Rick Barnett, PsyD 😊 @drrickbarnett]

The problem with the “anti-psychiatry” and “anti-12step” sentiment is the demonization aspect of the target. If “free society depends on the dignity of dissent”, respect for psychiatry or 12steps is possible without agreement and without demonizing. What am i missing?

[Psygaia @Psygaia]

Current medicalization of psychedelics into industrial society doesn’t take into account that modern industrial society is the root of the problems people bring to heal with psychedelics. We must address the roots of our problems within, but also the seeds which lie without.

[Dr. Rick Barnett, PsyD 😊 @drrickbarnett]

#humankindness

[Dr. Rick Barnett, PsyD 😊 @drrickbarnett]

Should we fear change? What can take place without it? It is a pleasing process that marks universal nature. Can u eat without food undergoing change? Can anything useful be done w/out change? Can we see that for us it is equally necessary for universal nature?
~Marcus Aurelius

[Dr. Rick Barnett, PsyD 😊 @drrickbarnett]

The practice of gratitude is the most empowering daily activity to change perspective and change a life. From gratitude flows grace and growth.

[Dr. Rick Barnett, PsyD 😊 @drrickbarnett]

Ayahuasca and the Twelve Steps: An Anonymous Friendship https://t.co/q5ysgXQbpA via @chacruna_net @Chacruna_net @ToddEYoungs

[Dr. Rick Barnett, PsyD 😊 @drrickbarnett]

Instead of living from “trigger to trigger”, let’s lean into looking at and living life through the lens of love. ❤️@GabbyBernstein #YouAreTheGuru

[Dr. Rick Barnett, PsyD 😊 @drrickbarnett]

@psyched_dr https://t.co/criLKsLRVu

[Dr. Rick Barnett, PsyD 😊 @drrickbarnett]

❤️the passion to prevent opioid deaths by mass deployment of opioid agonists and antagonists, and OD reversal meds. At same time, it’s not working and more mass deployment may not work to ⬇️ deaths, the majority being connected to mental health, polypharm and polydrug and etoh.

[Dr. Rick Barnett, PsyD 😊 @drrickbarnett]

Psychiatry uses terms like “Inadequate Response to Antidepressant Treatment” “poor responders” or “treatment resistant”. Followed by terms like “augmenting” “adjunctive” “inadequate dose or duration” “poor adherence” and “misdiagnosis” ... perhaps it’s not all about medications?

[Dr. Rick Barnett, PsyD 😊 @drrickbarnett]

Maybe the whole “gotta go to college” thing is undergoing a radical shift. Colleges/Universities that aren’t leading the way to new models of learning will fail. New institutions and systems of learning are emerging. Out with old. In with new.

[Dr. Rick Barnett, PsyD 😊 @drrickbarnett]

I sometimes feel blah when people say “when things get back to normal”. Is that what we want? To go BACK to “normal”, like pre-COVID was normal? Instead, for me, it’s like: “I’m eager to see how things unfold and to be a part of it”! ❤️🌀❤️

[Dr. Rick Barnett, PsyD 😊 @drrickbarnett]

Here’s an approach:
1/ be ready for the worst
2/ trust in the best
3/ accept what comes

[Dr. Rick Barnett, PsyD 😊 @drrickbarnett]

I’ve found few things in life that feel as fun and fantastic as forging freedom from facing fear. #vermontlife #change #growth #inspireothers #livewell #huckyeah Skipped a meeting and conference call today to #sendit with my kid in #nature (after 4 sessions). ❤️❤️❤️🙏🏽❤️❤️❤️

[Dr. Rick Barnett, PsyD 😊 @drrickbarnett]

People who reject 12step ideas due to religiosity may not fully understand #psychedelics. 12steppers who reject psychedelics as a shortcut to spiritual experiences may be shortsighted. The synergy of models to personal growth is intense. https://t.co/IHQR27k1tn

[Dr. Rick Barnett, PsyD 😊 @drrickbarnett]

“Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress."
~Bruce Barton

[Dr. Rick Barnett, PsyD 😊 @drrickbarnett]

“High Intensity Drinking” ... am i the only one amused by that terminology? What do we call adding cannabis use to the mix, “High High Intensity Drinking”? 😊😜