MDMA, PSILOCYBIN, AYAHUASCA: what compelled twenty-two middle-class Australians to share their unique and riveting stories about their participation in forty illegal psychedelic therapy sessions? How did this therapy transform them? How does one even find a an underground therapist?
Transformations; is a must read for anyone suffering from trauma and contemplating a psychedelic solution. It is also a rare font of knowledge for psychedelic therapists, providing tried and tested treatment protocols and procedures. Psychedelic research has made a meteoric comeback and projects testing their potential to treat a range of mental disorders are taking place world wide. Dale Carruth emerges from the underground to reveal research she's been quietly conducting for years. In 2017 she flew to Australia to take part in underground psychedelic therapy in the hope of healing her debilitating PTSD. After profound and effective healing, Carruth a qualified therapist, felt obliged to help others do the same.
'I have come to know and appreciate Dale as a respectful, careful, and highly ethical therapist. Her practical experience in this not-yet-well-known field of work, especially trauma work with psychoactive substances, is impressive and testifies to a great knowledge of this field. Her previous clinical experience, especially with traumatized people, and the intensive working through of her own biography allows her to excellently grasp and accompany the essence of people with post-traumatic stress disorder. Her expertise in the field of psychoactive substances is impressively vast. Her book is carefully researched, clearly written and easy to understand.'
____Dr Friederike Meckel Fischer, author of Therapy with Substance
"I believe this book can help guide therapists to carry out this most important work in helping to heal the millions who suffer daily from the crippling effects of trauma. This unique contribution can also help people seeking psychedelic therapy to understand what they are in for and help them to prepare for and understand the processes involved in going through these most profound and effective treatments. These records are definitely more relevant to regular people than the much-vaunted scientific studies into these compounds, as any reader should be able to see clearly how these compounds work, how people experience them, and what results they themselves could actually get from them."
___ Julian Palmer, author of Articulations: On the Utilisation and Meaning of Psychedelics
Review :
Great work Dale! Your book has been written in a very accessible style, an absolute must in an era where fewer and fewer people are reading books. The absence of jargon is refreshing in a book which addresses human psychology. The case studies contained in the book pull no punches in their descriptions of the various traumas encountered. I have a feeling that this will become one of those books that will one day be rediscovered, say 50 years from now, when we're possibly closer to decriminalisation or even better, under legalised ethical industry self-regulation. This is not a book that was written to achieve any mainstream recognition (which may be for the best considering legal status). It is a guide designed to help people navigate a daunting underground world that many don't know the existence of. The feedback from community members I've spoken with who have read Dale's book up to this point has been overwhelmingly positive. So - I recommend this book, and acknowledge the risks Dale has taken in publishing it. I was also impressed to see that the cover art is hers as well. Great job all round, and an invaluable tool for the community and those looking to improve their lives.
-- Nick Palmer - Committee Member, Australian Psychedelic Society
