Episode 28: Plant Stories, Psychedelic Psychiatry and Guest Julia Schetky

Licensed professional counselors Johanna Dwinells and Sarah Bryski-Hamrick are slowly demystifying and destigmatizing therapy, one episode at a time. Recording and living in the Philadelphia area, Johanna and Sarah work to make therapy feel more accessible, with quirky, sometimes intrusive questions that reveal the human side of healthcare professionals, all while they overcome their own anxieties and internalized stigmas. 

TW: Discussion of lobotomies, ECT, and suicidal ideation

Episode summary: Johanna walks so slow it’s creepy. Sarah plans a garden. They both discuss the history of psychedelic psychiatry. Guest, Julia Schetky, talks about her role in the administration of psychedelics for mental health and much more!

Guest Bio: Julia Schetky is a licensed mental health counselor associate, as well as a licensed social work associate independent clinician based out of Vancouver Washington.  She is a trained Psychedelic Assisted Therapist, as well as a Certified Trauma Specialist.  She specializes in working with trauma generally, and more specifically, spiritual trauma. She has extensive experience working with spiritual trauma in many contexts, both in and out of the counseling room. Julia came from a religious group that was abusive as well, which helps to inform her work.  

She works from the place that there is a difference in counseling between “all are welcome here” and “this was created with you in mind.” 

When she is not working, you can find her with her family, which now includes a puppy named Wilson. 

Sources for today’s History Lesson: “A brief history of psychedelic psychiatry” by Mo Costandi

Resources: Spravato.com; MAPS.org; Ketamine as treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder: a review; Ketamine Drug Fact Sheet; FDA Approval Press Release

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