The Restore Sessions: Ep.2 Enlightenment NowWednesday, 18 Aug 2021
SummaryFrom the ‘shroom boom’ to the ket clinic – will ‘new wellness’ fuse alt faith with hard science?

Featured Speakers

Dr. Will Siu completed medical and graduate school at UCLA and the University of Oxford, respectively, before training as a psychiatrist at Harvard Medical School. He remained on the faculty at Harvard for two years before leaving to pursue his interests in psychedelic medicine as a practitioner, researcher, speaker, and educator. He is a co-principal investigator on a pilot research study for MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for fibromyalgia. Dr. Siu is trained to provide MDMA-assisted therapy and maintains a private practice in Los Angeles. He has been featured in a variety of news and media, including The Goop Lab on Netflix.

Dr. Susan Matt is a history professor at Weber State University. She researches US social and cultural history, and the history of emotions. Dr. Fernandez and Dr. Matt co-wrote the book Bored, Lonely, Angry, Stupid: Changing Feelings About Technology, From The Telegraph To Twitter, about emotional fulfillment in the digital age.

Dimitrios is a sociologist investigating human enhancement and substance use. His current research fellowship funded by the Wellcome Trust looks at microdosing psychedelics as a new form of human enhancement (Public Health Institute, Liverpool John Moores University).