October 22 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Date: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025 | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Location: Online via Zoom (1 CE)
Cost: Participation is FREE / $17 Admin Fee for each CE
*Registration for the lecture will close on October 22nd at 10:00 AM EST*
What to Expect:
Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy is emerging as a powerful treatment for several mental health conditions. In this talk, Dr. Olson will provide an overview of the potential psychobiological benefits of working with psilocybin, MDMA, and ketamine, in conjunction with traditional psychodynamic therapy. This will be an opportunity to learn about these treatments and gain an understanding of how the brain changes in both the short and long term through the use of these medicines.
Dr. Olson will share information based on current research supporting their use in treating depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder. She will explain how psychedelics increase brain plasticity and reopen critical periods, creating the potential for the brain to shift default reactions and prior learning patterns. Therapeutic use of these medicines also creates opportunities for new emotional and relational experiences. In some cases, these brain changes can be long-lasting, offering much-needed relief from chronic distress.
Course Objectives – Participants will be able to:
-Identify the primary psychedelic medicines currently being researched and used therapeutically.
-Develop some psychobiological mechanisms of psychedelics.
-Recognize brain changes associated with psychedelic use in psychotherapy.
-Describe evidence supporting psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy for mental health conditions.
Meet your speaker:
Elizabeth A. Olson – PsyD, LCSW, CGP
Licensed Clinical Psychologist | Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Dr. Elizabeth Olson has been in private practice in Boulder, Colorado, for the past 27 years. She is both a practicing psychologist and a licensed clinical social worker, working with teens, young adults, adults, parents, families, and couples. One of her favorite parts of the work week is facilitating long-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy groups.
Dr. Olson began studying psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy a year and a half ago and completed an eight-month training program at Naropa University. She will soon be opening her psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy practice, primarily focusing on psilocybin.
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