Agenda: Ayahuasca as True Other

Times are listed as Eastern Time USA

Time (EST)Content
11:00-11:30 amWelcome, introductions, and acknowledgments
11:30 – 12:30 pmPresenter: Meris Williams
What is ayahuasca? Its origins in Indigenous and Mestizo communities, Western hybrid models of ceremonial ayahuasca use, and contextual considerations
Sharing a personal ayahuasca experience
12:30 – 12:45 pmBreak
12:45 – 2:00 pmPresenter: Meris Williams 
Potential synergies between ayahuasca experiences and the experiential unfolding process of AEDP
The ways in which AEDP therapists are already equipped to assist their clients in deepening and integrating ayahuasca ceremony experiences in post-ceremony therapy sessions
2:00 pm – 3:00 pmLunch break
3:00 pm – 3:45 pmPresenter: Kosu Boudreau
Integrating ayahuasca experiences
3:45 pm – 4:30 PMPresenters: Meris Williams and ayahuasca ceremony leader Ronin Mai
A Western ceremony leader’s perspective on what therapists need to know about ceremonial ayahuasca use
4:30 – 4:45 pm Break
4:45 – 5:45 pmPresenters: Kari Gleiser and Meris Williams
An experiential demonstration of how ayahuasca integration can be facilitated and deepened using AEDP
5:45 – 6:30 pmGroup discussion, closing acknowledgments