Physical Health and Psychedelic-Assisted Practice: A Naturopathic Perspective
The webinar by Dr. Erica Zelfand explores how naturopathic medicine views the connection between mental and physical health in the context of psychedelic-assisted work. Attendees will be introduced to core naturopathic concepts—Hering’s Law of Cure, the Therapeutic Hierarchy, and vitalism—along with a practical framework for assessing a client’s baseline health. The central idea is offering a whole-person model where physical symptoms, emotional states, and lifestyle habits are treated as interconnected rather than isolated, which matters as psychedelic research increasingly extends into physical health conditions. The session is aimed at practitioners, clinicians, facilitators, therapists, and integration coaches working at the intersection of mental and physical health.