[Adta] dmt with clergy

[Emily Hall Ray]

Hello everyone,
  
  I was recently offered the opportunity to do dmt work with clergy and  am presenting this to the dmt community to learn 1) if anyone else has  worked with this population and 2) what ideas others might have about  approaching work with this population.
  
  The setting is an institute which primarily serves priests and nuns,  but also laypersons who are interested in addressing their spiritual  lives and concerns in therapeutic work. They have two separate  inpatient programs (6 mos each) for men and women. Although the  institute is affiliated with the Catholic church, many of the staff  work from a psychodynamic orientation and many alternative treatments  are also offered including art therapy, psychodrama, and physical  therapy/exercise (including pilates and feldenkrais). The staff feel  the patients would benefit greatly from dmt work. They have spoken to  me about how disconnected these patients are from their bodies and the  observable rigidity that characterizes their thinking and physicality.  I have been told they generally tend to use their spirituality as a  defense and are chronic intellectualizers. Although this is an  inpatient program, none of the patients are a danger to self or others,  nor do they have
 such severe mental illness that they require ongoing  supervision. They do, however, struggle with a number of issues  including addiction (both substance and sexual in nature), abuse  histories, personality disorders, mood disorders etc...
  
  I am currently putting together a preliminary proposal for a group and  would appreciate any ideas others have about working with this  population, taking into consideration their spirituality as well as  their particular concerns related to the body. Thanks!
  
  Emily Ray, MA, ADTR
  
 
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