Dr. Richard Louis Miller, MA, PhD, has been a clinical psychologist for more than 50 years. He is host of the syndicated talk radio show, Mind Body Health & Politics. The founder of the nationally acclaimed Cokenders Alcohol and Drug Program, he has been a faculty member at the University of Michigan and Stanford University, an advisor on the President’s Commission on Mental Health, a founding board member of the Gestalt Institute of San Francisco, and a member of the national board of directors for the Marijuana Policy Project. He lives in Fort Bragg and Wilbur Hot Springs, California.
FOREWORD BY RICK DOBLIN, Ph.D.
PROLOGUE
PART ONE
THE CASE FOR PSYCHEDELICS
AT THE END OF LIFE
CHAPTER 1
Ego Death
CHAPTER 2
From Taboo to Trials: Pioneers of the Psychedelic
Renaissance
CHAPTER 3
Studies of Psychedelics for End-of-Life Distress:
Proof of Safety and Efficacy
CHAPTER 4
Mechanism of Action: How Psychedelics Help the Dying
Overcome End-of-Life Distress
CHAPTER 5
Understanding and Treating End-of-Life Distress
PART TWO
THE STEPS TO DYING GRACEFULLY
STEP 1
Confronting Death
STEP 2
Discerning Candidacy for
Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy
STEP 3
Navigating the Legal Landscape
STEP 4
Selecting the Guide, Dose, and Therapy Type
STEP 5
Managing Set and Setting
STEP 6
Surrendering
STEP 7
Integrating the Insights
STEP 8
Reckoning with the Afterlife
STEP 9
Living Fully
STEP 10
Dying Gracefully
Reconnecting in an Age of Separation
EPILOGUE
The Way Forward
AFTERWORD
REFERENCES
INDEX
