This article by Jill Ettinger was originally published on Psychedelic Spotlight, and appears here with permission.
In the first episode of Goop’s Netflix series, “The Goop Lab”, GP staffers, including former Chief Content Officer Elise Loehnen and Gwyneth Paltrow’s personal assistant Kevin Keating, head to Jamaica. They’re there to take part in psilocybin mushroom therapy sessions.
Say what you will about Goop (I won’t stop you), but the episode did psychedelics a pretty big solid. Paltrow and Loehen chat with experts psychiatrist Will Siu and Mark Harden, of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies. They set the stage, providing history and context to the current state of psychedelics in the West. They also dive into the research and testing on psychedelics psilocybin specifically for mental health issues.