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Conceptual analysis reveals reciprocal theoretical frameworks between psychedelics and psychoanalysis, highlighting shared mechanisms in metapsychology, field theory, and therapeutic play.
This article argues that we have much to gain in recognizing the mutually influential aspects of psychoanalysis and psychedelics. It focusses especially on examining their implications for metapsychology, field theory, and psychoanalytic theory of therapeutic action based on the idea of play (Ringstrom, 2026).
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Philip A. Ringstrom (2026) studied this question.
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