RESEARCH
Over the past 10 years, the research into the benefits of psychedelics on mental well-being has been revived. The current results confirms the enormous therapeutic potential of these substances.
For example, psychedelic therapy has recently been shown to be no less than four times more effective in treating depression compared to the current approach with antidepressants.
Other problems where Psychedelic Therapy is proving to be effective include anxiety, addiction, post traumatic stress disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder and eating disorders. Read more about this here.
PSYCHEDELIC THERAPY
Is not the same as "tripping". There's a lot more to it than just taking a psychedelic agent.
The big difference lies in the professional support. You're assisted in formulating intentions and are well briefed about what is to be expected, a safe context is created for the psychedelic experience itself and you'll be guided with its integration afterwards.
Integration is essential. A meaningful framework is created in which the various elements of the psychedelic experience can be implemented in your daily life.
LEGALITY
In the Netherlands, the use of some psychedelics, unlike in Belgium, is permitted.
Several centres in the Netherlands offer psychedelic travel, often without therapeutic support.
We want to respond to the demand of Belgian residents who want to follow this journey with a local psychologist or therapist.
With UNLOCK we also want to make psychedelic therapy possible for people living in Belgium. The preparatory interviews take place in person or online. The psychedelic experience is facilitated by an experienced team of psychologists and therapists.
To facilitate this in a legal way, we have chosen a beautiful location in the Netherlands. During a weekend from Friday evening until Sunday morning, therapeutic work will be carried out in groups. During this weekend the psychedelic experience takes place.
After the weekend, the individual therapeutic and integration talks are also continued individually in person or online.
We would like to stress that we are not a trip-sit service and that we provide these experiences to respond to an obvious cry for help from the local area, as well as the convincing results from scientific research.
We will proceed in this way in anticipation of a legal framework for psychedelic therapy in Belgium.