Treating Childhood Trauma through Psilocybin
June 16, 2025 Bénédicte Mannix, F. Leron Shults, Michael J. Winkelman
A psychedelic healing protocol developed by Bénédicte Mannix uses psilocybin to treat childhood trauma, drawing on philosophical and psychological traditions. The protocol aims to heal minds, bodies, and souls from psychological trauma and contribute to transforming humanity's relationship with the ecological environment. The chapter outlines the therapeutic schools informing the approach, reviews clinical studies and pharmacological mechanisms supporting psilocybin therapy for trauma, and explains why childhood trauma is a key target for entheogenic healing. The three phases of the protocol are presented: pre-session, the session itself, and post-session integration. The approach's implications are summarized.