Delusional beliefs and psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy

The author argues that Lisa Bortolotti's book, Why Delusions Matter, provides a novel approach to countering a key criticism of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy known as the Comforting Delusions Objection. This objection suggests that the benefits of such therapy may rely on comforting but false beliefs. Bortolotti's work is presented as offering a framework to address this concern.

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Abstract

In this paper I argue that in her new book, Why Delusions Matter, Lisa Bortolotti offers us a new way to dispel a major objection to psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, the Comforting Delusions Objection.