Spiritual transformation in psychedelic-assisted palliative care: Implications for existential and postmodern counseling practice.

Spiritual transformation experienced during psychedelic-assisted palliative care carries implications for existential and postmodern counseling approaches. The work argues that such transformations challenge traditional therapeutic frameworks and suggest the need for counseling practices that accommodate non-ordinary states of consciousness and meaning-making processes. It examines how psychedelic experiences in end-of-life care can catalyze profound shifts in patients' worldviews, relationships, and sense of self, which in turn require counselors to adopt more flexible, collaborative, and culturally sensitive methods. The text proposes integrating existential and postmodern perspectives to better support clients undergoing these transformative experiences.

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Spiritual transformation in psychedelic-assisted palliative care: Implications for existential and postmodern counseling practice.