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My research has focused on psychedelics, childhood maltreatment and complex trauma, shame, connectedness, memory, and psychological change.

2025

Healy, C. J., Frazier, A., Kirsch, S., Sanford, A., Garcia-Romeu, A., Todman, M., Varon, J., & D’Andrea, W. Acute subjective effects of psychedelics in naturalistic group settings prospectively predict longitudinal improvements in trauma symptoms, trait shame, and connectedness among adults with childhood maltreatment histories. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, 138.

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2021

Healy, C. J., Lee, K. A., & D’Andrea, W. Using psychedelics with therapeutic intent is associated with lower shame and complex trauma symptoms in adults with histories of child maltreatment. Chronic Stress, 5.

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2021

Healy, C. J. The acute effects of classic psychedelics on memory in humans. Psychopharmacology, 238(3), 639–653.

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My clinical work includes ketamine-assisted psychotherapy and psychoanalytic treatment for people with histories of trauma and childhood maltreatment.