Explore Ethical Considerations in Psychedelic Care with Barine Majewska During the 2025 SXSW Conference

Mar 20, 2025

Vicente counsel Barine Majewska was selected to speak at the 2025 SXSW Conference & Festival, which took place March 7-10 in Austin, Texas.

Barine’s session, “Co-Altered States: Being Ethical in Psychedelic Care,” on March 8 was part of the conference’s Psychedelics track.

Panel: Co-Altered States: Being Ethical in Psychedelic Care

March 8, 2025 | 11:30 a.m. CT

Psychedelic therapy has gained traction as a promising approach to mental health treatment, but with this rise comes a myriad of ethical challenges stemming from the complexities of power dynamics and unclearly defined roles between “therapists” and “patients” in dual altered-state experiences. From ethical gray areas to severe violations such as sexual and financial abuse of patients, this panel aims to delve into these ethical dilemmas. Panelists will explore questions such as: What is ethical? Why does unethical behavior occur? How should the psychedelics community respond to bad actors?

Panelists:

Barine Majewska, Vicente LLP
Neşe Devenot, Johns Hopkins University
Matthew Johnson, Sheppard Pratt Center for Excellence in Psilocybin Research and Treatment

Listen to the audio recording here.

Vicente's Annual Austin Social: A Psychedelic & Cannabis Community Event

Vicente LLP hosted our annual social on March 8 during SXSW 2025 weekend at a private venue in Austin, Texas. We connected with the cannabis and psychedelics community and raised funds to support groundbreaking plant medicine research by Field 2 Healed and Dr. Sue Sisley.

Special thanks to Epiphany Mushroom Co, Willie's Remedy, Tweedle Botanicals and ThoroughBread as valued sponsors of Vicente's Annual Psychedelic & Cannabis Community Social! See you next year in Austin!