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

Feb 27, 2025

We are excited to announce that Vicente counsel Barine Majewska has been selected to speak at the 2025 SXSW Conference & Festival, which will take place March 7-10 in Austin, Texas.

Barine’s session, “Co-Altered States: Being Ethical in Psychedelic Care,” on March 8 is 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

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See you in Austin!

Join Vicente and other psychedelics thought leaders at SXSW for panel discussions on the future of responsible and ethical psychedelic therapy, the “profound potential of psychoactive substances,” and how the community is actively working to reshape the stigma surrounding psychedelics.

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

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

We are thrilled to have Epiphany Mushroom Co, JuneShine, Tweedle Botanicals and ThoroughBread as valued sponsors of Vicente's Annual Psychedelic & Cannabis Community Social!

Claim your ticket here: https://VicenteSXSW2025Party.eventbrite.com