Stepping through the Psychedelic Looking-Glass

What makes psychedelic psychotherapy work? Is it the induction of experience, with its distinct patterns hallucinations and insights, or is neural ‘shakeup’ that moves brain out regular mode functioning into a more disordered state? We consider role attention-related phenomenological changes play in transformation psychotherapy. review Letheby’s account psychotherapy, which appeals to increases phenomenal opacity as central mechanism psychotherapeutic transformation. argue there an alternative vehicle this overlooks, involving radically transparent experiences. outline common kinds transparency shifts typical experiences, many cases, such are responsible for benefits. This argument motivates approach possible mechanisms self-transformation, opens up new venue empirical research attention phenomenology