03/26/2026
Alongside two of our Finding Freedom Therapy clinicians, Dr. Tina Schiefelbein and Cristina Serna, plus Les Motheral from the DFW First Responder Support Network, I was able to attend the movie premiere for Healing Heroes: No Mind Left Behind. This documentary follows four veterans, a firefighter, and a police officer through their experiences using the psychedelic ibogaine to interrupt symptoms of their PTSD.
Ibogaine is a plant-based psychoactive compound which has shown some promise to provide improvements in functioning of veterans dealing with PTSD and TBIs. However, it is still considered fairly controversial and not legal in the U.S. due to notable cardiovascular side effects. I was fascinated by the ability to provide a reset for these six individuals, and I look forward to U.S. clinicians gaining more and more information on this as a treatment option for those who have experienced trauma. I do caution anyone who's interested to first do notable research and please check with a cardiologist.
One of my drives is to continue to learn about all treatments available for trauma, both clinical and non-clinical. While Finding Freedom Therapy provides six different evidence-based trauma treatments, there are so many additional treatments out there! My hope is to be familiar with multiple different trauma modalities so even if we don't offer them, we can make educated recommendations to providers who do.
As neurobiology catches up to psychology, we are gaining more and more insight into additional treatments. If you are struggling with trauma, there are a multitude of options out there. We are always happy to help provide guidance on the trauma treatments we are familiar with.
