Impulse Talk and APT Info Session July: What psychedelics can and cannot do: Expectation management as a clinical task

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Referrals for psychedelic- -augmented treatment are rising, and patients increasingly arrive with strong, sometimes unrealistic hopes — often after long treatment-resistant courses in which conventional options have been exhausted. In this setting, expectation is not background noise: it shapes outcome, safety, and the therapeutic alliance, and unmanaged expectation is both a clinical and an ethical liability.

This talk treats expectation management not as a one-time disclaimer but as an ongoing, negotiated process between clinician and patient — clarifying hopes and fears, naming what the substance does and does not do, and distributing responsibility across preparation, dosing, and integration.  
We review what current evidence supports and, equally important, where it stops, so that realistic framing replaces both hype and reflexive skepticism. The aim is a sober clinical map: appropriate indications, plausible effects, and the limits beyond which a promise becomes harm. We close with with a brief outlook on how the expectation conversation with patients is actually conducted — and why it is a trainable competence rather than a matter of temperament.


📆 15 July 2026
🕒 20:00 CET
📍 Online (Zoom)

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