Seed Group Contributor, MeSIC framework co-creator and Research partner
Zach Walsh, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, a research affiliate with the BC Centre on Substance Use, and a professor of Psychology at the University of British Columbia (UBC). He directs the Therapeutic, Recreational, and Problematic Substance Use lab and the Problematic Substance Use clinic at UBC. Zach is a member of the Advisory Board of MAPS Canada and a member of the International Research Society on Psychedelics. He has published and presented widely on topics related to psychedelics, cannabis, mental health and psychotherapy.He has worked clinically on trials of MDMA, psilocybin and cannabis therapies. Zach's current clinical research interests include
- psychedelic psychotherapy training,
- harm reduction using cannabis and psychedelics
- integrating CBT and MET interventions with psychedelic psychotherapy