Medicine Assisted Therapy

Sonia Zammit has trained in and works as a Psychedelic Assisted Therapist. Sonia has experience supporting medicine assisted therapy as a clinician collaboratively with Authorised Prescribing Psychiatrists within a private clinic setting . Sonia also has experience in supporting medicine assisted therapy as a clinician within  on clinical research trails.

 

The practical experience has provided Sonia capacity to assist with:

• an understanding of the safety, eligibility, and effectiveness  of medicine assisted treatment
• support for ongoing integration of experience and support application into daily wellbeing for those who have accessed accessed Medicine Assisted Therapy.
• Support for those who have had challenging experience and continue to experience ongoing challenges following use of psychedelic substances in both clinical and non clinical settings.

For clients interested in Medicine Assisted Therapy please book an initial telehealth or clinic consultation. You can also contact Sonia Zammit on sonia.zammit@choicesmindandbody.com or 0474  149 909 if you have any enquires related to Medicine Assisted Therapy.

Medicine Assisted Therapy is legal under the support of Authorised Prescribers in Australia  for the use of Psilocybin  for treatment Resistant Depression and MDMA for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. It is important to understand that the use of these substances for other means are still considered illegal in Australia.

Australia also honours the role for therapists to support harm reduction and healing for those who may have engaged in use of various substances including psychedelics. A harm minimisation approach is recognised as important pathway to support peoples healing and to support integration of various experience which may arise from the use of substances.

Ongoing Integration support may also  be important for participants engaged in medicine assisted therapy via clinical and research trials trials

Dr Sonia Zammit does not encourage illegal use of any medicine or substance and can not provide referral to underground or non legal services inside or outside of Australia.