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At the opposite end of the spectrum is Harry Hermon, alang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Manhattan psychiatrist who believes that the only case against the use of marijuana in psychotherapy is the current marijuana law. Hermon argues that cannabis "puts the patient in a more receptive and empathetic state" and maintains that perception, recall, and the ability to interact are all enhanced by smoking. He advocates its use for both sex therapy and couples therapy, explaining that "a couple who is fighting can smoke a joint together and will stop fighting on the spot. They get into a completely different flow, and are transcended to a different level of awareness."A humanistic psychologist practicing in Boston once found himself unexpectedly stoned during a session. He had come home from work one evening and was smoking a joint while cooking dinner. Alone in the house, he had the stereo playing and, with an entire, unscheduled evening ahead of him, was unwinding from a difficult day. Then the phone rang; it was a patient who was very angry about an interaction that had occurred earlier in the day. The therapist recalls: I
was caught off balance. I don't believe that marijuana has any place in
therapy, and I wasn't even sure I was capable of listening to her. She didn't
know I was stoned, and I didn't tell her; I decided to go ahead with the call.
I found I was able to listen very closely to what she was saying, and we talked
for about an hour. After the first few minutes I was no longer anxious about
being stoned. Because she was a patient, and was upset, I put a lot of effort
into the conversation. And apparently, because I was stoned, I paid extra close
attention to what she was saying, as I didn't want the conversation to slip
away from me. I kept asking her to explain more and more about how she was
feeling.
A person's time is his to use in the way he finds meaningful, within very broad limits. I don't mind if a patient comes to me stoned, but I won't supply anybody with marijuana, and I make it clear that I won't be smoking. That way, I don't have to lose any sleep at night worrying about somebody trying to put me out of business because he doesn't like my way of doing things.
I
notice that some of my colleagues apparently assume that when you're high,
you're off in some corner by yourself. But in fact, marijuana helps people get
very close and become involved with each other, which is very different from
withdrawing.
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