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Ketamine Therapy Patient Discussion
Ketamine Therapy Patient Discussion Click Here To Learn More
We are also happy to share that the practice of AIMS Institute Lead Psychotherapist Alison Draisin, PsyD, LMHC has been profiled in NWLeaf
Please check out her interview here.
Episode 77 – How the Cannabis World is Dealing with COVID Personally, Economically & Spiritually
Dr. Sunil Aggarwal on using cannabis in palliative care and Michael Monarch on how the pandemic is changing the way his small dispensary does business. Sometimes in a crisis …
How Cannabis Coevolved With Humanity, And Could Save It
Click to the link below to be directed the the full article on forbes.com. How Cannabis Coevolved With Humanity, And Could Save It
COVID-19 mental health crunch puts impetus on psychedelic drug innovation, doctor says
As the deadly coronavirus pandemic continues to grow, the looming mental health crisis creates an urgent need for innovation, putting a spotlight on psychedelic-assisted treatments, says the co-founder of …
Oregon psychedelic startup tests nasal spray for PTSD, depression as legislative momentum builds
Oregon psychedelic startup tests nasal spray for PTSD, depression as legislative momentum builds
Updates from your team at AIMS, Clear Mind Integrative Health, and SMJ Consulting
Dear Patients Another week has come and gone and COVID-19 is still a major factor in our lives. None of us are immune to the frustration or disruption it …
The Stranger – April 12 2020
An interview with Dr. Sunil Aggarwal about COVID-19, respiratory illness, and whether it’s safe to consume cannabis.
Medical News Today – March 25 2020
Do turkey tail mushrooms benefit health? Jennifer Berry
A note from your psychotherapy team at AIMS
As life changes during the COVID-19 pandemic, the psychotherapy team at AIMS wants to let you know we are here for you. In addition to stressors of daily life …
Charles Einstein – March 2020
The Coronation
Thanksgiving Food Drive
Please help AIMS Institute by dropping off at our Seattle Eastlake Avenue location your donations of non-perishable food items and kitchen pantry staples to help benefit those being served …
From Shock To Awe– Discussion with Director Luc Côté
Dr. Leanna Standish, principal investigator for a planned Phase I study of ayahuasca, sat down with From Shock to Awe director Luc Côté after a recent screening in Port …
Living Every Minute
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The Stranger – November 6 2019
The Right Pot for Treating Anxiety Lester Black
What a Physician with Cancer Needs From Her Doctors
Communing with Our Integrative Medicine Peers
AIMS Team at Annual Integrative Medicine Lectures Sponsored by the Cha Chi Ming Fund and the UW Osher Center for Integrative Medicine on 10/29/19 at Ivar’s. (Photo credit: Sonia …
Fall 2019 Newsletter
We are happy to report that our clinic is now 1 year old! Here are some of our latest offerings: 1. We have resumed IV therapies, now in our …
AAHPM 2019 Class of Emerging Leaders
Dr. Aggarwal, Congratulations! It is our honor to inform you that you have been named as an Emerging Leader in Hospice and Palliative Medicine by the American Academy of …
Tangentially Speaking–Chris Ryan Podcast
Help Support Healthcare Revolutionaries Bring MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for PTSD to Seattle
HELP SUPPORT HEALTHCARE REVOLUTIONARIES TO BE AMONG THE FIRST PRESCRIBERS IN SEATTLE TO BE TRAINED IN MDMA-ASSISTED THERAPY FOR PTSD Click here to donate. We are working to bring …
We’re 6 Months Old!
Entering our 6th month of operations, we are excited to share an update about our offerings and growth at AIMS Institute: Introducing our Newest Team Members AIMS is thrilled …
The Spokesman-Review
Canadian cannabis research may encourage efforts to kick opioid habits
Natural vs induced mysticism: Do we need psychedelic drug-assisted depth psychotherapy?
Dr. Standish presented a lecture at the CARE OF SOULS CONFERENCE: THE CURA ANIMARUM on February 23, 2019. This conference was organized by the C.G. Jung Institute of Seattle …
The Stranger – Feb 13 2019
Want to Use Pot Medicinally? This Seattle Clinic Can Help Lester Black
Drug Truth Network – January 2019
Brief interview with AIMS Institute co-founder Dr. Aggarwal about our mission and offerings
AIMS Institute is Open for Business!
reetings from the team at AIMS Institute. We had our soft opening mid-October as we began serving our patients, and are writing to let you know more about us …
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AIMS INSTITUTE’S COGNITIVE DECLINE PROTOCOL
LJ STANDISH AND DAVID JAMES Dr. Standish and her team can help improve brain function, improve memory and slow cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease. Please make an appointment to start. Call 206-420-1321. Scientific Rationale A protocol incorporating low-dose lithium orotate, Lion’s Mane mushroom extract, NADH, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), and blood sugar regulation counseling is scientifically rational for treating cognitive decline based on mechanistic, preclinical, and emerging human studies. Low-Dose Lithium Orotate (5 mg/day) Recent brain tissue studies link low brain lithium to the onset and progression of Alzheimer’s disease, with deficiency accelerating synaptic loss and cognitive decline. Low-dose lithium orotate has ...
One Doctor’s Campaign to Let the Dying Take Psychedelics
Psilocybin mushrooms on a dehydrator tray. Photographer: Jason Connolly/AFP/Getty Images By Charles Gorrivan September 3, 2025 at 3:00 AM PDT Corrected September 3, 2025 at 9:04 AM PDT Hi, it’s Charles in New York. When Brave New World author Aldous Huxley was on his deathbed in 1963, his wife injected him with two doses of LSD, the powerful psychedelic, as he slipped away. Was Huxley on to something? More on that in a moment, but first … Today’s must-reads RFK Jr. set new priorities for the CDC after firing its director. A big Danish pension fund bets that Novo Nordisk ...
