E3 Clinician Survey Resources
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Resources
Below are resources about the topics in the E3 Alliance Clinician Survey regarding:
1. Psychedelic- Related Experiences
2. Spiritual, Religious, or Cultural Practice-Related Experiences
3. Anomalous or Exceptional Experiences (practice-based and non-induced)
Cardeña, E., Lynn, S. J., & Krippner, S. (2017). The psychology of anomalous experiences: A rediscovery. Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice, 4(1), 4–22. https://doi.org/10.1037/cns0000093
Cardeña, E., Lynn, S. J., & Krippner, S. (Eds.). (2014). Varieties of anomalous experience: Examining the scientific evidence (2nd ed.). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/14258-000
Corneille, J. S., & Luke, D. P. (2021). Spontaneous spiritual awakenings: Phenomenology, altered states, individual differences, and well-being. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, Article 720579. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.720579
Evans, J., Aixalà, M., Anderson, B.T., Brennan, W., et al. (2025), On minimizing risk and harm in the use of psychedelics. Psychiatric Research and Clinical Practice, 7(1), 4-8. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.prcp.20240128
Evrard, R. (2012). Clinical psychology of anomalous experiences: Roots and paradigms. In C. Murray (Ed.), Mental health and anomalous experience (pp. 89–105). Nova Science Publishers.
Glazier, J. (2025). Power and exceptional experiences. [Conference presentation]. E3 Alliance Virtual Conference. 10.13140/RG.2.2.33448.84480
Gomez-Carrillo, A., & Kirmayer, L. J. (2023). A cultural-ecosocial systems view for psychiatry. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, Article 1031390. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1031390
Houran, J., de Oliveira Maraldi, E., Massullo, B., & Molnar, D. (2026). Evaluating anomalous experiences with respect and responsibility: A critical reflection. Spirituality in Clinical Practice, 13(1), 1–31. https://doi.org/10.1037/scp0000398
Lindahl, J. R., Cooper, D. J., Fisher, N. E., Kirmayer, L. J., & Britton, W. B. (2020). Progress or pathology? Differential diagnosis and intervention criteria for meditation-related challenges: Perspectives from Buddhist meditation teachers and practitioners. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, Article 1905. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01905
Luke, D. (2022). Anomalous psychedelic experiences: At the neurochemical juncture of the humanistic and parapsychological. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 62(2), 257-297. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022167820917767
Rabeyron, T. (2022). When the truth is out there: Counseling people who report anomalous experiences. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, Article 693707. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.693707
Sandilands, O., & Ingram, D.M. (2024). Documenting and defining emergent phenomenology: Theoretical foundations for an extensive research strategy. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, Article 1340335. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1340335
Vieten, C., & Lukoff, D. (2022). Spiritual and religious competencies in psychology. American Psychologist, 77(1), 26–38. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000821
Wright, M.J., Galante, J., Corneille, J.S. et al.(2024). Altered states of consciousness are prevalent and insufficiently supported clinically: A population survey. Mindfulness 15, 1162–1175 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-024-02356-z
Resource Links
Cultural Formulation Interview Project, links to Cultural Formulation Interview protocol, supplementary modules and research references, Center of Excellence for Cultural Competence
The Challenging Psychedelic Experiences Project research publications
Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, McGill University
The Emergent Phenomenology Research Consortium research publications
University of Virginia, School of Medicine, Division of Perceptual Studies (DOPS) Research. Topics include Children who remember previous lives, Near-Death experiences, Neuroscience of Psi, and Altered states of consciousness.
The Varieties of Contemplative Experience Research Project research publications and The Cheetah House resources and symptom list, Brown University
Additional Resources can be accessed on the E3 Alliance Resource Page

