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 Psychology62(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