A different approach to AI in psychedelic care | David Esselman from Fireside

In this short, we explore how trauma-informed design can guide the ethical use of AI in mental wellness spaces. By prioritizing emotional safety and empathy over automation, this guided approach highlights how human facilitators remain essential to the inner work journey.

In the full episode of The Psychedelic Scene, host Jill Sitnick talks with David Esselman from the Fireside Project about Lucy, which is an AI training companion designed to help facilitators prepare for emotionally complex situations.

Lucy isn’t built to replace humans or give advice. Instead, it creates safe, trauma-informed practice spaces where facilitation trainees can refine listening, pacing, and empathetic skills.

In this grounded, educational conversation, David explains how the tool works, the ethical guardrails behind it, and why presence matters.

📌 Guest: David Esselman — david@firesideproject.org

📌 Find Fireside Project: firesideproject.org

📌 Full episode: https://youtu.be/RQN3BD-82iY

This content is educational and does not constitute therapeutic or medical advice.

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