Michael Earleywine
Clinical Researcher
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Key Impact
Notable for contributions to measurement and clinical research on psychedelic experiences, with particular emphasis on psychometrics, therapeutic credibility, integration practices, and grief-related outcomes following psychedelic use.
Background & Research
Michael Earleywine is a researcher working at the intersection of psychometrics, clinical outcomes and psychedelic-assisted interventions. His recent work emphasises the measurement and structural analysis of subjective psychedelic experiences (including network- and scale-based examinations of the Revised Mystical Experiences Questionnaire) and the empirical evaluation of therapeutic processes associated with psychedelic use.
Earleywine's published and in-progress studies address acute reactions to psychedelics and their association with post-acute changes in dysfunctional attitudes and wellbeing, comparative credibility and acceptability of psilocybin-assisted therapy versus cognitive behavioural therapy for depression, and clinician-reported themes around integration practices in psychedelic-assisted treatments. He has also investigated the role of emotional breakthrough and challenging experiences in psychedelic-facilitated improvements after bereavement. Across these projects he combines psychometric rigour with a clinical focus on mechanisms, safety, and pragmatic implications for therapeutic delivery.