Bailey Rahn
- Bailey Rahn is a Pacific Northwest-based writer and mental health therapist. She received her Master's in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with a Certificate in Addictions Studies from Antioch University Seattle. Her therapy practice, Tidepools Counseling, supports individuals renegotiating their relationship to substances through compassionate, attachment-based, harm reduction approaches. She spent ten years working as a writer in the cannabis space, primarily as a content manager and patient advocate at Leafly where she co-authored The Leafly Guide to Cannabis. When not working, she's typically sinking deep into a video game, cooking with music blasting, or wandering around mountain trails.
Latest Articles
![shadow of two heads and flowers](https://doubleblindmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/shadow-work-PRIMARY.webp)
![therapist talking to patient](https://doubleblindmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/how-to-become-an-integration-therapist-PRIMARY.jpg)
How To
How to Become a Psychedelic Integration Therapist
Helping people make sense of their psychedelic experiences is a privilege. We chatted with the experts about how to get involved amid a grey legal landscape.
![therapist and client talking](https://doubleblindmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/what-is-integration-therapy-PRIMARY.jpg)
Mental Health
What is Psychedelic Integration Therapy, Anyway?
Your trip might be over, but the journey is just beginning.
![person opening bag of ketamine](https://doubleblindmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/how-long-does-ketamine-stay-in-system-PRIMARY.jpg)
![rainbow person](https://doubleblindmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/molly-mdma-comedown-PRIMARY.jpg)
EFFECTS AND RISKS
The MDMA Comedown: Why Coming Down From Molly Feels So Bad
The real cause of the "Blue Monday" crash—according to a psychiatrist.
![Person holding head](https://doubleblindmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/DoubleBlind-microdosing-long-term-risks-and-benefits-PRIMARY.jpg)
*New Post Categories
Long Term Effects of Microdosing: What To Know Before You Begin
The long-term effects of microdosing have been largely unstudied, but aside from building a tolerance, there may be other risks or benefits we don't know about yet.
![Crouched woman](https://doubleblindmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DoubleBlind-how-to-stop-too-intense-shroom-trip-PRIMARY.jpg)
*New Post Categories
How to Stop A Shroom Trip: Should You Even Try?
Having a bad mushroom trip? Here's how to get through a challenging psilocybin experience.
![Hand holding shrooms](https://doubleblindmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/psilocybin-dosage-PRIMARY.jpg)
*New Post Categories
Mushroom Dosage: What is the “Right” Amount of Shrooms?
Mushroom dosage can be tricky, especially when different varieties come with different potencies. Here’s what you should know.
![Ecstasy and shrooms](https://doubleblindmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/DoubleBlind-hippie-flipping-ecstacy-psilocybin-PRIMARY.jpg)
*New Post Categories
Hippie Flipping: What to Know About Mixing MDMA and Mushrooms
Hippie flipping, a.k.a. flower flipping, can be euphoric or overwhelming—depending on how you go about it. Here are some harm reduction techniques.
![Hand holding shrooms](https://doubleblindmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/psilocybin-dosage-PRIMARY.jpg)
FEATURES
Mushroom Dosage: What is the “Right” Amount of Shrooms?
Mushroom dosage can be tricky, especially when different varieties come with different potencies. Here’s what you should know.
![Hands holding ayahuasca brew](https://doubleblindmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/DoubleBlind-what-is-ayahuasca-PRIMARY.jpg)
FEATURES
What is Ayahuasca? Benefits, Risks, Side Effects
Ayahuasca has increased in popularity around the globe—here's what you should know about this entheogenic plant medicine.
![San Pedro cactus](https://doubleblindmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DoubleBlind-what-is-mescaline-san-pedro-peyote-PRIMARY.jpg)
FEATURES
What Is Mescaline? A Guide to this Cactus-Derived Psychedelic
Aldous Huxley popularized mescaline in "The Doors of Perception," but no conversation today about this entheogen is complete without attention paid to indigenous sovereignty and conservation strategies around the mescaline-containing peyote succulent.
![Woman laying](https://doubleblindmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/DoubleBlind-psychedelic-set-and-setting-PRIMARY.jpg)