Course instructor

Nicholas Canby, Ph.D.

Dr. Canby holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology and specializes in the assessment of self-boundary phenomenology across various contexts, including meditation, psychedelics, and psychopathology.

Course content

Dr. Canby distills his extensive research into a 45 minute presentation that offers guidance for those new to the topic as well as ample new findings for the specialist.

  • Investigates changes to the sense of self-world boundaries across multiple contexts.

  • Provides an up-to-date evaluation of the research on mystical experience.

  • Illustrates how different aspects of ego-dissolution are related to positive and negative mental health outcomes.

Course curriculum

    1. The Varieties of Ego Dissolution

    1. Canby et al. (2024), Clarifying and measuring the characteristics of experiences that involve a loss of self or a dissolution of its boundaries

    1. Varieties of Ego Dissolution Quiz

    2. Verification

    1. Instruction

    2. The instructor(s)

    3. Professional & Ethical Issues

    4. Remote Environment

    5. Learning

    6. Participant Information

    7. Narrative

About this course

  • $40.00
  • 11 lessons
  • 0.5 hours of video content

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Cutting-edge research from an up-and-coming specialist