Inner Frontlines: A Police Officer’s Journey with MDMA-Assisted Therapy
Case Training with Bradley Gagnon, Houman Farzin, and Julien Lacaille
Pre-purchase today and access course on June 1st
In 2023, Bradley Gagnon became the first person in Quebec to receive legal access to MDMA-assisted therapy through Health Canada’s Special Access Program. A decorated police officer and detective with over two decades of experience, Brad entered treatment carrying the cumulative weight of critical incidents, including two police-involved shootings and years of unresolved trauma. His full course of therapy, conducted by MAPS-trained Dr. Houman Farzin and Dr. Julien Lacaille (with MDMA supplied by PharmAla), now forms the foundation of this training.
For the first time in the field, this course makes real MDMA-assisted therapy session footage publicly available. Through direct clinical recordings, you are brought inside a complete arc of care, from preparation through dosing and integration, with rare visibility into how this work unfolds in practice.
This foundation is extended through 18-month follow-up reflections from both patient and clinicians, offering a longitudinal view of change, integration, and meaning over time. Dr. Farzin and Dr. Lacaille provide clinical perspective throughout, drawing on their experience in compassionate access pathways and trauma-informed psychotherapy. Their approach emphasizes careful preparation, attuned facilitation, and structured integration, grounded in both medical oversight and experiential depth.
Through integrated Praxis simulations, you will engage directly with clinical decision-making in scenarios shaped by first responder experiences. These interactive sessions are designed to build judgment, timing, and therapeutic presence, with opportunities to practice and receive personalized feedback on how to respond in difficult moments.
Inner Frontlines is Chapter 2 of Sabba’s educational anthology series Multiple Lenses, One Unified Field: Perspectives & Practices of Psychedelic Healing, a collection dedicated to honoring the diversity, nuance, and lived complexity that continue to shape this field.
Meet Your Teachers
Bradley Gagnon
Houman Farzin, M.D., M.Sc.
Julien Lacaille, PhD
Trailer: Inner Frontlines
Watch the trailer for the Inner Frontlines course. Pre-purchase today and access course on June 1st.
Included in this course:
- Clinical Recordings
- •~5 hours of MDMA-assisted therapy sessions with Bradley Gagnon
- •Preparation, dosing, and integration phases
- •Direct observation of therapist-patient dynamics in a complex trauma case
- 18-Month Follow-Up
- •Patient reflections on recovery, identity, and long-term change
- •Clinician perspectives from Dr. Farzin and Dr. Lacaille
- Praxis Simulations
- •4–6 interactive scenarios based on MDMA-assisted therapy
- •First responder patient personas
- •Practice in therapeutic decision-making, timing, and stance
Who is this for:
- •Clinicians and therapists preparing to practice MDMA-assisted therapy who want direct exposure to real clinical work
- •Experienced practitioners seeking to refine their approach through complex trauma cases and longitudinal outcomes
- •Training programs and educators building curricula grounded in real patient experience and applied learning
- •Researchers and clinical leaders looking to better understand how MDMA-assisted therapy unfolds in practice over time
- •Organizations committed to advancing high-quality care in psychedelic medicine, including those serving first responder and high-risk populations
The videos in this series are for educational and training purposes only. They are designed to briefly illustrate selected concepts and interactions in psychedelic-assisted therapy, as understood within a specific clinical paradigm of psilocybin-assisted therapy, and do not offer a comprehensive or definitive account of practice, nor do they capture the full range of experiences that may arise. The approaches and responses depicted reflect the personal experience and professional judgment of the practitioners involved. They represent just one of many possible ways to engage with the complex realities of psychedelic care and are intended to invite critical reflection, dialogue, and ongoing learning within our shared field.