BIZARRE: Inside london s first psychedelic psychotherapy clinic | Mind Blowing Facts

At first glance, the clinic looks more like a spa than a mental healthcare facility.

Situated on a cobbled mews street in Bloomsbury, it is Awakn Life Sciences’ first London outpost, and London’s first psychedelic psychotherapy clinic. “It’s the moss,” says Awakn’s COO, James Collins, gesturing towards the lush green ‘feature wall’ growing behind the reception desk. “It gives it a warm, welcoming feel, I think.” Later he will take me to see a huge tree which is growing right through the middle of the clinic’s relaxation area (where patients unwind after their psychedelic experiences). It’s quite astounding to see a tree this big growing indoors — “fake, sadly,” he says — though, he continues, research suggests that after a trip being in the natural environment “promotes therapeutic healing — so we’ve tried to do that whole outside-inside thing.”