Join Jill Sitnick and David Esselman from the Fireside Project as they explore the future of psychedelics and the pivotal role of AI in ensuring safety and accessibility within the behavioral health space. In this episode of The Psychedelic Scene podcast, they talk about the Fireside Project, Lucy, which is an AI training companion designed to help facilitators prepare for emotionally complex situations.

Lucy isn’t built to replace humans or give advice. Instead, it creates safe, trauma-informed practice spaces where facilitation trainees can refine listening, pacing, and empathetic skills.

In this grounded, educational conversation, David Esselman explains how the tool works, the ethical guardrails behind it, and why presence matters.

This content is educational and does not constitute therapeutic or medical advice.