My Books
Brennan, W & Belser, A. (in press). EMBARK Psychedelic Therapy for Depression: A New Approach for the Whole Person. Oxford University Press.
Belser, A., Cavnar, C., & Labate, B. C. (2022). Queering Psychedelics: From Oppression to Liberation in Psychedelic Medicine. Synergetic Press.
Written Work
Brennan, W., & Belser, A. B. (2022). Models of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy: A contemporary assessment and an introduction to EMBARK, a transdiagnostic, trans-drug model. Frontiers in Psychology, 1879.
Belser, A.B., & Keating, A (2022). A Queer Vision for Psychedelic Research: Past Reckonings, Current Reforms, and Future Transformations. In Belser, A.B., Cavnar, C., & Labate, B.C. (eds.) Queering Psychedelics: From Oppression to Liberation in Psychedelic Medicine. Santa Fe, New Mexico: Synergetic Press.
McKernan, S. & Belser, A.B. (2022). Best Practices for Assessing Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Psychedelic Clinical Trials: A Proposed Assessment. In Belser, A.B., Cavnar, C., & Labate, B.C. (eds.) Queering Psychedelics: From Oppression to Liberation in Psychedelic Medicine. Santa Fe, New Mexico: Synergetic Press.
Belser, A.B., Cavnar, C., & Labate, B.C. (2022). Introduction to Queering Psychedelics. In Belser, A.B., Cavnar, C., & Labate, B.C. (eds.) Queering Psychedelics: From Oppression to Liberation in Psychedelic Medicine. Santa Fe, New Mexico: Synergetic Press.
Malone, T. C., Mennenga, S. E., Guss, J., Podrebarac, S. K., Owens, L. T., Bossis, A. P., Belser, A. B., Agin-Liebes, G., Bogenschutz, M. P., Ross, S. (2018). Individual experiences in four cancer patients following psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 9, 256.
Gorman, I., Belser, A. B., Jerome, L., Hennigan, C., Shechet, B., Hamilton, S., ... & Feduccia, A. A. (2020). Posttraumatic Growth After MDMA‐Assisted Psychotherapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Journal of Traumatic Stress.
Belser, A. B., Agin-Liebes, G., Swift, T. C., Pilgreen, S., Devenot, N., Friedman, H. L., Guss, J., Bossis, A., Ross, S. (2017). Patient experiences of psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy: An interpretative phenomenological analysis. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 0, 1-35. 0022167817706884.
Swift, T. C*., Belser, A. B.*, Agin-Liebes, G.*, Terrana, S., Devenot, N., Friedman, H. L., Guss, J., Bossis, A., Ross, S. (2017 in press). Cancer at the dinner table: Experiences of psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy for the treatment of cancer-related psychological distress. Journal of Humanistic Psychology. [* First authors who contributed equally to the work.]
Ioverno, S., Belser, A. B., Baiocco, R., Grossman, A. Russell, S.T., (2016). The protective role of gay-straight alliances for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and questioning students: A prospective analysis psychology of sexual orientation and gender diversity. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 3(4), 397-406.
Ross, S., Bossis, A., Guss, J., Agin-Liebes, G., Malone, T., Belser, A. B., Kalliontzi, K., Cohen, B., Babb, J., Zhe, S., Corby, P., Schmidt, B. (2016). Sustained Reductions in Cancer-Related Anxiety and Depression with Psilocybin. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 30(12), 1165-1180
Yaden, D. B., Le Nguyen, K. D., Kern, M. L., Belser, A. B., Eichstaedt, J. C., Iwry, J., Smith, M. E., Wintering, N. A., Hood, N., A., Newberg, A. B. (2016). Of roots and fruits: A comparison of psychedelic and non-psychedelic mystical experiences. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 1, 1-16.
Verdeli, H., Vousoura, E., Baily, C., Belser, A., Van De Wal, E., & Manos, G. (2011). Adaptation and Testing of Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Military Spouses. Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology, 1(1), 118.
Verdeli, H., Bailey, C., Vousoura, E., Belser, A., Singla, D., Manos, G. (2011). The case for treating depression in military spouses. Journal of Family Psychology, 25(4): 488-496.
Midlarsky, E., Kahana, E., and Belser, A. (2015). Prosocial behavior in later life. In D. A. Schroeder & W. Graziano, (Eds.) Oxford handbook of prosocial behavior. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Belser, A. (2010). Psychosocial distress in advanced cancer patients: an overview of psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy and the ongoing New York University Phase II pilot study. Journal of the Society for Integrative Oncology, 8(4): 172.
Rone, J. (2003). Sudan, oil, and human rights. Washington, DC: Human Rights Watch. [Alexander Belser, credited Research Assistant].
Mobile Assessment and Intervention: Applicability to the Research and Treatment of Mood Disorders
Revisiting the Carceral City: From Panopticonism to Self-Governmentalism in the Late-Modern Prison
Doping the System: Stories of Drug Use by UK Prisoners
Cambridge University M.Phil. Dissertation
The Re-emergence of Psychoanalytical Criminology
Narrative Epistemology: Intersubjective Questions of Identity and Meaning
