News
19 November 2025
Addictions and Spirituality: between conventional therapies and medicinal plants
Conversation with Eduard Casas Bertet, social educator and president of the Associated Group for Health Services (GASS Association, Spain), about the differences between conventional approaches and alternative therapies—including the use of Amazonian medicinal plants—for addiction treatment. The essential role of the spiritual dimension in rehabilitation processes is addressed, along with reflections on the possibilities and challenges involved in integrating medicinal plant use into addiction treatment in Europe.
15 November 2025
Seminar for Women with Addiction Problems
In response to the numerous requests received from women interested in accessing a specialized therapeutic process, we are pleased to announce the Second Edition of the Seminar for Women with Addiction Problems, which will take place at Takiwasi in November 2026.
13 November 2025
Outpatient treatment for women with addiction problems
At Takiwasi, we have recently opened the possibility of outpatient treatment for women with addiction problems, thus responding to the numerous requests received in recent years.
22 October 2025
Conversation with Emanuele Fabiano, a researcher specialized in Amazonian anthropology and in the social and cosmological effects of extractive processes. Contemporary Amazonian culture, transformed by globalization, has lost part of its relational and ecological dimension. Among Indigenous peoples such as the Urarina, the use of plants still preserves a wisdom that integrates health, spirituality, and community, encompassing both human and non-human beings.
15 October 2025
Training in the Takiwasi Therapeutic Model – 2026
We are pleased to present the 5th edition of the Training in the Takiwasi Therapeutic Model, in Spanish. The growing interest and constant requests from therapists wishing to learn from our model motivate us to continue fostering these learning spaces in a safe, therapeutic, and effective environment.
