Law & Crime reports
A doctor specializing in psychedelics murdered his own son and killed himself amid a lengthy and contentious custody dispute, authorities say. Cops in Salt Lake City, Utah, identified the suspect as Parth Gandhi, 49. Family friends named the victim as Om Moses Gandhi, 16.
According to officers, someone called 911 Saturday about discovering a body inside the Psychedelic Therapy and Research, touted as the first psychedelic research and therapy company in Utah. First responders arrived at the office complex, located at 2936 South Highland Drive in Salt Lake City, to find father and son dead. Cops soon reached the scene, secured the building, and checked for other victims. Om and his father were the only people dead.
The teen is survived by family, including his mother Leah Moses. According to friends and supporters, she made abuse allegations against her ex-husband, Parth Gandhi.
“Adding to the weight of the worst news any parent could receive was the fact that she had tried to warn law enforcement, child protective services and the courts that her ex-husband was an abuser – for over fifteen years!” said Leah’s friend, Cherise Udell, in a GoFundMe campaign.
Local outlets report that Moses filed for divorce in 2009, which sparked a lengthy custody battle. She filed for protective orders against Gandhi in 2009 and 2011. That dispute continued after the split was completed in 2014. Gandhi initiated a custodial interference case against Moses in 2019, but it was dismissed without prejudice. He objected.
“As Leah is trying to protect her child, luckily in 2021 the court gave her full custody of her daughter,” said Anne Blythe, a longtime friend of Leah Moses, according to KSTU.
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How I work with clients
Psychedelic therapies pair well with Emotion-focused therapies. Dr. Gandhi has trained in Compassionate Inquiry, Emotion-Focused Family Therapy, and Psychodynamic therapy. He creates a custom treatment plan for each client, based on their needs and current understanding.
Therapeutic Approach
At Summit Ketamine Therapy, Dr. Gandhi is the clinical director and is advancing the science and treatment of Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) by creating therapeutic protocols that have significant results in decreasing depression, anxiety, trauma, and other mental health or substance abuse conditions. While most clients have come to treatment for individual therapy, he has also created effective protocols utilizing psychedelic medicines to assist couples and assists with integration after ceremonial psychedelic experiences.
Biography
Dr. Parth Gandhi is a Neuropsychologist and Neuroscientist advancing the clinical science of psychedelic research in the state of Utah. As the founder of SCPTR, his vision is to “Heal Ill and Better the Well” with Psychedelics, through the advancement of education and harm reduction modalities. Dr. Gandhi co-created and directed the Intermountain Psychedelics Symposium in January 2020. A MAPS-sponsored event in Utah that brought scientists and experts from across the country for a 3 day symposium about all psychedelics. IPS brought 800 participants together through 5 events and ended with the largest Zendo Project Training participation on record. ] Dr. Gandhi completed his Ph.D. in clinical psychology and neuropsychology with a focus on neuro-imaging and brain injury. He then pursued postdoctoral fellowship training at Columbia University in NYC, studying neurodevelopmental conditions. While there, he also studied executive leadership development and was a leadership coach to over 500 executives. He has been the principal investigator on several NIH studies. He is very interested in studying the enhanced cognitive, social, and creative effects of psychedelics on Autism and Concussion, as well as the healing aspects of certain psychedelics related to Addiction and Depression. He practices and teaches yoga, meditation, and mindfulness in Salt Lake City, Utah. He believes in the power of psychedelics to awaken the unconscious, cure the ill, and better the well. He co-founded the non-profit SCPTR, with the goal of developing the resources necessary to bring psychedelics to the public and is working with regulatory bodies at the state level to legalize safe psychedelic assisted psychotherapies including psilocybin and mdma
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