Dr. Casara Andre
Speaking Notes
Support for practitioners responding to exposures & intoxications.
Science-based, medically-informed education for animal caregivers.
Dr. Casara Andre | Veterinarian
Respect, Consent & Animal Safety in Our Psychedelic Lives
Nowak Society | Feb 4 2026
Summary
As psychedelic use expands, animal safety and consent are often overlooked. This session explores how altered human states have the potential to impact the animals around us. This talk aims to highlight the ways that psychedelic experiences impact not just the human but also the animals in our family that we hold so dear. Learn how it is possible to honor an animal’s experience alongside our own.
Drawing on veterinary science, trauma-informed care, and harm-reduction principles, presenters Dori Lewis, MA, MEd, LPC-S, and Dr. Casara Andre, DVM, examine stress-related injuries in animals and offer practical guidance for safer preparation, session, and integration practices. Participants are invited to expand concepts of consent and responsibility to support the wellbeing of all-species communities.
Lecture References
Emotional Contagion
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Emotional Contagion From Humans to Dogs Is Facilitated by Duration of Ownership (webpage link)
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Parent-to-Child Anxiety Transmission Through Dyadic Social Dynamics: A Dynamic Developmental Model (webpage link)
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Well-Being Contagion in the Family: Transmission of Happiness and Distress Between Parents and Children (webpage link)
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Is Stress Contagious? Study Shows Babies Can Catch It from Their Mothers (webpage link)​​​
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​Psychedelic Chocolates, Mislabeling, and Why Animals Are at Risk (webpage link)
Animal-Assisted Interventions (AAI) and Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT)​​
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​Building a Roadmap for Animals in Psychedelic Settings (webpage link)
Safety & Awareness​​
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​Psychedelic Chocolates, Mislabeling, and Why Animals Are at Risk (webpage link)
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Pets & Psychedelics | Between Hope and Hype (webpage link)
Followup
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Upcoming Events:
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​​February 6th 4-5:30p MST - Upcoming VeterinaryPsy discussion group event. Learn more HERE.
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June 7th 9a-6p - (PSVetMed 2026) Psychedelic Substances in Veterinary Medicine Conference
Clinical Response Tools
Education Resources
About Dr. Andre
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​​​Email: dr.andre@veterinarypsy.org
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Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/casara-andre
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Linktree: https://linktr.ee/casara.andre​​
Casara Andre DVM (veterinarian) cVMA (veterinary medical acupuncture)
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Dr. Casara Andre is a Healer consistently motivated by her desire to help all mammals of all species (human and veterinary) repair and sustain their health and wellbeing.
A veterinarian by education and training, Dr. Andre’s day-to-day mission is creating a safe-haven and incubator-for-ideas opportunities within medical communities. By leveraging the power of cooperation, creating a supportive community, and encouraging creative solutions, she works to support entrepreneurship among Healers that have a vision for positive change in the world.
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Dr. Andre is dedicated to providing practical education and harm reduction training to the emerging fields of veterinary cannabis and psychedelic medicines to ensure that veterinary practitioners and animal caregivers have access to science-backed, clinically-applicable, and patient-focused information with these emerging areas of medicine.
Dr. Andre firmly believes that scientific curiosity can and will open unexpected, exciting, and hugely beneficial opportunities within this field but also that scientific rigor and scrutiny must never be neglected.
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Did you know?
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Animals can suffer from emotional and psychological injuries and disease... just like humans.
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Behavioral disease in animals is increasing in parallel to spillover from human emotional disease​.
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Behavioral disease in animals threatens animal wellbeing and is a human public health risk.
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