Shari B. Kaplan, LCSWIntegrative Mental Health

How Cannabis and Therapy Can Support Nervous System Health #nervoussystemregulation

9 Apr 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief segment, Shari B. Kaplan, LCSW, explains that plant‑based medicines such as cannabis can enhance nervous‑system regulation when combined with effective psychotherapy. She frames the endocannabinoid system (ECS) as an “umbrella” that modulates the body’s other major systems—circulatory, respiratory, endocrine, etc.—allowing them to stay in synchrony. By supporting the ECS, plant medicine helps these systems work together, which she suggests is a key pathway to overall nervous‑system health.

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So plant medicine can support the nervous system regulation, especially when it's paired with good therapy. The endocannabinoid system is actually, let's say that it's the umbrella that every other system in your body gets modulated through. So what does that mean? That in order for our bodies to be in synchronicity, like your circulatory system, your respiratory system, your endocrine endocrine system and so on to synchronize and work together, the endocannabinoid system modulates it.