psychedelic consultation
Journeyer and peer education for psychedelic assisted therapy
Risk Reduction: Whether you are interested in exploring the intentional use of psychedelic medicines for mental, physical or spiritual health, I can help you make sense of the often overwhelming and occasionally unsafe landscape of current options from an educational and risk reduction perspective.
Preparation and Integration: The psychedelic journey can be a powerful catalyst to change on its own - AND the preparatory and integration phases are vital for safety, maximizing benefits, and cultivating transformation that lasts. I am committed to ethical harm-reduction practices in these vulnerable spaces. Whether you journey with me as your guide or elsewhere, I’m here to support you as you prepare and integrate your experiences.
Peer Support: Are you a therapist whose clients have been exploring psychedelics outside of their sessions with you? Have questions on how you can best support them?
Risk Reduction
Risk reduction and access to safe medicine and safe practices are vital in psychedelic therapy to ensure you can journey in a secure, ethical, and supportive environment. Psychedelics hold immense potential for profound transformation, yet they also carry risks when used without compassionate guidance, preparation, and integration. Safe practices involve not only proper dosing and set-and-setting considerations but also ensuring you are supported by seasoned professionals who can hold space with care, compassion, and expertise.
I bring extensive knowledge of evidence-based risk reduction strategies, preparation and integration techniques, and the therapeutic frameworks that underpin successful psychedelic healing. My role is to help you navigate this process safely, offering personalized care that aligns with your unique needs and goals.
Whether you're seeking to address trauma, expand your self-awareness, or explore creative breakthroughs, qualified care grounded in best practices is available. Together, we can create a supportive and secure foundation for your journey, empowering you to fully experience the transformative potential of psychedelics with confidence and clarity, whether you choose to journey with me, or another provider.
Psychedelic preparation & Integration services
In preparing for your psychedelic journey, you’ll vet your facilitator, cultivate your intentions, create a supportive mindset, and learn what to expect during your experience. Afterwards, integration bridges insights and breakthroughs into daily life, facilitating lasting healing and growth. Together, they ensure your psychedelic journey becomes a transformative and sustainable tool for personal development.
Many wonderful retreats and psychedelic experiences are now being offered across the globe, and I applaud that! Humanity is in a deep state of need for these interventions. At the same time, the level of support offered around psychedelic experiences varies widely. Often, even when integration sessions are available post-journey, it’s simply not enough - journeys like these can be utterly life-changing, and integration can take considerable time and dedication. I’m here to guide you as you pack your bags for your journey ahead, and to see you through any lingering turbulence post-landing.
What is Psychedelic Preparation & Integration?
“Tell me, what is it you wish to do with your one wild and precious life?” ~Mary Oliver
Preparing for a psychedelic experience involves abundant pre-trip self-care, clarifying intentions, vetting, and establishing comfort with the guide, therapist, facilitator or shaman, and understanding what to anticipate during and after the journey. Good preparation also allows you to gain awareness around the infinitely diverse mental states the medicine may induce, and to establish or clarify agreements and boundaries between you and your facilitator.
In short, preparation is about setting a strong foundation for your psychedelic journey. We’ll focus on establishing deep self-care, clarifying your intentions, establishing trust with your guide - including how to vet them properly, and what questions to ask, and fully understanding what to expect - inasmuch as is possible in the realms of mystery. This phase includes exploring your internal, external, and transpersonal resources, evaluating safety and your current mental state, and evaluating reasonable expectations.
Psychedelic integration is the process through which you’ll assimilate the insights and self-discoveries you’ve gained during your experience. In contrast to the medical model, which suggests a one-time solution, a one and done pill to swallow, the healing work of psychedelics persists well beyond the journey itself in many esoteric and practical ways.
Psychedelic states of consciousness differ significantly from everyday states, and well-supported integration makes it easier to translate what you’ve learned about yourself and the deep wisdom you’ve gained into your daily life. This phase serves as a bridge connecting the psychedelic journey to tangible, transformative, life-enhancing changes in your ongoing inner roadtrip of life.
In short, integration is where the real healing happens. It’s where the rubber meets the road. It’s about processing your experience, turning insights into lasting change, and incorporating the wisdom gained into your everyday life. Somatic Integration takes things a level deeper, recognizing that complete healing involves mind, body, and spirit. This body-centered approach honors the unity of your whole being, helping you translate the experience into practical, transformative shifts, and know - deep in your bones - what it is you plan to do with your wild and precious life.
Peer Support
I understand the unique challenges that arise when your clients choose to explore explore psychedelic experiences alongside therapy services with you. Psychedelics can open deep, uncharted emotional and psychological terrain, and while these experiences can be transformative, they can also lead to confusion, emotional overwhelm, or even exacerbate existing struggles if not handled with care. My extensive experience in psychedelic-assisted therapy equips me to offer informed, ethical support that bridges the gap between these powerful experiences and the therapeutic goals you’re already working on with your clients.
In collaboration, I can help you better understand how psychedelics might be influencing your clients' inner worlds—what they’re uncovering, why certain emotions or memories may be surfacing, and how to integrate these experiences into their broader healing journey. I can also offer harm reduction strategies to help your clients stay safe, ensuring they’re using these substances responsibly. Together, we can empower your clients to make sense of their experiences in ways that are aligned with the therapeutic work you’re already facilitating. My goal is to provide complementary support, so their exploration of psychedelics becomes a safe, meaningful catalyst for growth, rather than an unpredictable detour.
FAQ
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Preparation ensures that individuals understand the potential psychological and emotional impacts of the experience. A qualified guide helps set intentions, address concerns, and establish safety measures, fostering a grounded mindset and reducing the likelihood of overwhelming or disorienting experiences.
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A mental health professional provides psychological support, helping individuals navigate any difficult emotions or mental health challenges during and after the experience. They offer strategies for managing anxiety, trauma, or insights that may arise, ensuring a safe and productive journey.
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Integration is the process of making sense of the insights and emotions encountered during the experience. A guide or therapist helps individuals understand these insights in the context of their lives, ensuring that any transformative experiences lead to lasting positive change rather than confusion or psychological distress.
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Absolutely. And, while it’s 100% possible to have insights without a guide, having one increases the likelihood of a safe, meaningful, and transformative experience. A guide can help mitigate risks, manage difficult emotions, and offer tools for integrating the experience in a constructive way.
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Without integration, you may struggle harder than you need to to make sense of your experiences. Sometimes, this leads to confusion over where to go next in life, anxiety, or a sense of detachment. Insights might not translate into positive life changes, and sometimes people are left feeling overwhelmed or unsettled by the emotional or psychological shifts that have occur.
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A qualified guide provides emotional support and coping strategies during difficult pre- and post- journey moments. They help reframe or contextualize challenging experiences, offer grounding techniques, and ensure that any distressing feelings are processed in a healthy way, reducing the likelihood of lasting psychological harm.
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A psychedelically informed therapist understands how altered states of consciousness can impact mental health, offering tailored support that bridges the gap between psychedelic experiences and everyday life. They can help clients integrate insights into their healing journey, address unresolved trauma, and support lasting psychological growth.
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Yes. I’m committed to the transformative power of psychedelic medicines. Whether you are obtaining medicine and services at a ketamine infusion clinic, overseas, or anywhere else, I’m here to support you around harm reduction, personal safety, preparing for and integrating your explorations of consciousness.