There is a world beyond ours, a world that is far away, nearby and invisible.
-María Sabina
Psychedelic Integration
Psychedelic integration is a commitment to integrating any wisdom from your experience into your ordinary life.
When approached with care, intention, and harm reduction, psychedelic therapy can illuminate what is hidden in the shadows of the unconscious mind, bring forth unresolved feelings that keep us stuck in pain, and offer fresh insights into ourselves, others, and the world—helping bring hidden truths to light so old patterns can soften and gradually shift into something new.
Although psychedelics have only been a part of psychotherapy for the last 80 or so years, they have been part of many cultural practices worldwide. For thousands of years, many indigenous cultures often assisted in healing, rights of passage, spirituality, and ancestral connection.
Unlike the Western pharmaceutical approach of “managing” our mental health with various medications that suppress symptoms and mute emotional capacity, psychedelics are amplifiers of the human psyche. Psychedelics bring symptoms to the surface to be processed and felt through direct experience. For many, this process can be cathartic, uncomfortable, and transformational.
Recent research and clinical trials have shown promising results using psychedelics with participants experiencing existential distress in palliative and cancer care, MDMA for PTSD (including Complex PTSD), treatment-resistant depression, and those diagnosed with autism.
I hold a warm, confidential space for those exploring Non-ordinary States of Consciousness (NOSC). These experiences can be transformative, and require support afterwards to integrate any shifts in perspective.
Psychedelic Preparation
Psychedelic Experience
Integration
Significant changes are not always simply a matter of receiving a gift; instead, work is involved to unwrap it. You could think of Preparation as sowing seeds; the Journey is water, and Integration bears the fruit.
The word integrate comes from integrare, meaning to make whole. Psychedelic integration is the process of weaving the insights from your journey into the fabric of daily life—deepening understanding, finding meaning, and supporting lasting change. The support offered surrounds your psychedelic experience, with intentional Preparation beforehand and compassionate Integration afterward.
The preparation phase takes place before your psychedelic experience and involves harm-reduction education and confidential holistic support to prepare you for your Journey.
Integration occurs after your Journey and is a safe, welcoming space for you to make meaning of your experience. We may explore any shifts in perspective or realizations through somatic therapy, expressive arts, Hakomi, IFS, or ritual and shamanic practices.
Research has shown us that psychedelics help to enhance cognitive flexibility. They open up critical periods of neuroplasticity that can support growth and change. You can leverage these critical windows of neural plasticity through psychedelic therapy support to expand the positive potential psychedelics can offer.
Trainings related to Psychedelic Therapy:
MDMA Therapist training (100 hours), issued by Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)
Core-Competencies in Ketamine-Assisted Therapy, issued by Telos
Healing the Healer issued by Polaris Insight Center
Hakomi Somatic Therapy level 2
Holotropic Breathwork issued by Grof Legacy Training
I am committed to placing safety, ethics, and respect for the Indigenous Wisdom Keepers at the heart of my practice. My intention is to be in right relationship with these profoundly transformative medicines and the people connected to their origins.
To honor my committment, I contribute a portion of my income to the Indigenous Medicine Conservation Fund and Blessings of the Forest. I am also a member of the Women's Visionary Council.
*Although this practice does not provide, condone, or support the use of illegal substances, and there can be significant legal and medical risks associated with casual use of psychedelics for some people, it is important to acknowledge that people do sometimes choose to take the risks of using these substances to explore their own minds or spirituality. I acknowledge that harm reduction, and psychological support can help ensure someone’s safety with psychedelic compounds. This practice does not include referring to “underground” resources, recommending use, guiding, supervising or otherwise being present with a client during a psychedelic experience. Clients should not attend therapy sessions while under the influence of any psychedelic or any other controlled substance without a doctor’s approval.