Psychedelic Therapy

These medicines are not a cure—but can be a powerful catalyst. And you don’t have to walk this path alone.

Whether you’re curious about this work, seeking preparation or integration support, or considering a therapeutic psychedelic experience, I offer trauma-informed, heart-centered guidance grounded in safety, ethics, and deep respect for your inner healing process.

After years of working as a therapist, I felt called to a deeper path of healing—one that honored not just the mind, but the heart, body, and spirit. This led me to train with the Integrative Psychiatry Institute (IPI) in psychedelic therapy, a rigorous and evidence-based program that gave me the tools to safely and ethically support clients through these profound healing experiences.

My own experience with psychedelics was deeply personal. It helped me connect with long-buried parts of myself and offered a sense of insight, compassion, and clarity I hadn’t accessed through traditional methods. That transformation inspired me to support others walking a similar path.

I went on to work as a psychedelic therapist at Field Trip Health, where I supported clients through ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, guiding them through journeys that were often emotional, surprising, and deeply restorative. Each person’s experience is unique, but what remains consistent is the potential of these medicines to unlock stuck patterns, bring forward insight, and reconnect people to themselves.

How Do Psychedelics Work?

Psychedelics are powerful tools for healing—but they are not magic pills. Used with care, intention, and support, they can help soften the grip of entrenched patterns, expand perspective, and reconnect people with a deeper sense of self and meaning.

The Neuroscience: How Psychedelics Affect the Brain

Modern research shows that psychedelics such as psilocybin, LSD, MDMA, and DMT affect the Default Mode Network (DMN)—a key brain system involved in self-referential thinking, rumination, and our sense of ego. In conditions like depression, PTSD, and anxiety, the DMN tends to become overactive, reinforcing loops of negative thought and emotional shutdown.

Psychedelics temporarily quiet the DMN, allowing different areas of the brain to communicate in new ways. This leads to a state of increased global connectivity, which many describe as feeling more open, connected, or expanded. During this window, old narratives can loosen, and emotional material long held in the body may rise to the surface for processing.

Psychedelics also enhance neuroplasticity—the brain’s ability to form new connections. In this more flexible state, people may gain access to buried memories, insights, or feelings. This is where the therapeutic potential lies: not in the substance itself, but in the opportunity to relate to your inner world in a new way.

Therapeutic Benefits:

Emerging research and clinical trials suggest that psychedelics, when combined with therapy, may help with:

Treatment-resistant depression
PTSD and trauma
Anxiety, including end-of-life anxiety
Addiction and substance use disorders
OCD
Existential and spiritual distress
Emotional numbness, disconnection, or identity confusion

In addition to reducing symptoms, many people report feeling more connected, emotionally alive, creative, or spiritually attuned after a guided psychedelic journey.

Risks and Considerations

Psychedelics are not safe or appropriate for everyone. This information is provided for educational and harm reduction purposes only. Psychedelics remain illegal in many jurisdictions, and use should always be approached with care, knowledge, and ethical support.

Preparation, Intention & Integration

Psychedelic therapy can be a powerful catalyst for healing. But to truly support transformation, it must be held with care, structure, and support. We offer a grounded, trauma-informed framework that honors the full arc of your journey—from the first moment of preparation to the long unfolding of integration.

We believe in meeting people where they are—with care, curiosity, and zero judgment. Our work is rooted in harm reduction, trauma-awareness, and a commitment to informed, consensual, and ethical support. We are not here to push psychedelics or promise miracles. We are here to offer steady, skilled guidance for those who choose to walk this path.

Set, Setting, and Safety

Creating the Right Container:

Psychedelics heighten vulnerability. They can open emotional floodgates and bring unconscious material to the surface. That’s why the container—the emotional, physical, and relational environment in which the journey happens—is everything.

We work with you to ensure your experience is grounded in:

Safe and intentional setting – Physically comfortable and emotionally secure environments reduce risk and support nervous system regulation. Whether at home, in nature, or a retreat, the setting should feel nourishing and held.
Supportive mindset ("set") – We explore what you’re bringing in: your mental state, fears, hopes, and expectations. This helps reduce reactivity and create openness to the process.
Skilled, trauma-informed support – We offer guidance rooted in somatic psychology, nervous system attunement, and ethical care. You are never alone in the intensity—our presence helps you stay grounded, safe, and supported, no matter what arises.

Psychedelics are not to be approached casually or impulsively.

They deserve reverence—and careful planning. The more thoughtfully we prepare, the more the medicine can meet you where you are.

Setting your Intention

Your Inner Compass

An intention is not a goal. It's not something to accomplish. It’s a compass—a steadying reminder of why you're doing this.

We help you identify and clarify your intentions before any journey. This might sound like:

“I want to understand the roots of my anxiety.”
“I’m seeking to heal from grief or trauma.”
“I want to reconnect with a part of myself I’ve lost.”
“I’m open to whatever wants to be seen.”

Your intention becomes a thread you can return to when things feel uncertain or intense. It keeps you tethered to purpose and helps shape the meaning of what unfolds.

In this work, intentions and expectations are not the same—

Intentions are open-hearted, flexible, and grounded in curiosity. They’re about being with what arises, even if it’s surprising or uncomfortable.

Expectations are fixed ideas about how things should go. They’re often driven by control or fear, and can create disappointment if the experience doesn’t match the script.

Expectations try to manage or predict the mystery. Intentions, on the other hand, help you meet the mystery with presence, trust, and courage.

Integration

The journey doesn’t end when the medicine wears off. In many ways, that’s when it truly begins.

Integration is the process of taking what you saw, felt, or remembered—and weaving it into your daily life. Without integration, even the most profound insight can fade like a dream. With it, those moments can become the foundation for real and lasting transformation.

The insights that arise during a journey often speak in symbols, emotion, or sensation. Integration helps translate those messages into meaningful action—into new ways of relating to yourself, others, and the world. It’s where change becomes embodied, not just understood.

We support integration through:

Therapeutic reflection – Processing and making meaning of your experience in a safe space.
Somatic and body-based practices – Helping your nervous system digest and embody what emerged.
Creative tools – Journaling, art-making, or ritual to deepen understanding and expression.
Nature connection and solitude – Grounding your experience through simplicity and stillness.
Community and relationship – Rebuilding or reconnecting in meaningful ways, when appropriate.

Some lessons take days to surface. Others unfold over months. Integration is a gentle, ongoing process—and it doesn’t have to be done alone.