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Find a certified Psychedelic Somatic
Interactional Therapist (PSIT) near you
PSIP Therapist Directory:
Jackie Meltz | Boulder, CO
Licensed mental health provider: Yes
Type of License: LCSW
PSIP certification: Level 2 Certificate of Mastery
Jackie specializes in treating developmental trauma, using a psychodynamic, somatic and psychedelic therapy approach. She has extensive training in Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP), an accelerated, somatic based, psychodynamic approach, and provides clinical supervision and trainings to therapists learning this therapy modality. She has found that ISTDP and Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Psychotherapy, combined, provide a very comprehensive approach to treating developmental trauma, as both access and work with deeply buried trauma directly in the body.
Contact: therapy@drjackiemeltz.com | Phone: 320-803-0559 | Website: www.drjackiemeltz.com
Dr. Anna Fekete | New York City, NY
Licensed mental health provider: Yes
Type of License: LMHC
PSIP certification: Level 2 Certificate of Mastery
Dr. Fekete – a teaching assistant and instructor candidate with PSI – has extensive training and professional experience in clin. psychology, psychoanalytic/psychodynamic/Jungian/etc. psychotherapies, clin. hypnotherapy, CBT, EMDR, IFS, couples therapy, systemic family constellations, mindfulness, somatically oriented psychotherapies, etc.
Over the last 30 years, she’s worked with the entire spectrum of psychological and relationship issues, psychiatric disorders and neuropsychological conditions both in clinical and in private settings.
In the field of psychedelic psychotherapies, she is certified by the most prestigious training institutions in the US: MAPS, CPTR/CIIS, PSI, KTC, Fluence, etc.
She specializes in trauma therapy, and in Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy & Integration, Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) and PSIP.
Dr. Fekete holds licenses both in the US and Europe, and runs a successful international private practice with offices in Manhattan (NYC) and in Europe.
Contact: anna@drannafekete.com | Phone: 347-608-0910 | Website: www.drannafekete.com
Kathleen Hanagan | Arlington, VA
Licensed mental health provider: Yes
Type of License: Social Work
PSIP certification: Level 2 Certificate of Completion
For over 30 years I have been dedicated to helping people connect to the healer within, through psychodrama, embodied inquiry, relational shamanism, Imago couples work, Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy,and trauma informed Somatic Therapy.
I envision a world in which pain is shape-shifted into purpose, and the power of love prevails. I guide and inspire people to courageously love and accept themselves fully in this lifetime, offering their unique medicine to a world in need.
My personal and professional experience is that psychedelics are powerful sacred tools of transformation, when used in a therapeutic set and setting.
My book, Loveseed: The Template For Birthing A New World, is a map for personal and global awakening that ends the trance of fear and shows the way to a world based on love and truth.
Contact: Kathleen@KathleenHanagan.com | Phone: 571-305-5499 | Website: www.kathleenhanagan.com
Jia Lee | Virginia
Licensed mental health provider: No
Type of License: N/A
PSIP certification: Level 2 Certificate of Completion
Jia Lee, MA is a Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Therapist, and former family therapist. She sees clients across the country via zoom, and travels to various locations across the country to work with clients face to face.
Her background spans to include doctoral studies in Somatic Psychology, a master’s in psychology, along with training in Somatic Experiencing, Trauma Releasing Exercises (TRE), Instinctual Trauma Response Therapy (ITR), Integrative Body Psychotherapy (IBP), Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB), Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP), PULSE mediation, Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy (PACT) and more.
Jia helps individuals, couples, corporate leaders, and teams work through trauma, relational gridlock, and addictions, in ways that foster greater self-authorship, and authenticity. She offers video sessions, intensives, and a group training programs. Her specialties are eating disorder recovery, couples therapy, developmental, sexual and medical trauma recovery, and leadership development.
Her websites include: www.EmbodiRecovery.com and www.EmbodiLove.com.
Contact: lisa@embodichange.com | Phone: 304-940-2959 | Website: www.EmbodiRecovery.com | www.EmbodiLove.com
Lorina Manzanita | Maui, HI and Oakland, CA
Licensed mental health provider: No
Type of License: N/A
PSIP certification: Level 2 Certificate of Completion
Lorina Manzanita MA, SEP is a Somatic Sex & Relationship Coach, SE Trauma Resolution Practitioner and Psychedelic Somatic (PSIP) Facilitator based in both Maui, HI and Oakland, CA. She is a JFK graduate and has been a healing arts professional since 1998. Her work focuses on the intersection of attachment healing, trauma resolution and erotic wholeness.
She loves helping individuals and partners of all genders and orientations cultivate essential skills and transform traumas so that they can experience more and more pleasure, presence and potency in their relationships; including their relationships to themselves, others and Life itself.
Lorina enjoys working with seekers types; those who strive to become more conscious of the unseen and connect with something bigger than themselves. Lorina is experienced in working with BIPOC, LGBQT+ and non-monogamous folx.
She is currently available for online sessions and in-person intensives and couples retreats in Maui and the SF Bay Area.
Contact: LorinaManzanita@gmail.com | Phone: 415-295-6037 | Website: www.LorinaManzanita.com
Dr. Matthew McClanahan | Chattanooga, TN
Licensed mental health provider: Yes
Type of License: DO
PSIP certification: Level 2 Certificate of Completion
Dr. Matt McClanahan is an osteopathic physician doubly boarded in Family Medicine & Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine, w/ a masters in exercise physiology. In 2018 he founded the Center for Insight Medicine, which takes a neuroscience approach to the Dx & Tx of chronic pain, functional disorders, central sensitivity syndromes, & medically unexplained Sx. Many times, when Sx persist despite testing & Tx, it's because neuroplastic changes in the brain are amplifying, perpetuating, or causing them by a persistent threat/danger response in the brain & autonomic nervous system, often due to unresolved stress & trauma in our past & present. This is the primary target in the work of recovery through PSIP and these neural circuits can be reversed. Dr. Matt is experienced with Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT), Emotional Awareness & Expression Therapy (EAET), & Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP), in addition to usual biomedical interpretation and pharmacotherapeutics.
Contact: matt@centerforinsightmedicine.com | Phone: 423-352-7489 | Website: www.CenterForInsightMedicine.com
Melanie Cloud | Wichita, KS
Licensed mental health provider: Yes
Type of License: LCMFT
PSIP certification: Level 2 Certificate of Completion
I am a life-long Kansan dedicated to promoting healing and wholeness in Wichita, KS and the surrounding area. I provide KAP, hypnotherapy, EMDR and integration therapy for individuals, couples and families in my office at ACFC. Myself, my amazing staff and team of outstanding clinicians are actively engaged at ACFC for the purpose of helping you.
Contact: melaniecloudlcmft@gmail.com | Phone: 316-945-5200 | Website: www.adultchildandfamilycounseling.com
Wendy Kimelman | Orlando, FL
Licensed mental health provider: Yes
Type of License: LMHC
PSIP certification: Level 2 Certificate of Completion
I am a registered nurse and licensed mental health counselor. I specialize in trauma and eating disorders. I have worked as a first responder and have experience with first responders, adults with childhood trauma, and family conflict. I utilize medication assisted therapy solutions to support clients to achieve additional gains in therapeutic process not achieved by other therapy modalities.
Contact: wendy@lblcounseling.com | Phone: 407-810-5738 | Website: www.lblcounseling.com
Zina Ortiz | Denver, CO
Licensed mental health provider: Yes
Type of License: LPC
PSIP certification: Level 2 Certificate of Completion
I am a trauma survivor! I also hold a Masters degree in Counseling Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara. My trainings include completion of trainings and certification of EMDR at the Maiberger Institute in Boulder, CO, REBT at the Albert Ellis Institute in New York, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, and Rapid Resolution Therapy with Dr Jon Connelly. I have enhanced my knowledge and education with therapeutic methods I have experienced, and have achieved a successful degree of recovery. I use them in my practice because I believe in their efficacy. Please see my Resource page for more information. I have walked the walk and it is relatively painless. This also does not need to be a lengthy process. Truth be told talk therapy is not an effective method for addressing trauma, anxiety and depression.
Contact: zina@elephantintheroomllc.com | Phone: 303-963-9878 | Website: www.elephantintheroomllc.com
Annika West | Los Angeles, Ojai, Joshua Tree
Licensed mental health provider: No
Type of License: Wellness Coach Certification, Psychedelic Therapist
PSIP certification: Level 1 Certificate of Mastery
PSIP Therapist, NPR, Wellness Coach Certification Somatic Therapy, Mindfulness Based, Neo-Shamanic
Annika West is a psychedelic somatic therapist with over 20 years of experience in the healing arts. Pulling from her training in various disciplines including; NeuroPhysical Reprograming, Hakomi, Trauma Dynamics, Yoga Nidra, Avatar Technique, IFS and Grindberg Method as well as an early participant in the groundbreaking MAPS clinical trial for MDMA. She also took part in a pilot study in Amsterdam studying the therapeutic effects of psilocybin.
Passionate about helping others, she is honored to help you as you explore the innate intelligence that lies within. Creating a safe container that allows you to dive deeply into your body and subconscious, releasing old patterns that no longer serve you.
But perhaps her greatest gift lies in her ability to connect with her clients on a deeply intuitive level, creating a sacred space and guiding them through the healing process.
Contact: annika@annikawest.com | Phone: 310-804-7794 | Website: www.consciouscannabistherapy.com
Jill Sweeny | St Paul/Minneaplis MN
Licensed mental health provider: Yes
Type of License: MSW LICSW
PSIP certification: Level 1 Certificate of Mastery
Jill Sweeny MSW LICSW is a Mental Health Professional who has found many of the issues people deal with often stem from unresolved past trauma. Mental health issues like depression, anxiety, substance use disorders and addiction often begin when we experience an event in our life that changes the way we see ourselves and how we understand our place in the world. Jill will assist in the process of healing from negative experiences by creating space within our emotional landscape to see ourselves as capable of living the life we truly desire. Jill went through the PSIP training in October of 2021 and has been using this therapy with success since.
You can expect to find that Jill will use a person centered approach to therapy and will focus on the goals that you want to accomplish in therapy.
Jill has a MSW LICSW from the University of Minnesota-Duluth and has her undergraduate degree which is a B.A.S. in Psychology from the University of Minnesota-Duluth.
Contact: jsweeny@expansemn.com | Phone: 651-237-7775 | Website: www.expansemn.com
Vera Eck | Los Angeles, CA
Licensed mental health provider: Yes
Type of License: MFT
PSIP certification: Level 1 Certificate of Completion
Vera has specialized experience working with couples and helping individuals deal with existential issues. Many clients report that Vera's direct and practical approach has helped them greatly improve their relationships with themselves and others. Vera's therapeutic approach is informed by a wide range of training and certifications. Currently she is passionate about Internal Family Systems and Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapies, which are modalities designed to help people address, heal and work through trauma to achieve wholeness and clarity.
We all have an Inner Healing Intelligence that sometimes gets obscured by life's insults and injuries. Non-ordinary states of consciousness can help people unburden from those events to access greater inner wisdom. Healing takes many shapes and forms but ultimately it is in the crucible of a safe and trusting relationship that allows this process to take place. Feel free to contact Vera for a free consultation.
Contact: veraeck@gmail.com | Phone: 310-493-1553 | Website: www.losangelesrelationshipcenter.com
Paul Antico | Los Angeles, CA
Licensed mental health provider: No
Type of License: Compassionate Inquiry Pactitioner
PSIP certification: Level 1 Certificate of Mastery
We all have our traumas, some more than others, and learning to befriend, feel through, accept, and let go of their hold on us is our journey.
My primary focus is developmental trauma and attachment.
I am a Certified Compassionate Inquiry Practitioner, an Individual and Group Psychedelic Integration Facilitator, a Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Therapist, and an advanced student of Rosen Method Bodywork.
I bring a broad base of eclectic wisdom, experientially informed through my own trauma to this work, including Psychedelics in & out of Ceremony, Polyvagal Theory, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Jungian Therapy, Somatic Experiencing, Rosen Method Bodywork, Family Constellations, Medicine Dance (an ecstatic dance form), the wisdom of Alan Watts, and Eastern thought.
I appreciate and understand longing for relief, as well as the dedication and perseverance needed to process our traumas/issues. I honor your motivation to walk this path. I am here, walking with you.
Contact: paul@panimus.net | Phone: 310-889-4435 | Website: www.panimus.net
Steve Elfrink | Grants Pass, OR
Licensed mental health provider: No
Type of License: N/A
PSIP certification: Level 1 Certificate of Mastery
Steve, OmTerra Co-Founder and Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Therapist, is also the Co-Founder of the Psychedelic Somatic Institute (PSI). He was a participant in the 2015, Phase 1 FDA Pharmacokinetic Study of Psilocybin at UW-Madison that also studied the effects of high-dose psilocybin for adverse reactions. Steve had a first-hand experience of the benefits and shortcomings of the current non-directive model used in psychedelic therapy worldwide. This led him to creating OmTerra and PSI to expand the potential of psychedelic medicines utilizing a somatic focus combined with IFS/parts work. Steve gratefully brings to the world his heart-felt passion for the advancement of psychedelic therapy and his commitment to help people who are suffering.
Listen to a podcast with Steve & Martin Ball on the Entheogenic Evolution: https://tinyurl.com/selfrink
Services:
• PSIP w/cannabis & ketamine
• Psychedelic Integration
• Microdose Consultation
• Psychedelic Therapy Consultation
Contact: steve@omterra.org | Website: www.omterra.org
Allie Chapman | Minnesota
Licensed mental health provider: Yes
Type of License: LMFT
PSIP certification: Level 1 Certificate of Completion
Allie Chapman, MA, LMFT
Allie received her master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from St. Mary’s University of MN in 2011 and has been practicing as a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist since 2015. Her previous work experience included in home family therapy services, day treatment, residential treatment, and school-based therapy. Since 2015 Allie has worked with and learned from Paula Brandt (DeSanto), founder of Minnesota Alternatives/ co-founder of Expanse, and focuses her work as an outpatient therapist specializing in serving adults with co-occurring disorders and trauma. Allie also sees couples and families. Allie is trained in Brainspotting, and is a level 1 and 2 trained EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapist. Allie was trained in the Medication Assisted Psychotherapy training through PSI (Psychedelic Somatic Instiute) along with colleagues in the October 2021 Cohort.
Contact: aklucas19@gmail.com | Phone: 763-221-1631 | Website: www.expansemn.com
Ani Manian | Austin, TX
Licensed mental health provider: No
Type of License: Coach
PSIP certification: Level 1 Certificate of Completion
Ani Manian, widely known as “The Mind Whisperer,” is a trusted advisor and Psychedelic Therapist to the world’s leading visionaries, entrepreneurs & leaders.
His work spans the realms of business, leadership and relationships and takes a systems centered approach to optimize an individual's experience across these domains.
Exponential growth in business, success, and happiness are natural byproducts of living & working from a mind - and operating from a nervous system - that is aligned with your goals.
Contact: ani@primalsix.com | Phone: 646-657-9552 | Website: www.animanian.com
Annie King | Utah/Colorado/NYC
Licensed mental health provider: No
Type of License: LMT/CST
PSIP certification: Level 1 Certificate of Completion
Annie’s work in PSI realizes her longtime dream of offering therapeutic plans that integrate safe, legal, and powerful psychedelic medicines into the interactive somatic therapy modalities she has practiced for many years as an advanced cranial sacral therapist. Annie's licensing and qualifications are extensive. A brief history of her educational background includes:
Licensed Massage Therapist program at Santa Cruz College of Massage Therapy
Advanced Study in Dance Kinesiology at the University of Utah
Advanced Craniosacral, Lymphatic Drainage, and Neuromuscular Therapy at the Upledger Institute
Jungian Social Group Work Training at the Center for Transpersonal Therapy
Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Union Institute and University
Certified Therapeutic Yoga Instructor program at the Yoga Alliance
Trauma Clearing Training at Trauma Dynamics in Denver
Advanced training in Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Therapy utilizing cannabis with the Psychedelic Somatic Institute
Contact: annieking.thestillpoint@gmail.com | Phone: 801-712-5576 | Website: www.thestillpoint.info
Alyssa Nelson | Minnesota
Licensed mental health provider: Yes
Type of License: LICSW
PSIP certification: Level 1 Certificate of Completion
Who we are is forged in the context of our earliest attachment relationships. Within these relationships we can be wounded, and develop unhelpful patterns and habits that we tend to repeat; the familiarity of these old patterns can feel comforting in some ways, even as they simultaneously cause discomfort and dysfunction in our lives. Therapy can provide an opportunity to heal and grow in the context of a healthy relationship, where the past and present can be explored to gain insight and help us break free of the habits keeping us stuck.
My approach to therapy is informed by the psychoanalytic perspective, which means a focus is placed on increasing self-understanding, deepening awareness of emotions, and identifying themes. Together we will explore your past and present, and we’ll be curious about your thoughts, feelings, hopes, dreams, fears, and conflicts to try and make meaning of them. The goal is for you to feel better and live your life more fully and freely.
Contact: anelson@expansemn.com | Phone: 763-205-4843| Website: www.expansemn.com/about-us/alyssa-nelson
Ariel Szabo | Salem, MA
Licensed mental health provider: No
Type of License: N/A
PSIP certification: Level 1 Certificate of Completion
Ariel is a midwife of reclamation, intimacy, and connection. Walking with people back to their bodies, their hearts, and their souls. She weaves together spiritual and western teachings. Integrating the wisdom she receives from the consciousness of the plants and elements she sits with and western knowledge on working with the nervous system and trauma. Ariel views pleasure and altered states of consciousness as potent medicine with transformative potential.
Ariel is formally trained in the PSIP model and in ketamine therapy with the Polaris Insight Center. In addition to her work with psychedelics, she is certified as a Somatic Sex Educator, Sexological Bodyworker, and Reiki practitioner. Ariel walks the shamanic path. She works 1:1 and with groups in Salem, MA, virtually, and facilitates plant medicine retreats in Peru.
Contact: sacredmoonflower@gmail.com | Website: www.sacredmoonflower.com
Barbara Wilson | Texarkana, Texas
Licensed mental health provider: Yes
Type of License: LPC
PSIP certification: Level 1 Certificate of Completion
I am 59 years old with a lot of life experience. Professional counseling is my second career as teaching was my first. I have practiced for 12 years and in private practice for almost 5 years. I love to help others in healing their past as they create the life that they envision.
Contact: Barbara.Wilson1@icloud.com | Phone: 870-826-6896 | Website: www.facebook.com/livingwaterTexarkana
Colin Reid | Portland, Maine
Licensed mental health provider: Yes
Type of License: LCPC
PSIP certification: Level 1 Certificate of Completion
Colin is a licensed clinical counselor whose approach is informed by gestalt, emotion-focused therapy, somatic and mindfulness-based therapies. He has a deep interest in meditative traditions and has spent significant periods in silent retreats in North America, Thailand, India, and Nepal. He is trained in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, including Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy, Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Psychotherapy, and has been trained in MAPS MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy program. Is is the Director of Riverbird Clinic in Portland, Maine
Contact: colin@riverbirdclinic.com | Website: www.riverbirdclinic.com
Georgeanna Lewis | Minneapolis, Minnesota
Licensed mental health provider: Yes
Type of License: LICSW (Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker)
PSIP certification: Level 1 Certificate of Completion
In the desert of the heart
Let the healing fountain start - W.H Auden
Therapy was not my first career. I began as a student of creative writing (poetry) and literature, and taught literature and writing as a grad student. However, I found my home in clinical social work— work which taps into my understanding of the role of the creative imagination in representing emotional experience through narrative and imagery.
I’ve had more than 18 years of experience providing therapy to individuals, couples and groups. In addition to my training with the Psychedelic Somatic Institute, I bring experience and training in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, EMDR, Brainspotting, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Internal Family Systems Therapy, Dance Movement Therapy, and the Adult Attachment Interview. My work is relational, client-centered, somatically and affectively focused. I aim to “show up” as a person in my own right, since I believe psychotherapy is an activity between two people, working together.
Contact: georgeanna@springboxtherapy.com | Phone: 612-239-2796 | Website: www.springboxtherapy.com
Jill Van Meter | San Diego, California
Licensed mental health provider: No
Type of License: Licensed Acupuncturist and Certified Coach
PSIP certification: Level 1 Certificate of Completion
Jill Van Meter has been a licensed Acupuncturist for 27 years, a yoga and meditation teacher for 15 years and a certified CoActive Coach for 4 years. She is also a Breathwork and InnerDance Facilitator as well as an Equus Coach and Psychedelic Integration Coach. Jill has spend the majority of her life studying and offering holistic mind/ body/ spirit healing and support. As a Psychedelic Somatic Therapist, she focuses not only on the healing of past traumas and wounds, but also with helping her clients create greater ability to be comfortable with discomfort. If we can sit in discomfort with difficult and challenging emotions and feelings, we can start to see that we have the capacity to be with whatever we are experiencing which gives us greater ability to be with life fully no matter what is happening. As we create a greater bandwidth to experience life fully, we become more whole and able to experience being present in every moment of our lives.
Contact: jill@jillvanmeter.com | Phone: 760-522-6842 | Website: www.Jillvanmeter.com
Kelly Street | Minneapolis, MN
Licensed mental health provider: Counseling Psychology Student
Type of License: N/A
PSIP certification: Level 1 Certificate of Completion
Kelly is passionate about the power of the mind-body connection for healing and seeks to teach her clients how to bring that connection into everyday life. As a healing coach and guide, Kelly focuses on creating a safe protocol for connecting with those difficult or stuck parts of ourselves, before, during, and after sessions. Kelly is a trained yoga teacher and brings body movement and breathwork into her work with clients, in addition to a background with Internal Family Systems and Parts Systems work. Outside of healing work, Kelly also works with companies to create a more connected remote work culture.
Contact: thewillowwork@protonmail.com | Phone: 651-278-1406
Koelle Simpson | Denver, CO
Licensed mental health provider: No
Type of License: Life Coach
PSIP certification: Level 1 Certificate of Completion
Koelle Simpson is life coach, horse whisperer, advanced somatic experiencing practitioner, as well as the founder of the Equus Coaching Movement. She has severed clients for over 18 years throughout South Africa, Europe, the UAE, Canada, and the United States. From early childhood horses became an important part of her journey to rebuild a sense of trust in her relationships with others.
Today, Koelle lives in Denver, Colorado and supports clients to fully integrate their own experiences of trauma. She works with somatic processing, attachment theory and PSIP psychedelic facilitation to enable clients to transform the ripple effects of trauma. Koelle also regularly facilitates unique in person retreats for clients that are keenly guided by the wisdom of animals. She strives to be a humble student of life and holds immense reverence for the resilience of the human spirit.
Contact: koelle@koellesimpson.com | Phone: 602-284-7214 | Website: www.koellesimpson.com
Krissa Jackson | Spring Lake Park MN
Licensed mental health provider: Yes
Type of License: LPCC
PSIP certification: Level 1 Certificate of Completion
I am a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) and received my Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology at State University of New York at Albany. I have worked in the mental health field for over 25 years in various roles, settings, and populations. Currently, I provide individual psychotherapy with a mindfulness based approach. My specialties include trauma therapy and substance use disorders. I have training in trauma resolution and use techniques from the following modalities: Somatic Experiencing (SE), Brainspotting (BSP), and Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Psychotherapy (PSIP).
When we can trust someone with our authentic self, it creates healing, connection and deeper sense of self. I deeply value the opportunity to be part of this process.
Contact: kjackson@expansemn.com | Website: www.Expansemn.com
Lee Noto | Austin, TX
Licensed mental health provider: No
Type of License: Intimacy & Relationship Coach and Psychedelic Therapist
PSIP certification: Level 1 Certificate of Completion
Lee is an Intimacy & Relationship Coach and Psychedelic Therapist based in Austin, TX.
She believes that the quality of our relationships determines the quality of our lives, and thus helps her clients resolve the trauma and wounding that stands in the way of them creating a meaningful relationship with themselves and with their partners.
Lee specializes in working with women and couples in areas including, but not limited to:
- Creating a clear vision for their relationship
- Understanding the barriers and blocks that stand in the way of love
- Communicating needs, boundaries & desires
- Releasing shame around body image, sensuality & sexuality
Contact: hello@leenoto.com | Website: www.LeeNoto.com
Leia Friedwoman | Holyoke, Massachusetts
Licensed mental health provider: No
Type of License: N/A
PSIP certification: Level 1 Certificate of Completion
Leia Friedwoman, M.S. loves to connect the dots as a teacher, writer, and agent of healing. She obtained her master's degree in Clinical Psychology from Rivier University in 2013 and worked as an in-home therapist before psychedelics turned her world inside out. Leia approaches healing work through a lens of social and environmental justice, utilizing trauma-informed, somatic, relational, and developmental frameworks to support the client in their individual path toward more felt-wholeness and connection. To hear more from Leia, listen to her podcast, The Psychedologist: consciousness positive radio.
Contact: thepsychedologist@proton.me | Phone: 978-764-9979 | Website: www.thepsychedologist.com
Matt Stella | Salem, MA
Licensed mental health provider: Yes
Type of License: LICSW
PSIP certification: Level 1 Certificate of Completion
Hello - I’m Matt Stella, and my goal is to reconnect you to the wisdom and depth in your life that make all problems workable. In fact, the worst symptoms and problems that we wrestle with often hold the seed for growth and transformation. Working with adults, couples, and men's groups, my life’s work is to facilitate transformation from all forms of suffering.
I use EMDR and PSIP to address and heal the effects of trauma, abuse and neglect for adults of all genders.
My 2nd Masters degree is in Process Work: a Jungian holistic method (mind-body-spirit). This approach is my passion because it offers a way of delving into the 'trouble' at hand that is deep, efficient, transformational and surprisingly creative and fun.
My practice is LGBTQ-affirmative, and welcomes diversity of all kinds. I provide telehealth options, or in-person sessions in my Salem, Massachusetts office which is wheelchair accessible. If you feel we might be a good fit, please be in touch. I will be honored to help.
Contact: mattstella.licsw@comcast.net | Phone: 617-820-7110 | Website: www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/matt-stella-salem-ma/76039
Melinda Norman | Portland, OR
Licensed mental health provider: Yes
Type of License: LPC
PSIP certification: Level 1 Certificate of Completion
My approach to therapy includes traditional cognitive behavioral therapies blended with somatic and shamanic healing. As a practitioner, I believe in walking with my clients as they become responsible for the creation of their experience. This is not a simple task and takes significant effort as this path requires the mastery of your impulses, emotions, and body. Please note that for some protocols, insurance does not currently reimburse. I also require consultation for some of the more intensive methodologies as they require certain foundational elements in your life to be established before engaging in them otherwise the benefit will be null.
Contact: melinda@marigoldhealing.com | Phone: 503-954-8760 | Website: www.marigoldhealing.com
Mindy Solomon | Denver, CO
Licensed mental health provider: Yes
Type of License: Psychology
PSIP certification: Level 1 Certificate of Completion
I have been a licensed clinical psychologist since 2005 and have over 20 years of professional clinical experience with children, adolescents and families.I have worked in a variety of clinical and academic settings with children, teens, adults, couples and families with different diagnoses and presenting concerns.
While my clinical approach is grounded in and informed by current evidence-based treatments, I practice from an eclectic, holistic and intuitive perspective. I strive to meet each individual/family/couple exactly where they are and believe that everyone has their own unique healing potential within. I see my role as facilitator to explore, discover and connect to that potential.
Contact: mindy@milehighmentalhealth.com | Phone: 303-815-5554 | Website: www.milehighmentalhealth.com/mindy-solomon
Peter Addy | Portland, OR
Licensed mental health provider: Yes
Type of License: LPC
PSIP certification: Level 1 Certificate of Completion
Dr. Peter H Addy is a therapist in Portland, OR where he offers psychedelic harm reduction and integration therapy, and is a clinical supervisor and a mentor in the Students for Sensible Drug Policy psychedelic pipeline program. At Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Addy co-founded the Yale Psychedelic Science Group and conducted research on atypical psychedelics. He earned his PhD in clinical psychology from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology.
Contact: info@peterhaddy.com | Phone: 971-336-4956 | Website: www.peterhaddy.com
Samy Badawy | Connecticut
Licensed mental health provider: No
Type of License: MD
PSIP certification: Level 1 Certificate of Completion
A life long interest in the source of human suffering has been my personal journey. I have been a life-long meditator, starting a practice at the age of 12. This path has led me down both psychological as well as, spiritual developmental frameworks. I began working with expanded states of consciousness through plant medicines in 2009. The natural progression led me to supporting individuals on this path of self-exploration and self-realization. My encounter with PSI and its framework has provided further assistance in working with the human psyche and guiding people along their paths of healing and liberation. I have also completed training in Hakomi Therapy as well as, training in Ketamine assisted psychotherapy. Prior to making this work my focus, my career was as a physician/surgeon for 30 years. I am originally from Lebanon and have lived in multiple countries throughout my life.
Contact: sbadawymd@gmail.com | Phone: 215-880-5470
Sarit Lesser | Providence, RI
Licensed mental health provider: Yes
Type of License: Clinical Psychologist
PSIP certification: Level 1 Certificate of Completion
Dr. Sarit Lesser is a clinical psychologist in Providence RI and an instructor at the Division of Pre-College and Summer Undergraduate Programs at Brown University. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship in clinical psychology at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and the Rhode Island Hospital Partial Hospitalization Program, where she specialized in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, a third generation approach of behavioral and cognitive therapy. Post graduation, she began focusing on the profoundly intelligent, self-corrective, healing mechanisms that the body holds. She utilizes a holistic approach that includes somatic, emotional and cognitive processing and integration of traumatic and developmental experience, in combination with legal therapeutic plant-based medicines, in healing trauma and attachment wounds.
Contact: drsaritlesser@gmail.com | Phone: 401-655-2225 | Website: www.dyadpsychology.com
Raj Gill | Vancouver, Canada
Licensed mental health provider: Yes
Type of License: ACCT
PSIP certification: Level 2 Certificate of Completion
Raj is a highly skilled and licensed psychotherapist with over a decade of experience in behavior therapy, offering personalized care to clients in Vancouver, British Columbia. He received his B.A. degree from the University of Calgary and holds a counseling license with ACCT. Raj has a diverse background that encompasses healing arts, psychotherapy, somatic therapy, and the arts, which he seamlessly integrates into his practice to assist clients in addressing mental health issues such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, and developmental/family trauma.
In addition, Raj is deeply passionate about mind-body training and is the founder of Ultra Instinct Mindfulness through the Arts. This program is specifically designed to promote holistic healing by integrating Eastern and Western traditions, bringing people together to explore the connection between the mind and body through activities such as embodied play, active imagination, and meditation.
Contact: rajpsgill@gmail.com | Phone: 778-951-3609
Eric Bowers | Agassiz, British Columbia, Canada
Licensed mental health provider: No
Type of License: N/A
PSIP certification: Level 2 Certificate of Completion
Eric believes that working through trauma is one of the most courageous, meaningful, and beautiful things that humans do. With his training in Somatic Therapies, Attachment Theory, Interpersonal Neurobiology, and Nonviolent Communication Eric brings a wide range of skills and knowledge to his counseling work. For twelve years Eric has worked with various psychedelic medicines therapeutically and in ceremonies for his own healing. In July of 2023, Eric will begin training to become a PSIP instructor with the Psychedelic Somatic Institute.
Eric is also a musician, community organizer with the Abundance Community Farm, and author of Meet Me In Hard-to-Love Places: The Heart and Science of Relationship Success.
Find Eric at www.roadtocompassion.com, www.soundcloud.com/thegoldenrepair, and https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj2tsxipygcsWIFBrnQsY2A.
Contact: eric@roadtocompassion.com | Phone: +1 (604) 442-8811 | Website: http://www.roadtocompassion.com/
Dr. Mia Debidin | London, United Kingdom
Licensed mental health provider: Yes
Type of License: Clinical Psychologist and Psychotherapist
PSIP certification: Currently a Student Completing the Apprentice Training (Finishes on: June 2023)
Dr. Mia has over 30 years of experience in psychological therapies working with complexity in adult mental health. See website https://mdpsych.co.uk/ for professional details. Using PSIP without medicine and with medically prescribed cannabis in London, UK.
Contact: miadebidin@gmail.com | Phone: +44 (795) 290-7908 | Website: https://mdpsych.co.uk/
Qazi Javed | Austin, TX
Licensed mental health provider: Yes
Type of License: MD
PSIP certification: Currently a Student Completing the Apprentice Training
I am a holistic psychiatrist in Austin. I work and train people in providing care to the whole person including working with expanded states of consciousness to bring about alignment of a person to their life journey.
Contact: integrativepsychiatryaustin@gmail.com | Phone: 512-766-7813 | Website: Integrativepsychiatryaustin.com
Lisa Love, MSN, PMH CNS, BC | Brunswick, ME
Licensed mental health provider: Yes
Type of License: Adv Practice RN - Psych - Mental Health
PSIP certification: Currently a Student Completing the Apprentice Training
Offering individual transformational coaching & therapy for adults who want to heal from early attachment wounding, chronic and severe anxiety, and emotional traumas of all kinds.
Lisa is highly skilled at mind-body and energy medicine approaches to healing, as well as cannabis-assisted therapy. She's taught yoga for
25 yrs, mindfulness for 20 yrs, and various healing arts modalities for 40 years. She plans to specialize in helping others in the helping professions, as well as groups.
Contact: mindfulguidance@protonmail.com | Phone: 207-522-7312 | Website: https://www.mindfulguidance4me.com/
Susan Penning | Orlando
Licensed mental health provider: Yes
Type of License: LCSW
PSIP certification: Level 2 Certificate of Completion
Susan Penning is a licensed clinical social worker based in Orlando, who has established herself as an accomplished mental health professional with a Ph.D. in Psychology and a Master of Social Work. With over two decades of experience in her field, Dr. Penning has worked with a diverse group of clients and is recognized for her expertise in trauma therapy. Dr. Penning's qualifications are extensive, having earned a Master of Social Science degree in Health Promotion, a Bachelor of Social Science Honors degree in Psychology , and a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Business. She has also taken course and workshops throughout her career to further her knowledge and stay up-to-date, including the PSIP Model. Dr. Penning currently operates her private practice and she specializes in trauma. Dr. Penning has published numerous articles. Dr. Penning is a dedicated mental health professional who is passionate about helping her clients achieve healing and growth.
Contact: susanlouisepenning@gmail.com | Phone: 407-361-0704 | Website: www.psychologytoday.com
Åsa Karlsson | Stockholm, Sweden
Licensed mental health provider: Yes
Type of License: Licensed Psychotherapist
PSIP certification: Currently a Student Completing the Apprentice Training
I'm a Licensed Physiotherapist and Psychotherapist working in private practice and as a traumatherapist at WONSA (World Of No Sexual Abuse), in Stockholm, Sweden.
My ground level education to become a Psychotherapist was in Transpersonal Psychology and I’m also a Trained AEDP-therapist. I’ve been working in the bodymind field for 25 years.
My own most significant trauma was when I was born prematurely with c-section. I had been able to some degree to contact that Trauma before PSIP, but never to fully experience it and embody that part of me before. I love this method for finally letting me bring home this precious part of me, previously hidden in dissociation.
Contact: bodyjoy.asa@gmail.com | Phone: +46707705691 | Website: www.bodyjoyterapi.com
Len Worley | Charlottesville, VA Hudson Valley, NY
Licensed mental health provider: No
Type of License: Not currently licensed
PSIP certification: Level 1 Certificate of Completion
I have worked as a psychologist, marriage and family therapist, Rolfing bodyworker, therapeutic dreamworker, author, and mentor. I have utilized psychedelics for my own therapy and with others for over 30 years.
Contact: len@lenworleyphd.com | Phone: +1 (512) 701-2831 | Website: http://www.evolutionarydreaming.com/
Dr. Olesya Ovchinnikova | Geneva, Switzerland / London, U.K.
Licensed mental health provider: Yes
Type of License: Psychologist FSP and Psychotherapist EABP
PSIP certification: Currently a Student Completing the Apprentice Training
As an integrative somatic psychotherapist, I believe that the body and mind are deeply interconnected and that our experiences are imprinted in the nervous system. I provide a safe and supportive space where we can explore these experiences through the body, feelings and relationships.
I have been active in the field of psychology, therapy and group facilitation for over 15 years.
I have been lucky enough to be able to work independently as well as to contribute to teams of a trauma clinic and a luxury rehab.
You may choose to see me because events of the past have affected your relationship with yourself and the world, or because your current life is triggering difficult emotional reactions that pose interpersonal or professional challenges, or simply because you want to improve your well-being and get more out of life than you are currently doing.
I offer PSIP sessions both in person and online, in English, Italian and Russian.
Contact: info@somaticjourney.org | Website: http://www.somaticjourney.org/
Megan Carnahan | Iowa City, IA
Licensed mental health provider: Yes
Type of License: LISW
PSIP certification: Currently a Student Completing the Apprentice Training
Megan has worked in mental health for over twenty years, specializing in trauma work. Megan has studied IFS, Yoga, Bodywork, Hypnotherapy, Dreamwork, Spiritual Psychology, Conscious Parenting, and now with PSI.
Megan has been offering psychedelic preparation and integration counseling for the past several years, and is excited to add in person cannabis-assisted and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy to her practice.
She is passionate about serving people from a spiritual lens, and believes healing is always possible. In time we heal ourselves from within, but we are not meant to walk the path alone.
“The longest journey you will make in your life is the one from your head to your heart.”
~Thich Nhat Hahn
Contact: info@megancarnahantherapy.com | Phone: +1 (319) 383-3689 | Website: http://www.carnahancounseling.com/
Elif Clarke | London, U.K.
Licensed mental health provider: Yes
Type of License: BABCP and HCPC
PSIP certification: Level 2 Certificate of Completion
Elif is a Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Therapist. She is a highly experienced and intuitive Transformational Breath senior trainer with over 25 years’ experience of working as a HCPC registered psychologist with MA and BABCP registered psychotherapist. She is trained in EMDR and is well-versed in various therapeutic modalities including somatic experiencing and internal family system. She is a yoga teacher and certified yoga Nidra practitioner.
As a survivor of personal trauma, Elif is a trauma informed therapist, passionate about helping others to overcome complex, developmental trauma and attachment wounding. Her work encompasses both top down and somatic bottom up approaches. Her somatic and attachment focused guidance gently supports people to feel safe enough to ease dissociation, empowering them to become more fully embodied and allowing them to access their innate healing capacity.
She is based in London and available on zoom
her website is www.elifclarke.com
Contact: elif@thebreathpsychologist.com | Phone: +4407944532456 | Website: www.elifclarke.com
Lauren Ampolos | Maui, HI
Licensed mental health provider: Yes
Type of License: Psychologist (PhD)
PSIP certification: Currently a Student Completing the Apprentice Training
Dr. Ampolos is the Clinical Director and a practicing psychologist at Illuminate Wellness on Maui, and is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner (IFMCP). She is certified in EMDR and and, in addition to her classic psychological education and training, attended the post-graduate training in the Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy program at Naropa University. Her specialities include treating complex trauma and PTSD, personality disorders, eating disorders, addressing nutrition and mental health, depression, anxiety, aiding couples in crisis, and chronic health challenges, including chronic pain and autoimmune disease management. She specializes in providing true mind-body, root-level healing. She is passionate about providing access to care and strives to create a warm, open and non-judgmental healing environment.
Contact: lauren@illuminatewellnessmaui.com | Website: illuminatewellnessmaui.com
Amber Vantze | Maui, HI
Licensed mental health provider: Yes
Type of License: Mental Health Counselor
PSIP certification: Currently a Student Completing the Apprentice Training
Amber Vantze is the Program Director of Psychedelic Services and a practicing psychotherapist at Illuminate Wellness on Maui. She is a founding member of the American Psychedelic Practitioners Association and is currently training in Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Psychotherapy (PSIP). She is also trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). She is passionate about using a trauma-informed, body-based approach to support healing at the root level. She offers specialized care unique to each individual's needs, desires, and preferences. She takes a holistic approach to her work by incorporating and integrating mental, emotional, physical, spiritual, interrelational, and systemic aspects. She provides a safe space that allows for corrective relational experience.
Contact: amber@illuminatewellnessmaui.com | Phone: +1 (808) 518-1619 | Website: illuminatewellnessmaui.com
Daniel Kim | Los Angeles, CA
Licensed mental health provider: No
Type of License: N/A
PSIP certification: Level 2 Certificate of Mastery
Daniel (SEP) works with developmental trauma, attachment trauma, and Complex PTSD through a somatic and relational lens. Over 9 years of working with various psychedelic medicines emphasized to him the necessity of integrating the body and the therapeutic relationship to effectively resolve complex trauma.
His passion for PSIP is fueled by his own depth of healing he received within this model. During his training, he experienced a profound reparative experience around an early attachment wound he was unable to access despite previous psychedelic retreats and years of somatic therapy. This led him to fundamentally shift his private practice and understanding of trauma resolution.
Daniel offers in-person and online sessions in Los Angeles and has started his PSI Instructor training.
Contact: www.recoveryourcalm.com/contact | Phone: +1 (323) 484-1003 | Website: www.recoveryourcalm.com
Dr. Alana Roy | Melbourne, Australia
Licensed mental health provider: Yes
Type of License: Psychologist (PhD)
PSIP certification: Currently a Student Completing the Apprentice Training
Dr. Alana (Lani) Roy, Founder of The Signs of Life Psychology, is a psychologist, social worker, and therapist with extensive experience in mental health, suicide prevention, trauma, sexual abuse, family violence, and the disability sector. Lani provides Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy (PAP) for clients accessing ketamine treatment in Australia and is actively engaged in research trials focusing on psilocybin and Ayahuasca. Specialising in complex trauma, disabilities, and dual diagnosis, Lani provides therapy in Auslan sign language for the Deaf community. She provides a range of educational and group-based psychedelic programs and is a board-approved psychology supervisor. Lani coordinates the psychedelic and plant medicine Mental Health Professional Network (MHPN) and has taught on Australian psychedelic programs. Currently, Lani is apprenticing under Saj Ravi from The Psychedelic Somatic Institute of Psychotherapy in America for cannabis and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy.
She is passionate about connecting with professionals and community members who have integrity, creativity, and innovation; people who can uphold the sacred nature of these medicines as we bring them safely into the clinical context. Most importantly; she is a mother of two young boys, an owner of two beautiful high-needs French bulldogs, and a wife of a sexual abuse detective.
Contact: alana@thesignsoflife.com.au | Phone: 0416 869 823 | Website: www.thesignsoflife.com.au