​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.

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.

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.

Hillary McBride, PhD, is a Registered Psychologist, researcher, podcastor, and author, but underneath all of that she is a human, who loves asking questions about what it means to be human, how we heal and grow, and what it means to be a body.  She publishes written works for community and academic audiences about embodiment, trauma, eating disorders, perinatal mental health, and mental health and spirituality; her bestselling book The Wisdom Of Your Body was released in 2021, and her next book, Practices for Embodied Living will be released in 2024. Her award winning CBC podcast Other People's Problems was mentioned in the Wall Street Journal and New York Times as essential listening, and she is the co-developer of Katalyst Mental Health Ketamine Assisted Therapy program. What makes her feel alive is her daughter's laugh, her love for her partner and close friends, asking unanswerable questions, and spending time in or near the ocean.

In the desert of the heart
Let the healing fountain start - W.H Auden

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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.

Dr. Ampolos received her MA and PhD in Clinical Psychology, with an emphasis in Health Psychology, at the California School of Professional Psychology in San Diego, CA. She received her BAs in Psychology and Spanish at the University of San Diego. She completed her pre-doctoral training at Wai’anae Coast Comprehensive Health Center on O’ahu. She is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner (IFMCP), and is certified in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). She completed the post-graduate Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy certificate program at Naropa University, the Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) training for MDMA-assisted therapy, and is certified in Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Psychotherapy (PSIP). Her specialities include treating complex trauma and PTSD, personality disorders, eating disorders, nutrition and mental health, depression, anxiety, couples in crisis, and chronic health challenges, including pain and autoimmune disease management. She specializes in providing 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 at Illuminate Wellness, of which she is the founder and Clinical Director.

 Amber Vantze is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Program Director of Psychedelic Services, and a Clinical Supervisor at Illuminate Wellness in Maui, Hawaiʻi. She is a founding member of the American Psychedelic Practitioners Association and regularly participates in discussion regarding ethics, best practices, research, and existential topics to learn from and support others in the field of psychedelic assisted psychotherapy.

Amber Vantze is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Program Director of Psychedelic Services, and a Clinical Supervisor at Illuminate Wellness on Maui. She is a founding member of the American Psychedelic Practitioners Association and is passionate about using trauma-informed, body-based approaches that incorporate psychedelics to support healing at the root level. She offers specialized care unique to each individual's needs, desires, and preferences. Amber 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. Amber is trained in and utilizes Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Psychotherapy (PSIP), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Brainspotting (BSP) and Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP). Please feel free to reach out to co-create a healing plan that fits your needs and desires.

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.

Harley Conyer is a counsellor, psychotherapist, clinical supervisor, meditation trainer, leadership coach, mentor and facilitator, with substantial experience working with individual clients and facilitating workshops, trainings, groups and retreats.
 

Harley is the founder of Menstuff (Australia) and The Transformation Space, and is currently a PSI Instructor based in Sydney, Australia.
He has been in private practice for 18 years, and has over 10,000 hours of one-on-one client work. He specializes in trauma-related presentations including addiction, dissociation, developmental trauma and attachment issues, gender and sexuality identity, depression and anxiety, spiritual emergence, life transitions, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
 

Harley has an integrated and client-centered approach. He works with a range of modalities including somatic, transpersonal, shamanic, ecotherapy, Brainspotting and psychedelic-assisted therapy, including preparation, harm reduction and integration.
 

He has his own extensive experience with cannabis and psychedelic healing (in legal settings) that has helped to process and dissolve trauma, reduce reactivity, increase empathy, improve relationships and provided a deep understanding from the inside about how plant medicines work, and how to work safely and effectively with plant medicines.

Harley is passionate about PSIP because of the efficiency, depth and breadth of trauma resolution that it offers, as well as the attachment and relational healing aspects.

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.

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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.

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Find Eric at www.roadtocompassion.com, www.soundcloud.com/thegoldenrepair, and https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj2tsxipygcsWIFBrnQsY2A.

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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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She is currently available for online sessions and in-person intensives and couples retreats in Maui and the SF Bay Area.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

Over 30 years of practise in psychological therapies working with complexity in adult mental health. Using PSIP without medicine and with medically prescribed cannabis in London, UK. In person and remotely.

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Also trained in Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy, breathwork and multiple models of psychological therapy, including EMDR, Internal Family Systems, Prolonged Exposure Therapy, Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Mentalization Based Therapy, and as a psychedelic practitioner with Synthesis (2021-2022), and at Awakn Life Sciences London clinic.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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“The longest journey you will make in your life is the one from your head to your heart.”

~Thich Nhat Hahn

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

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.

Gina Mitchell (she/her; MSW, LCSW) is a therapist, facilitator, and consultant based in Philadelphia, PA. She specializes in providing relational, trauma-informed care, seeking to create a therapeutic space that is collaborative, non-judgmental, and compassionate.

Gina earned her Master of Social Work from the Smith School for Social Work. She has completed trainings in Somatic Experiencing, Somatic Abolition, Internal Family Systems, Polyvagal therapy, Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Psychotherapy, and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy. She has extensive experience working within the queer and trans community, and enjoys supporting people navigating relational trauma, attachment issues, chronic illness, and grief. 

Gina is the Dean of Counseling at the Skowhegan School for Drawing & Painting, leads trainings and offers supervision at Walnut Psychotherapy Center, and maintains a private therapy practice.

IAs a trauma-informed somatic and psychedelic practitioner, I help people who are suffering from depression, anxiety, and overwhelm or are dealing with difficult feelings and relationship issues, creative blocks,  life transitions, and unresolved grief, stress, and trauma.

In our work together, we will explore habitual somatic, emotional, and behavioral patterns that get in your way or keep you stuck. We will discover ways to grow beyond blockages and limiting beliefs and tend to the parts of you that need support. My approach is highly personalized and based on the client’s unique history, needs, and goals.

I have extensive experience and training in using psychedelics for healing and spiritual growth.

I am an assistant for Somatic Experiencing® training in the US and serve as a Board Director of Somatic Experiencing International.

I have been on the hunt for a therapy model that has the power to match a person's desired level of healing. My background includes psychodynamic and somatic therapies which are essential elements to this model.

I've experienced firstly myself the healing power of this model, having completed hundreds of sessions as the client.

I have lived in Colorado for 10 years and started my private practice three years ago after 10 years in clinics and group practice settings.

Gwen has been a healing arts practitioner for over 20 years, specializing in developmental, attachment, and intergenerational trauma, from both a personal and collective perspective. She is a somatic experiencing practitioner (SEP), Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Psychotherapist (PSIP), and Luminous Awareness energy healer, with additional training in somatic IFS, dreamwork, mythosomatic qigong, anti-oppression work, and non-dual spiritual traditions.

Gwen began her varied career designing and building Muppets for Sesame Street. She received her masters degree in philosophy, became a thought leader in adult transformative play, and has applied her insights about play to a variety of fields including design-thinking, coaching, spirituality, leadership, and healing and development. In the past five years, she has dedicated herself to trauma healing as the doorway to liberating our inherently playful nature.

Micah Stover has a BA in philosophy with an emphasis on Buddhist studies and an MA in psychoanalysis and feminist theory. She’s trained in Internal Family Systems therapy and and has completed Level 1 PSIP certification. Micah's worked with numerous clients of all ages and demographics to support them in healing from intergenerational trauma. As a survivor of sexual abuse and an eating disorder that nearly cost Micah her life, she has an intimate understanding of the depth of strength and patience required to heal such insidious wounds. Micah resides in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico with her family where she hosts monthly healing retreats for individuals. She works closely with indigenous healers to incorporate their wisdom into her work. She teaches a foundations class on safety with psychedelics and has a book coming out in the fall of 2024 exploring her personal and professional journey with psychedelic therapy.

Bernadine Fried's unwavering commitment to her clients and extensive training and experience with trauma, PTSD, CPTSD, and substance use make her one of the most respected and sought-after professionals in her field. Early in her career, she recognized the connection between trauma, substance use, and other mental health disorders.  Ms. Fried is a life-long learner receiving specialized training and certifications in trauma-informed care, AEDP, IFS, EMDR, and recently from the Psychedelic Somatic Institute.  Her practice integrates the most cutting-edge, attachment-focused, evidence-based techniques, bringing renewed hope to patients who often find little relief elsewhere. Bernadine Fried doesn’t just treat symptoms; she aims to transform lives. Her practice is a sanctuary for healing and a gateway to a new beginning.

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.

As a yoga therapist, psychotherapist and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner- I work with people as multidimensional beings to support liberation as a practice of unraveling our conditioning.

I combine Somatic Experiencing with breathwork to build a bridge between the subconscious and conscious mind - the implicit and the explicit - allowing longstanding patterns to emerge and be supported, held and felt in a new way - in relationship with the loving witness and the vast web of relations.

I use PSIP grounded in my somatic training with the intention of feeling our conditioning but this time with kind eyes. The renegotiation is relational and the work is to go into the conditioning with a loving witness and the felt experience that this time you are not alone.

Tamara is a Registered Clinical Counsellor, ketamine-assisted therapist, and PSIP therapist who has worked and taught in the field of psychotherapy and trauma healing for over 20 years.

Tamara has worked in a variety of settings including Chopra Addiction and Wellness Centre, Roots to Thrive ketamine assisted therapy program, Numinus, and she taught for 4 years in Adler University’s Masters of Counselling Psychology and Art Therapy program.

She has received specialized training in healing intergenerational, collective and cultural trauma, EMDR, Expressive Arts Therapy, Indigenous, Focussing Oriented Therapy for Complex Trauma, and other modalities.

Tamara helps her clients access their own body-based inner wisdom so that they can find answers that are right for them and their life. Approaching difficulties with curiosity and self-compassion allows us to transform and heal, and to connect to new resources.

She is honoured to accompany people on their healing journey.

Aurea is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker,  born and raised in Albuquerque, NM. Her passion for this work comes from her lived experience, and desire to support and guide others on their journey to wellness and healing. She began her career in the mental health field working with incarcerated women and youth. She facilitated bonding and attachment between clients and their children. She also facilitated groups, teaching life and parenting skills. She also has experience working in school, outpatient, and private practice settings.

Aurea uses a person-centered approach and uses several modalities, including TF-CBT, narrative therapy, and is beginning to incorporate PSIP. Her mission is to support the community in reaching their full potential, by providing psychotherapy that addresses the root cause and heals deep wounds.

Since I was young, I have always had a natural gift for sitting with people who were hurting. I was the one who all my friends would come to when they were in pain or experiencing difficulties in their lives. It was a natural progression for me to enter the field of psychotherapy where I have practiced for the past 15 years. 

I have an ability to navigate right to the heart your pain, helping you feel understood and validated. My role is that of a gentle guide, exploring past and present circumstances and negative messaging that you may have received from the various “helpers” in your life. Together, we can identify where you have accepted the message “I am not OK” in its myriad forms. In the process of therapy, we will bridge the gap between that authentic and beautiful self you have always been, and the one who is so much pain today.

I'm someone who did years of Insight meditation retreats and yoga, and while very grateful for everything I received, I still found that something was missing. Then after studying and receiving psychotherapy for another long fruitful stint, a friend introduced me to plant medicines and I've been gratefully engaged ever since.

The therapy I studied was a somatic based one, so when I saw the PSIP training, it made a lot of sense to look into combining two loves of my work life, psychotherapy and plant medicines. Saj is a very insightful, fun, transparent and compassionate teacher and it's a delight to now share what he has made his life's work. Personally, the deeper understand of dissociative states that's come from receiving this work has helped free up a very old pattern from childhood that I'd forgotten even happened. Please be in touch if you'd like to know more.

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I was inspired to become a therapist while sorting out my own life woes; I know what it is like to be on the struggle bus. In return, I’ve built a high impact and empowering career in addition to founding a nonprofit, Soul Centric Counseling.

A few identities are Black, queer and female. In addition to using knowledge gained over many years of studying human development, I utilize my intuition, lived experience and guidance from benevolent beings.

My work is mostly with people who live in BIPOC & LGBTQ+ bodies and spaces, disabled bodies and people who were raised in traumatic environments. Nearly all have experienced abuse, neglect and/or chronic misattunement.

I work with folx and psychedelic medicines using PSIP or transpersonal approaches and draw primarily from AEDP and IFS in order to support preparation and integration.

TL;DR: If life has been inequitable, unfulfilling and a struggle for longer than you can remember, let’s work together!

Todd Brossart, LCSW, BCD, graduated with his Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Denver. His post-Master’s clinical experience currently spans over 16 years, with over a decade of psychotherapy experience at the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient mental health clinic. Currently, Todd has a private psychotherapy practice in Denver, CO. He has completed Level 2 Certification of Completion in the Psychedelic Somatic Institute's, psychedelic-somatic interactional psychotherapy apprenticeship program. Todd has also been an ongoing student of the advanced business education and study of Transactional Philosophy through Influential U. Over a two-year period, Todd has studied transactional behavior, delving into the mechanics and practice of building complex transactions. He is also the founder of the Daily Mindfulness Lab, a psycho-educational mindfulness curriculum that aims to increase psychological flexibility in an uncertain and complex world.

I warmly welcome you to come and get to know your inner system in the safety of relationship with me.  When we get chronically stuck, safe enough relationship is needed to lean into so we can finally get out of our freeze.  I love weaving together the healing modalities that I have grown in to support your healing.  I am a relational therapist, a somatic experiencing practitioner, I am training in IFS LEVEL 1 (2024), I am certified in MAPS for MDMA, trained to work with Ketamine by the Ketamine Training Center and Polaris Insight.  I'm a mom of 3 children. I co-own Guide MindBody Therapy practice with my husband /trauma therapist, APRN, and an MD. We love working together to provide holistic care. I have found PSI to be an essential modality that I use for myself & my clientele in regular sessions and also in psychedelic therapy.  It has helped me in ways no other modality has and I am extremely thankful for Saj and Robin and the team for teaching me & helping me heal in the process.

Steve comes to the space through the addiction recovery world. Starting with his personal recovery in 2009 and then as an addictions therapist 2012-2020.

In 2020 Steve went into private practice full-time; and intentionally decided to pursue psychedelics for his own spiritual and emotional growth.

While high dose experiences were healing for Steve, they ultimately led him to PSIP to address dissociation.

In 2022 Steve enrolled in the Psychedelic Somatic Institute's Apprenticeship Program and was blown away by the process uncovering attachment wounds he didn't know existed in his system.

Steve is thrilled to have PSIP as a tool to offer others who may be suffering from wounds that seem impossible to access yet alone work with.

Steve is based on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. He helps men who are “sober but stuck” heal core wounds so they can feel fully alive and free.

Dr. Katherine Coder is a guide to remember one’s birthright and soul essence. Her transformative work connects body, mind, heart and soul and seeks to meet each person as and where they are in the journey of life. She brings together Western clinical psychology, Eastern spiritual teachings, indigenous wisdom, and the continuous cultivation of the deep feminine in the world.

Her specialties include trauma resolution, attachment healing, childhood and family wounding, women’s work, and motherhood. From a transpersonal perspective she helps her clients with deeper awakenings and integrations.

She is also certified in Somatic Experiencing (SEP), Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (Polaris), and Porges' Safe and Sound Protocol. She is the author of After the Ceremony Ends: A Companion Guide to Help You Integrate Visionary Plant Medicine Experiences. She serves as guest faculty for Third Wave and as a featured guide at Mindbloom.

As the saying goes, "No one comes out of childhood unscathed."  We could expand this to say that no one comes out of adolescence, or adulthood, or life in general unscathed.  We all experience negative events in life, and whether they are big or small, often, they continue to affect our thoughts, feelings and behaviors, long after the event has passed.  Some experiences are readily available to us in normal consciousness, and can be worked on through various therapy models.  Others are not as available, and are more difficult to access through traditional therapy, causing feelings of frustration, as well as feeling stuck. 

Both as a therapist and a client, I have experienced the gift of psychedelics.  I have been a therapist for over 15 years, working with a wide variety of clients and issues.  While this is not the only type of therapy I provide, this model has been particularly impressive in getting myself and others unstuck, in order to experience deep healing.

“Where something becomes extremely difficult and unbearable, there we also stand already quite near its transformation”

-Rainer Maria Rilke

I believe that it is through connection that we heal ourselves and our planet.  I work with tools and modalities that increase connection, including person-centered therapy, Rites of Passage Death Lodge, Psychedelic assisted therapy, and IFS. I find that Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Psychotherapy (PSIP) is particularly effective at building connection and helping the mind step out of the driver’s seat so that the body can respond and heal.

Rachael is a dedicated professional working in Kelowna, BC, Canada. With a passion for holistic healing, Rachael specializes in trauma-informed therapeutic modalities, drawing from a diverse toolkit that includes Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Psychotherapy (PSIP), IFS, AEDP, and EMDR. In addition to her clinical practice, Rachael is trained in working with plant medicines, further enriching her approach to healing and transformation. As a facilitator, she leads women's retreats, group ceremonies, and workshops providing nurturing spaces for individuals to explore and heal. Rachael's commitment to holistic well-being extends beyond the therapy room; she is also the host of the Deconstruction Podcast, where she engages in meaningful conversations around personal growth, spirituality, and the journey towards wholeness. With her blend of expertise, compassion, and dedication, Rachael empowers individuals to navigate their healing journey with courage and resilience.

I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker specializing in the treatment of Traumatic Stress, PTSD and Relational Trauma.

I have been a continuously practicing clinician for 35+ years.  I began training in Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy in 2019.

My training includes:
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
EMDR - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
IFS - Internal Family Systems
SP - Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
HeartMath BioFeedback
MDMA-AT - MDMA Assisted Psychotherapy
KAP - Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy
PSIP - Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Psychotherapy

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I believe that the body’s experience of finding safety in the moment by moment unfolding of a therapeutic relationship is an essential aspect of healing, that therapy is a collaborative process between the patient and therapist and that at its core, psychotherapy is about learning to live more fully and creatively.

Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy, when properly and carefully used, can amplify and deepen this process of the body finding its way to safety, creativity and connection.  

PSIP is an extraordinary way to take this journey inward and outward.  It is a powerful model which activates the innate wisdom to heal residing in every body.

Claire Guerin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in Mill Valley, CA. Claire’s practice focuses on grief, trauma, and Complex PTSD. Claire worked in the field of palliative care for over a decade before opening her private practice in 2018. Claire brings her warm, compassionate presence to her work, drawing on her years of being with and helping to transform the suffering of her patients and their loved ones, and her clients in her private practice. Her primary modalities are Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Somatic Focusing, and Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Psychotherapy (PSIP). She has found that incorporating AEDP within the PSIP model creates a rich experience for the client, of being deeply attuned-to and held, while accessing the depths of trauma stored in the body. Claire also utilizes parts-work, from the IFS model, to help clients better understand their internal landscape and integrate their PSIP sessions.

I believe we all possess an inner healing intelligence which guides us through our healing.  At times, we may need knowledge and guidance to access that part of us.  
After spending several years working in various corporate industries, I chose to utilize my experiences both personal and professional to pursue a new field. I graduated from Friends University in 2019 with a Masters in Family Therapy.  Since then, I have completed training in IPNB, AEDP, and PSIP and also have integrated IFS and Polyvagal theories.

As a non-judgmental presence, I use an integrative approach to therapy which includes nervous system awareness, somatic tools, attachment and primary consciousness to help clients access their healthiest self. I focus my work with those who've experienced narcissistic abuse, coercive control and spiritual abuse as well as those with relational trauma.   I am here to bear witness to your story and provide support through your healing journey.

Since 1990, Courtney Poignand has created organizational health programs and has specialized as a health coach, yoga and mindfulness instructor, birth doula and psychotherapist.  Courtney believes in each  individual’s healing potential and champions the process of “midwifing” transformation. Certified and Apprenticed in PSIP, Courtney offers ketamine and cannabis assisted treatment for resolving unwanted patterns resulting trauma and feelings of persistent depression and anxiety.

Courtney’s holistic scope of practice draws upon her interest in helping to repair ruptures within developmental, relational, cultural and  organizational ecosystems. Courtney has advanced training in somatic and energy psychotherapies, EFT, DBT, Tapping, EMDR, IFS; and is informed by a life long study of human physiology, nutritional and organizational psychology.. Courtney believes in each individual’s right to well being and being well with others.

Kenlyn is a PhD candidate in Clinical Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. Her approach begins with a deep trust of the body’s innate intelligence and earth based wisdom, and then weaves in evidence based approaches like Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). She believes the fundamental pillar of healing resides in being able to experience the present moment fully.  

She provides both a spiritual and physical wellness perspective when it comes to mental health concerns and diagnoses and believes that both are integral parts of holistic healing and the journey towards wholeness

She is a certified yoga teacher, sound healer, Reiki master, studied as a mindfulness facilitator with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach, and completed Co-Active Institute’s life coaching training.

Leah approaches the practice of therapy (and the practice of living!) with open-hearted curiosity and respect.

Leah’s greatest joy is traveling with others in the deep waters of their own transformation. She helps clients come home to their good, authentic, and whole selves. Using psychological interventions based on the latest developments in the field of neuroscience psychology, Leah creates a safe and nurturing environment in which clients can resolve traumatic and sensitive issues. In addition to PSIP, Leah has been trained in Somatic Internal Family Systems, Lifespan Integration Therapy, Focusing, OEI, and Pain Reprocessing Therapy.

With a background in western medicine I have 20 years of experience in healthcare and healing. I am a trauma informed transpersonal therapist and shamanic practitioner. I am trained in Internal Family Systems (level 3) and am currently completing apprenticeship training in psychedelic somatic interactional psychotherapy (PSIP). I endeavour to work at the intersection of physical and psychospiritual sickness with an integrative, soulful and compassionate approach.

Caroline has been in private practice as a therapist for 25 years. As an Acupuncturist (5-Elements & TCM), Gestalt Counsellor, and PSIP therapist, she helps clients explore connections between trauma and body symptoms, including chronic pain. She is also a Clean Language trainer, a trauma counselling method using metaphor.

After recovering from an eating disorder using psychedelics in her late teens, (not realising that they might help), Caroline trained in several healing methods, including Shiatsu, Acupuncture, Zen buddhism, Ki-Aikido, core-shamanism, Transactional Analysis, Gestalt, Clean Language, IFS, AEDP and PSIP.

Caroline is MBACP (UK registered counsellor), has a masters degree in Organisational Dynamics and an undergraduate degree in Fine Art Sculpture. Author of ‘Taking Control of Fibromyalgia: following science on a natural path to health’ (2020). Tristarr Publications.

Melissa is a passionate about helping her clients become more emotionally and somatically connected using AEDP, mindfulness and parts work. Melissa is excited to be able to use PSI as well.

I'm a clinical psychologist, licensed in the province of Quebec, with a PhD from McGill University. I offer individual psychotherapy in English and French with a diverse adult clientele suffering from anxiety, depression, and developmental trauma. I work from the premise that no matter how great your difficulties, there is more right with you than wrong with you.

My aim is to assist you in embarking on a transformative journey and guide you in discovering resources deep inside of yourself that can help you move toward healing past emotional injuries and leading a rich and meaningful life.

I use an experiential, somatic, and transformational approach based on Internal Family Systems (IFS), Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), and mindfulness and compassion practices.

I can also offer support using psychedelic medicines (cannabis, ketamine, MDMA, psilocybin), used judiciously and legally, as catalysts for deepening your psychotherapeutic process, when indicated and appropriate.

Suzanne speclaizes in developmental trauma including CPTSD. She uses a blend of Art Therapy, Somatic Experiencing, EMDR, Hypnosis,  energy psychology with psychedelic somatic approach. She is also trained in somatic bodywork with emphasis on relational trauma.

She has working in the world of somatic therapy for over 15 years and currently works part time as an educator for Somatic Experiencing (SE) International and as lead assistant for numerous SE training, along with private practice work.

Suzanne believes that despite traumatic events every individual also hold a deep well of healing that can be accessed via body and enhanced by psychedelics.  Her love of energy psychology inform by Traditional Chinese Medicine gives her a truly holistic approach to healing.

Suzanne currently works outside of Chicago in Naperville IL, for in person sessions. She also sees clients via zoom. Other areas of treatment include panic disorders, anxiety and depression as well as eating disorders

Craig Toonder is a somatic psychotherapist who has been in practice since 2003. He is trained in multiple somatic modalities including Psycho-Physical Therapy, Somatic Experience, Formative Therapy, and the Hakomi Method. Additionally he has trained in Brainspotting, AEDP, IFS, Healing Shame, and Recreation of the Self. He also teaches workshops in the use of touch in psychotherapy.

Craig's therapeutic style is very body-based and attachment-based allowing him to work deeply with non-verbal consciousness, the seat of our traumatic and attachment based wounding.

Craig works in-person. His office is near the Grand Lake theater in Oakland.

He offers a phone consultations to discuss wether psychedelic-somatic therapy is right for you.

Dr. Kari Gleiser is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in the treatment of complex trauma and dissociation. She is a senior faculty member in the AEDP Institute, which trains clinicians in an attachment-based, experiential and transformational model of therapy. Dr. Gleiser is also trained in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy models and practices PAP with legally prescribed medicines.  She has co-developed an “intra-relational” model of parts work that imports AEDP’s relational and experiential interventions to patients’ dissociated internal systems. Dr. Gleiser teaches and consults internationally. She holds an undergraduate degree in Creative Writing from Dartmouth College and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychotherapy from Boston University.

Rachel is a Somatic Trauma Practitioner, PNE Educator and writer. She holds integrative certifications in Somatic Release Technique, The Points Holding Process & PsychoNeuroEnergetic therapeutic modalities from the Somatic Institute in Los Angeles, and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of San Francisco.

Rachel incorporates her continued practices of Vedic meditation, studies in non-dualism and plant medicine exploration into her facilitation approach, alongside polyvagal regulation techniques taught by Dr. Stanley Rosenberg and his protege, Thor Philipsen, DO & the somatic-based practices of Dr. Peter A. Levine, offering a deeper dual spiritual + scientific component.

Rachel most recently deepened her training in Transactional Analysis at the Southeast Institute,  and is currently undergoing PSI apprentice training where she is learning deeper methods to help clients with complex developmental PTSD access their homeostatic psychobiological resolution.

Neil "Niten" Ferguson is a Registered Therapeutic Counselor (RTC), and a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP). With a focus on addressing trauma, particularly early developmental trauma, Niten operates a compassionate private practice where he guides individuals toward healing and empowerment.

Beyond his clinical work, Niten is deeply committed to fostering personal growth within individuals and communities. He facilitates workshops and provides one-on-one counselling, offering invaluable support on the journey to wholeness.. Niten's practice encompasses various modalities of healing.

As a lifelong learner, Niten continues his path of exploration as a student of The Ridhwan School – Diamond Approach, deepening his understanding of human consciousness and spirituality. Through his multifaceted practice and unwavering dedication, Niten strives to illuminate healing and transformation pathways for all he encounters.

I am a licensed clinical psychologist with over a decade of experience with a wide variety of clients . I specialize in areas of depression, anxiety, grief, and trauma.

Tania Choi brings to the psychedelic field an intuitive blend of Somatic Experiencing and Parts work. She uses EMDR and Accelerated Resolution Therapy to consolidate and reinforce leadings in her integration session. She has a 14 year old trauma private practice. She speaks fluent Mandarin and works with first generation, acculturated minorites and neurodiverse clients. In her space time, she is an artist and a writer and a mother of 2 college aged kids.

Forrest James is psychotherapist, supervisor, coach, and educator. He has over 30 years’ experience in the fields of psychotherapy, clinical supervision, training, and leadership/management consulting. He taught Gestalt Psychotherapy for over 15 years, and was co-Director and Senior Training Faculty at Gestalt Therapy Brisbane and Gestalt Therapy Sydney. He co-founded The Relational Institute Australia and is a clinical member / accredited supervisor with the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia (PACFA).  Forrest has completed additional trainings in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, EMDR, Dr. Daniel P. Brown’s Adult Attachment Repair model, Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy, and Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Psychotherapy. He has ongoing interests in the application of relational approaches in psychotherapy, somatic psychology, trauma theory, and neurobiology.

PSIP Therapist, NPR, Wellness Coach Certification Somatic Therapy, Mindfulness Based, Neo-Shamanic

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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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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.  

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My primary focus is developmental trauma and attachment.

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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.

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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.  

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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.  

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.

Services:
• PSIP w/ cannabis & ketamine
• Psychedelic Integration
• Microdose Consultation
• Psychedelic Therapy Consultation

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.

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.

Ani Manian, widely known as “The Mind Whisperer,” is a trusted advisor and Psychedelic Therapist to the world’s leading visionaries, entrepreneurs & leaders.

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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.

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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.

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:

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• 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

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.

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. 

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.

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

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.

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 therapy and Parts Systems work. 

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Eve’s clinical philosophy is one of pragmatism sprinkled with humor, based on treating each client as an individual with specific needs and empowering clients through education as well as introspection. She works with each client to better understand and resolve challenges in their lives, whether they require short-term intervention or longer-term treatment. By utilizing complementary therapy approaches and techniques along with a positive alliance with each client and colleagues, she works to transform and rework significant emotional experiences and family issues that may be holding clients back from experiencing a more fulfilling and meaningful life. In addition to PAT, she specializes in treatment of substance abuse, grief and loss utilizing DEFT, Sensorimotor psychotherapy, Brainspotting and EMDR to treat trauma. Eve has been in practice over 25 years and has a private practice in Encino.

I am a Bowenian, systems and attachment based therapist.  Prior to becoming a therapist 4 years ago, I had over 25 years of experience working in human services work and bring a great deal of real world experience to my therapy. I focus on trauma and anxiety work through an attachment and systems based lens. I have utilized the PSIP model to help me further my understanding of processing trauma and help clients in their process.

My name Melissa Blatnik. I was born and raised in Colorado. When I am not at work you can find me hiking in the mountains or at home cherishing time with my family and my five dogs. Yep, five!
I have worked in the field of mental health for 18 years. I specialize in working with trauma and substance use disorders. I am trained in EMDR, brainspotting and Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Psychotherapy (PSIP).

I really enjoy the work I do. Meeting clients, learning about their story, and walking along their healing journey with them. I feel that connection is imperative to the healing process. And I provide a warm, safe connection so that healing can happen. I look forward to working with you!

Shawna Pelton is a Transformational Growth expert, specializing in identifying and transforming subconscious patterns rooted in complex trauma. Her focus is on supporting individuals who seek to enrich their lives on every level.

Through her transformational programs, Shawna has been helping conscious seekers, everyday leaders, and professionals achieve optimal well-being for over two decades.

Providing students and clients with an opportunity to:

* Heal from unresolved trauma
* Rewire the nervous system for safety & success
* Stop self-sabotaging behavior and patterns of resistance
* Feel more confident to communicate boundaries, and prosper with purpose
* Integrate and Self-Actualize

Create the life you want to live with more joy and peace, rebuild lost trust, feel love, safety, and certainty, be empowered, develop self-mastery, find purpose, and have meaningful relationships.

For me, the human experience consistently evokes many questions. Why am I here? What is my purpose? How do I make sense of what has happened to me? Where do I belong? I find that much meaning and understanding comes from the experience of being in relationship with oneself, others, and the environment. Relationships can be a source of intense pain; they can also expose us to the most exquisite joy AND help us find our place in the world.

Together, let's explore the origins of your current attachment strategies and uncover that which facilitates and interrupts your ability to deeply connect to yourself and others. This process of learning (and unlearning) reveals an innate wisdom, guiding you home to yourself.

My therapeutic lens is informed by the sciences of connection. These include attachment theory, interpersonal neurobiology, and somatic experiencing. A golden thread that links these sciences is hope. It is possible to move through pain and embody enduring change.