Psychedelic Integration

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Maybe you’ve been hearing about this “Psychedelic Renaissance”, perhaps you saw an online documentary or read Michael Pollan’s “How to Change your Mind”. These are interesting times for the field of mental health and many psychedelic therapy treatments are showing tremendous healing potential for depression, anxiety and PTSD among many others.

Psychedelic experiences can be deep, visionary, blissful as well as overwhelming and difficult to unpack. Psychedelic Integration is about this after-the-journey process of weaving together your experience with your everyday life.

I invite the aspects of your journey to come into the room so you can take the time to know them, listen to the feelings, needs and true callings behind each. At times we may find creative ways to embody these parts so that you can make peace with them and find a harmonious way for them to come through in your life.

We build the puzzle piece by piece.

Counseling Fees:
50 min session: $200
80 min session: $240

DISCLAIMER

I do not provide psychedelic therapy with any illegal or controlled substances, nor condone the use of them outside of legal and safe settings. I do wish to honor each person’s own exploration and provide guidance from a safety and harm reduction perspective.

Currently legal modalities include Holotropic Breathwork, Cannabis and Ketamine Assisted Psychedelic Therapy. MAPS and other organizations are conducting research and seeking FDA approval for MDMA for treating PTSD as well as Psilocybin (mushrooms) for treating anxiety and depression.


ELEMENTS OF PSYCHEDELIC THERAPY

Safety

When clients ask me about how to go about their own explorations with psychedelics I always begin with safety. A few questions to ponder on:

  • What compound have you chosen and why? How will you assess its quality and dose it?

  • What are its physical and psychological effects?

  • What is your current physical and mental health and how might this experience affect it? What are the opportunities and risks?

  • What’s the best setting for this experience for you?

Addressing these questions beforehand can be very supportive of having a safe, deeply healing journey rather than just a fun experience or possibly running into complications that might be hard to handle.

Intention

If you’ve decided to embark on your own journey experience, one important element is stepping into it with a whole hearted intention. You can begin this several days or weeks before your journey, by reflecting and journaling on what you are seeking.

  • What aspect of your life is needing some attention?

  • What is you heart’s deepest longing?

  • If you could take one big step towards healing in your life, what would that look like?

Sometimes intentions are very sharp while others they can be very open-ended questions and a general interest for exploring your consciousness. Whatever it is, be sure to invite it in a meaningful way into your exploration, before, during and after.

Journey

Once you’ve decided to embark on your journey, remember to address both your intention as well as preparation for maintaining physical health and integrity. Consider elements of safety, water, waring comfortable clothing, staying warm and having someone to sit with you to help as needed. Also think about having a music playlist for your journey beforehand.

Integration

The days after your journey can be just as deep and meaningful for your process than the experience itself. This is the time of contrast between your experience and your day to day life.

  • What parts stood out the most?

  • What was challenging?

  • How does your experience relate to your original intention?

During this time your brain may also be in a more open and receptive place to accompany transformation and shifting of perspectives. In many ways the process you began with intention will continue to unfold. Here are a few ways in which you can support your integration process:

  • physical self-care: drink water, sleep well, eat nutritious foods

  • take walks in nature

  • join a peer integration circle

  • seek individual support

Have you had a challenging experience with psychedelics?
I am available for a free consultation.