Psychedelic Preparation and Integration
They open us to startling new worlds and to transformative cycles of healing and joy. And then there’s the other side – they can terrify us, leave us adrift between two worlds, or have us feeling hugely disappointed if those transformative experiences don’t seem to happen. There is much to do after we take the medicine, but our culture is not well grounded in that work, either medicalizing it or borrowing wholesale from indigenous cultures that have totally different meaning systems to our own.
With holistic therapy, I work to span these two approaches, and I’ve been doing this since 2003, quite a while before the current Psychedelic Renaissance appeared. I can work with you short-term in the time before and after your psychedelic journey, and long-term, on the issues and questions that brought you to the medicine in the first place. You can set up a low-cost consultation with me to figure out if we are a match for this work.
The Work We Can Do:
· Prepare for the medicine, set an intention and get into a resilient mindset.
· After the medicine, absorb the experience, learn more from it, and create a new way of showing up in the world.
· Recover from fearful, confusing or disappointing experiences.
· And if you are just exploring the idea of taking a psychedelic, we weigh the pros and cons, and figure out whether or not this is for you.
The tool I use for this is Holistic Psychotherapy. This kind of therapy invites you into a calm and centered state so you can go inside yourself, explore your own imaginal realms and keep the psychedelic healing going. You can also integrate your plant medicine experience by reconnecting with its imagery and by going on new journeys of self-acceptance and letting go.
I have been working with people who have taken psychedelics since 2003, and since 1996 I have been using the pragmatic, compassionate method of drug treatment known as harm reduction. I use plant medicines myself, and so I am drawn to working with people who have taken these extraordinary catalysts for healing and change.
$30 for 30 minutes
Introductory Session
Contact me with your questions, concerns and ideas. I offer a $30 for 30 minutes consultation so that you can prepare for or process a psychedelic experience, or just find out more about the way I work. I am located in New York City but these days I am operating purely online, so we can talk by phone, FaceTime, Zoom, or any other platform you are comfortable with. Any communication you make with me comes under the aegis of psychotherapy and is completely confidential. I don’t share your email address with anybody.