We are excited to announce the next book in our Psychedelic Medicine Book Club to benefit the Psychedelic Access Fund: Plant Teachers by Jeremy Narby! 

Join us to read and discuss Plant Teachers while networking with like minded friends AND contributing to a great cause - The Psychedelic Access Fund! All proceeds benefit The Psychedelic Access Fund. 

On October 5th at 12 pm EST, we will have our initial of 4 meetings and we will be reading Plant Teachers by anthropologist Jeremy Narby and Peruvian healer Rafael Chanchari Pizuri. This brief, information-packed book presents a cross-cultural dialogue exploring the similarities between ayahuasca and tobacco, the role of these plants in indigenous cultures, and the hidden truths they reveal about nature. Dr. Narby will be joining us for one session. Since 1990, he’s held the title of Amazonian Projects Director for the Swiss NGO “Nouvelle Planète,” a nonprofit organization that promotes the economic and cultural empowerment of indigenous peoples.

Dr. Narby became an early pioneer of ayahuasca research while living with the Ashaninca people of the Peruvian Amazon in the 1980s. He studied anthropology at Stanford University and now lives in Switzerland. 

This is an opportunity to connect with like-minded friends and deepen your knowledge of psychedelic medicine via lively discussion while reading a renowned book in psychedelic medicine with a guest appearance by the author! To learn more or register, click here. 

“Plant Teachers offers a rare glimpse into the worldview of a Peruvian healer, Rafael Chanchari Pizuri. Anthropologist Jeremy Narby is our guide, bridging Western science with traditional knowledge, traversing this gap delicately and respectfully. The first chapter describes the indigenous belief that certain plant species have an ‘owner’ or ‘mother’ — ‘something like a personality’ — and that it is possible to learn from that other-than-human source. This book presents an opportunity for Westerners to stretch their concept of reality and enter into the magical depths of the Amazonian jungle, a wholly different kind of learning.” - Rachel Harris, PhD, author of Swimming in the Sacred and Listening to Ayahuasca

The Psychedelic Access Fund (PAF) is a non-profit organization determined to remove the financial barriers that prevent a person from experiencing psychedelic healing.

To register for the book club or learn more, click here.

Fall brings a return to structure and prepares us for the nesting that winter offers. This fall we invite you to give yourself permission for an intentional pause from life and all that it requires of you. Join us to explore reconnection to source with the support of ketamine and engaged community of like minded women. Our ketamine-assisted psychotherapy fall retreat offers the time and space to reconnect with ourselves and our own inner healing intelligence. The retreat will be informed by Internal Family Systems, Somatic Experiencing and the Principles of Spiritual Psychology: therapeutic frameworks for accessing and working with our inner healers to embody more peace, serenity and joy. No experience in these modalities is necessary to attend. Enter the fall season in sacred community in upstate, New York, September 29th-October 1st, where we will spend the weekend in retreat with a small group of women (or those identifying) on a similar path.

ABOUT US

ELIZABETH ANABLE, PHD: I’m a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and somatic psychotherapist, committed to supporting my clients to move beyond old patterns, experience more connection with themselves and others, and live their lives with more joy and ease. My work is relational and body-based. I am genuine, non-judgmental, and also challenging. I believe that we each possess an inner knowing that moves us toward healing and wholeness, and that with attuned reflection we can come to trust and follow our inner guidance.

I have 12 years of training in Somatic Experiencing, completed doctoral studies in psychodynamic theory, along with advanced training in expanded states of consciousness, Psychedelic Integration Psychotherapy and Internal Family Systems. I have a deep love for nature and wild spaces. I work with clients wanting to address and heal from trauma, stress, addiction and loss. I currently supervise therapists and teach courses on neuroscience, trauma, and practice evaluation for Columbia University School for Social Work’s MSW program. I have a private practice and am also part of The Woodstock Therapy Center’s ketamine-assisted psychotherapy team.

REBECCA HENDRIX, LMFT: I‘m a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. I work with clients through a spiritual psychology lens. I completed my Master of Spiritual Psychology and Master of Counseling Psychology from the University of Santa Monica (USM) and obtained a coaching degree from CTI (The Coaches Training Institute). I am a certified Imago couples therapist with advanced training in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples. I specialize in relationship issues and spiritual growth through a deep exploration of patterns and using life’s painful moments to grow and heal.

I have completed MDMA-assisted psychotherapy training through the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) and have advanced training in psychedelic integration and IFS+Psychedelics. I have trained in Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy+IFS with Phil Wolfson and Richard Schwartz. I believe psychedelics can help connect to parts of self that share innate knowledge of what we have come here to heal. When integrated, this knowledge can heal stuck patterns and irrational beliefs. I have a private practice in lower Manhattan and am also part of The Woodstock Therapy Center’s Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy team.

SEEMA DESAI, MD: I’m a board certified child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist with a particular clinical interest in the intersection of spirituality and psychiatry. I integrate principles of mindfulness into my clinical work with patients and teach on topics of mindfulness and mental health. I have been a study therapist at NYU in research examining the effects of psilocybin on depression and existential anxiety related to end stage cancer diagnosis. I am currently a study therapist in a MAPS trial examining the effects of MDMA assisted psychotherapy for the treatment of PTSD. I provide psychopharmacology treatment and ketamine assisted psychotherapy in my private practice in New York.

EVA PECK, MHC I am a permit-holding mental health counselor with over 10 years of experience as a trauma-informed, early childhood special educator and mental health consultant. My approach is relational and through a social-emotional lens that respects clients' life experience and development. I believe that physical and emotional safety and connection within a holding environment is a catalyst for clients to access and heal their relationships with themselves, their nervous systems, and others. I offer space to support clients with empathy and attunement, and be with them as they feel, tolerate, and move through old feelings, while keeping their present bodily experience in mind.  

I am in my second year of clinical training in ketamine-assisted psychotherapy at Woodstock Therapy Center, and am part of their KAP team. I believe that with intention and openness, and within a supportive therapeutic frame, psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy can create more spaciousness for emergence of inner healing intelligence. Together with awareness, insight, practice, and self-compassion, clients are presented with a heightened opportunity to reassociate with themselves.

ELANA BELL: I’m a poet, sound practitioner, and creative guide. I hold a certification in Sound and Music Integration from the New York Open Center’s Sound and Music Institute, and lead one-on-one and group Sacred Sound Journeys using a variety of instruments and voice to support participants in tapping into a deep state of relaxation and healing, allowing space to release emotions and open the creative channel.

I am the co-founder of HOME, a virtual and live sacred sound experience in the Hudson Valley and beyond. My sound work has been presented at Columbia University, You Can Thrive, LAB/Shul, The Assemblage, The Shift Network, Public Allies, and The Emotional Institute, among others. I currently teach poetry to first year acting students at the Juilliard School and sing with the Resistance Revival Chorus, a group of women and non-binary activists and musicians committed to bringing joy and song to the resistance movement. To find out more: www.elanabell.com

Sold out - please complete an application to be considered for a future retreat. Spring brings fresh energy as we emerge from winter’s den of hibernation. This spring we invite you to take a time out from your routine to join us in this opportunity to explore reconnection to self with the support of ketamine and engaged community. Our ketamine-assisted psychotherapy spring retreat offers the time and space to reconnect with ourselves and our own inner healing intelligence. The retreat will be informed by Internal Family Systems, Somatic Experiencing and the Principles of Spiritual Psychology: therapeutic frameworks for accessing and working with our inner healers to embody more peace, serenity and joy. Mark the coming of summer in sacred community in upstate, New York, May 19th-21st, where we will spend the weekend in retreat with a small group of women (or those identifying) on a similar path.

ABOUT US

ELIZABETH ANABLE, PHD: I’m a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and somatic psychotherapist, committed to supporting my clients to move beyond old patterns, experience more connection with themselves and others, and live their lives with more joy and ease. My work is relational and body-based. I am genuine, non-judgmental, and also challenging. I believe that we each possess an inner knowing that moves us toward healing and wholeness, and that with attuned reflection we can come to trust and follow our inner guidance.

I have 12 years of training in Somatic Experiencing, completed doctoral studies in psychodynamic theory, along with advanced training in expanded states of consciousness, Psychedelic Integration Psychotherapy and Internal Family Systems. I have a deep love for nature and wild spaces. I work with clients wanting to address and heal from trauma, stress, addiction and loss. I currently supervise therapists and teach courses on neuroscience, trauma, and practice evaluation for Columbia University School for Social Work’s MSW program. I have a private practice and am also part of The Woodstock Therapy Center’s ketamine-assisted psychotherapy team.

REBECCA HENDRIX, LMFT: I‘m a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. I work with clients through a spiritual psychology lens. I completed my Master of Spiritual Psychology and Master of Counseling Psychology from the University of Santa Monica (USM) and obtained a coaching degree from CTI (The Coaches Training Institute). I am a certified Imago couples therapist with advanced training in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples. I specialize in relationship issues and spiritual growth through a deep exploration of consciousness.

I have completed MDMA-assisted psychotherapy training through the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) and have advanced training in psychedelic integration. I have trained in Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy+IFS with Phil Wolfson and Richard Schwartz. I believe psychedelics can help connect to parts of self that share innate knowledge. When integrated, this knowledge can heal stuck patterns and irrational beliefs. I have a private practice in lower Manhattan and am also part of The Woodstock Therapy Center’s Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy team.

SEEMA DESAI, MD: I’m a board certified child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist with a particular clinical interest in the intersection of spirituality and psychiatry. I integrate principles of mindfulness into my clinical work with patients and teach on topics of mindfulness and mental health. I have been a study therapist at NYU in research examining the effects of psilocybin on depression and existential anxiety related to end stage cancer diagnosis. I am currently a study therapist in a MAPS trial examining the effects of MDMA assisted psychotherapy for the treatment of PTSD. I provide psychopharmacology treatment and ketamine assisted psychotherapy in her private practice in New York.

ELANA BELL: I’m a poet, sound practitioner, and creative guide. I hold a certification in Sound and Music Integration from the New York Open Center’s Sound and Music Institute, and lead one-on-one and group Sacred Sound Journeys using a variety of instruments and voice to support participants in tapping into a deep state of relaxation and healing, allowing space to release emotions and open the creative channel.

I am the co-founder of HOME, a virtual and live sacred sound experience in the Hudson Valley and beyond. My sound work has been presented at Columbia University, You Can Thrive, LAB/Shul, The Assemblage, The Shift Network, Public Allies, and The Emotional Institute, among others. I currently teach poetry to first year acting students at the Juilliard School and sing with the Resistance Revival Chorus, a group of women and non-binary activists and musicians committed to bringing joy and song to the resistance movement. To find out more: www.elanabell.com

ISABELLE SCHNEIDER: I have a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from The New School and I am a Certified Yoga Instructor, completing my training with East West Yoga. I have taught private and group yoga classes for a few years, highlighting the mind-body connection and the room for growth that exists within a Yoga practice. I am currently a graduate school applicant, planning on completing a Master's in Counseling Psychology and eventually becoming a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. I am passionate and hopeful of the prospective healing that can come from Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy.

Join us to read and discuss Swimming in the Sacred while networking with like minded friends AND contributing to a great cause - The Psychedelic Access Fund!

On May 18th at 12 pm EST, Elizabeth Anable, PhD and I will have our initial of 4 meetings to discuss Rachel Harris’s new book, Swimming in the Sacred. 

Swimming in the Sacred offers a revelatory look into the past half century of psychedelics use via in-depth interviews Harris conducted with women elders who have worked underground guiding sacred entheogenic journeys to cultivate insight, healing, and spiritual development. The book will be released on May 9th and can be preordered here.

“The women guides of the psychedelic underground have been in relationship with these medicines for decades, providing a sacred container for entheogenic journeys,” writes the book’s author Rachel Harris, PhD. “We need to hear from them now more than ever.”

The Psychedelic Access Fund (PAF) is a non-profit organization determined to remove the financial barriers that prevent a person from experiencing psychedelic healing.

To register for the book club or learn more, click here .

Join us to discuss a fun and entertaining book while networking with like minded friends AND contributing to a great cause - The Psychedelic Access Fund!

On March 16th at 12 pm est, Elizabeth Anable PhD and I will have our initial of 4 meetings to discuss Ayelet Waldman’s book A Really Good Day, How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage and My Life. 

The Psychedelic Access Fund (PAF) is a non-profit organization determined to remove the financial barriers that prevent a person from experiencing psychedelic healing.

To register or learn more, click here .

THIS RETREAT HAS SOLD OUT AND ANY APPLICATIONS WILL BE PUT ON A WAITLIST AND GIVEN PRIORITY REGISTRATION FOR FUTURE RETREATS .

We all have something about ourselves we’d like to understand better, yet rarely do we gift ourselves the time and space necessary to reconnect with ourselves and our own inner healing intelligence. It’s often only when we have paused our routines that we are able to quiet our chatter enough to hear the guidance of our inner knowing. As we approach the winter solstice, we invite you to join us at The Kiva in Stone Ridge, New York, December 2nd-4th, where we will spend the weekend in retreat with a small group of women (or those identifying) on a similar path.

The Kiva at Marbletown Multi-Arts (MaMA) is a breathtaking new 1300 sq ft circular structure with radiant floor heat, high ceilings and wonderful acoustics that provides the perfect space to gather and journey inward.

ABOUT US

ELIZABETH ANABLE: I’m a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and somatic psychotherapist, committed to supporting my clients to move beyond old patterns, experience more connection with themselves and others, and live their lives with more joy and ease. My work is relational and body-based. I am genuine, non-judgmental, and also challenging. I believe that we each possess an inner knowing that moves us toward healing and wholeness, and that with attuned reflection we can come to trust and follow our inner guidance.

I have 12 years of training in Somatic Experiencing, completed doctoral studies in psychodynamic theory, along with advanced training in expanded states of consciousness, Psychedelic Integration Psychotherapy and Internal Family Systems. I have a deep love for nature and wild spaces. I work with clients wanting to address and heal from trauma, stress, addiction and loss. I currently supervise therapists and teach courses on neuroscience, trauma, and practice evaluation for Columbia University School for Social Work’s MSW program. I have a private practice and am also part of The Woodstock Therapy Center’s ketamine-assisted psychotherapy team.

REBECCA HENDRIX: I‘m a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. I work with clients through a spiritual psychology lens. I completed my Master of Spiritual Psychology and Master of Counseling Psychology from the University of Santa Monica (USM) and obtained a coaching degree from CTI (The Coaches Training Institute). I am a certified Imago couples therapist with advanced training in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples. I specialize in relationship issues and spiritual growth through a deep exploration of consciousness.

I have completed MDMA-assisted psychotherapy training through the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) and have advanced training in psychedelic integration. I have trained in Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy+IFS with Phil Wolfson and Richard Schwartz. I believe psychedelics can help connect to parts of self that share innate knowledge. When integrated, this knowledge can heal stuck patterns and irrational beliefs. I have a private practice in lower Manhattan and am also part of The Woodstock Therapy Center’s Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy team.

SEEMA DESAI, MD: I’m a board certified child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist with a particular clinical interest in the intersection of spirituality and psychiatry. I integrate principles of mindfulness into her clinical work with patients and teaches on topics of mindfulness and mental health. I have been a study therapist at NYU in research examining the effects of psilocybin on depression and existential anxiety related to end stage cancer diagnosis. I am currently a study therapist in a MAPS trial examining the effects of MDMA assisted psychotherapy for the treatment of PTSD. I provide psychopharmacology treatment and ketamine assisted psychotherapy in her private practice in New York.

ELANA BELL: I’m a poet, sound practitioner, and creative guide. I hold a certification in Sound and Music Integration from the New York Open Center’s Sound and Music Institute, and lead one-on-one and group Sacred Sound Journeys using a variety of instruments and voice to support participants in tapping into a deep state of relaxation and healing, allowing space to release emotions and open the creative channel.

I am the co-founder of HOME, a virtual and live sacred sound experience in the Hudson Valley and beyond. My sound work has been presented at Columbia University, You Can Thrive, LAB/Shul, The Assemblage, The Shift Network, Public Allies, and The Emotional Institute, among others. I currently teach poetry to first year acting students at the Juilliard School and sing with the Resistance Revival Chorus, a group of women and non-binary activists and musicians committed to bringing joy and song to the resistance movement. To find out more: www.elanabell.com