Professional Consultation on Psychedelics for Therapists

Bridging the ceremonial and clinical.

Hi, I’m Clara – ceremonialist, trip sitter, and certified prep and integration coach for 8+ Medicines.

Psychedelics and plant medicines are a central part of both my personal and professional life. I have spent years in direct relationship with these medicines through structured preparation, ceremonial participation, and post-experience integration. I regularly assist in grandmother vine ceremonies outside of the United States in settings where this work is held legally, with deep reverence for the lineages and cultural traditions from which these medicines originate. As a South American woman with Indigenous roots, supporting this work in ways that are safe, culturally responsible, and earth-centered is central to my purpose.

Alongside this experiential background, my clinical work is grounded in a deep understanding of how non-ordinary states intersect with attachment patterns, developmental and relational trauma, nervous system regulation, identity, and meaning-making. I have seen firsthand how these experiences can be supportive, destabilizing, clarifying, or overwhelming, often all at once, especially when trauma history is involved.

This consultation offering is informed by that lived experience, but guided by restraint. I work conservatively, with a strong emphasis on ethics, harm reduction, and staying within professional scope. My role is not to promote psychedelic use or provide guidance on substances or facilitation, but to support therapists in thinking clearly and responsibly about the clinical material that can emerge when clients engage with these experiences.

Here’s what I can help you witH

    • Assessing readiness, stability, and risk from a clinical lens

    • Navigating intention-setting without reinforcing magical thinking

    • Understanding contraindications and destabilization risk

    • Framing preparation conversations ethically and conservatively

    • Clarifying your role as therapist before a client engages with psychedelics

    • Supporting post-experience processing and meaning-making

    • Working with trauma material that emerges unexpectedly

    • Navigating attachment activation, dependency, or idealization

    • Helping clients integrate insights without bypassing

    • Supporting clients after difficult, confusing, or destabilizing experiences

    • Staying within scope of practice

    • Documentation considerations and language

    • Harm reduction within a psychotherapy frame

    • Navigating your own countertransference or curiosity

    • Understanding what not to do as a therapist in this space

    • When a client wants reassurance or validation you cannot ethically give

    • When psychedelic use becomes compulsive or destabilizing

    • When therapy starts orbiting the medicine instead of the client

    • When spiritual language obscures trauma or avoidance

    • When you feel unsure, activated, or out of your depth

Medicines I’m trained in:

Ayahusca*/Yagé

Huachuma (San Pedro Cactus)

Kambo*

Hapé/Mapacho (Sacred Tobacco)

Master Plant Dietas & “Social” Dietas*

Psilocybin

Cannabis

MDMA*

LSD/Acid

Ketamine

*indicates extra specialized training and expertise

60 Min Consultation | $250

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