Non-Ordinary States + Integration
Psychedelic Assisted Therapy
Life can bring us into experiences that move beyond our usual ways of understanding ourselves and the world. These experiences may arise through meditation, breath-work, birth, grief, spiritual or contemplative practice, deep therapeutic work, significant life transitions, psychedelic experiences or existentially.
They can feel expansive, deeply meaningful, beautiful, awakening, disorienting, confusing or difficult to put into words. Sometimes something shifts within us before we have language for what has happened. This space is here to honour those experiences with curiosity, compassion and care.
You do not need to have a clear explanation for what happened. You do not need to know whether it was spiritual, psychological, existential or something else entirely.
Sometimes the most important first step is simply having a grounded space where your experience can be gently heard, explored and understood in the context of your life.
Altered States Integration:
Bringing Experiences Into Everyday Life
Allowing the experience to find its place
Integration is less about holding onto an experience and more about allowing it to find its place within ordinary life.
After something significant, emotions, memories, bodily sensations, images, insights or questions may continue to unfold. Some may feel profound. Others may feel confusing, contradictory or unfinished. Some may remain important, while others may soften with time.
Not everything that emerges needs to be explained, acted on or turned into change.
Integration offers a space to stay curious about what remains — and to explore how an experience may connect with the wider context of your life.
Sometimes this work is deeply psychological, relational, existential or spiritual. At other times, it is quietly practical. It may touch the way you relate to others, your boundaries, your work, your creativity, your sense of identity, your need for rest, or how you return to the ordinary rhythms of daily life.
My intention is to support this process gently, helping you listen for what feels meaningful without forcing resolution before you are ready.
Preparation & Intentional Support
Creating space before a significant experience
Preparation is an important part of this work.
Before a significant therapeutic, spiritual or consciousness-altering experience, there can be value in creating space to explore your intentions, expectations, hopes, concerns and internal supports.
Together, we may become curious about any protective parts that feel cautious, apprehensive or uncertain, as well as the parts that feel open, hopeful or ready for change.
Preparation is not about controlling or predicting what will happen. Rather, it is about cultivating greater self-awareness, psychological readiness and a grounded relationship with your internal world.
This process may also include exploring what support feels important, what helps you feel safe, and what might assist you in meeting the experience with greater clarity, compassion and steadiness.
Psychedelic Preparation & Integration Counselling
Within my private practice, I offer psychotherapy-informed preparation and integration support for individuals exploring or processing psychedelic experiences, including those receiving care through another appropriately qualified health professional or authorised clinical service.
This work may include clarifying intentions, developing internal safety, understanding protective parts, processing emotional material, and supporting the integration of meaningful insights into everyday life.
My work in this area is informed by specialised professional training in psychedelic-assisted therapies, alongside my background in mental health nursing, counselling, psychotherapy, IFS and contemplative practice.
I do not prescribe, supply or administer psychedelic medicines within my private practice.
In Australia, psychedelic-assisted treatments are available only within specific legal, medical and regulatory frameworks. Where appropriate, and with your consent, I may collaborate with your broader treating team to support continuity of care.
My intention is to offer a grounded, respectful and trauma-informed space where these experiences can be explored with care, curiosity and clinical integrity.
There is something deeply moving to me about the healing potential of psychedelic experiences.
Perhaps it is the way they invite us beyond the familiar boundaries of our everyday awareness, opening doorways into places within ourselves that words alone can sometimes struggle to reach.
I have long been studying this work for the last decade with a great passion. I have always been fascinated by altered states of consciousness, the mysteries of the human mind, through my indigenous lineage drawn to plant medicine, and the profound relationship between spirituality, nature, consciousness and healing.
What draws me to psychedelic-assisted therapy is not simply the potential for transformation, but the extraordinary depth of the human experience that can unfold within these spaces.
The possibility of encountering ourselves beyond the stories we have carried. Of experiencing profound connection, awe, compassion, or a renewed sense of meaning. Of discovering that our consciousness, and perhaps our understanding of who we are, may be far more expansive than we once imagined.
I am particularly passionate about the meeting place between ancient wisdom and emerging science.
For thousands of years, cultures and Indigenous traditions have held sacred relationships with plants, ceremony, altered states and the spiritual dimensions of healing. Today, contemporary research is beginning to explore the therapeutic potential of some of these experiences, particularly when supported by careful preparation, skilled therapeutic guidance and meaningful integration.
There is something beautiful about witnessing these worlds begin to converse.
My passion also comes from a deep respect for the courage it takes to explore the unknown within ourselves.
I believe some of the most meaningful moments in life arise when our familiar ways of understanding ourselves begin to soften, making space for new perspectives, deeper connection and possibilities we may never have imagined.
Psychedelics can be a wonderful path for healing, and should be found in a respectful way. These experiences can be powerful, unpredictable and sometimes challenging. Their therapeutic potential deserves to be approached with humility, ethical care, discernment and profound respect.
For me, this field represents something much larger than a therapeutic modality.
It represents curiosity about consciousness, reverence for the mystery of being human, and a commitment to exploring how ancient wisdom, modern neuroscience and compassionate therapeutic practice might come together in service of healing.
It is a space that continues to awaken something in me: a deep sense of wonder about what it means to be human, what becomes possible when we encounter ourselves differently, and how much there is still to discover.
Why Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy
Is Close to My Heart
Professional Scope & Disclaimer
Non-ordinary states counselling, preparation and integration support are offered within the scope of my counselling and psychotherapy practice. These services do not involve the prescribing, supply, administration, facilitation or supervision of psychedelic substances.
I do not provide psychedelic medicine-assisted treatment within my private practice.
My services do not constitute medical advice or endorsement of psychedelic substance use and are not a substitute for appropriate medical or psychiatric care.
Some altered states of consciousness or changes in perception, mood or functioning may require specialist assessment. Where clinically appropriate, I may recommend additional support or collaboration with qualified healthcare professionals, with your consent.
All services are provided within my professional training, competence and applicable ethical and legal obligations.