How this work is held.
Psychedelic work asks for real trust, and trust shouldn't be asked for on faith alone. This page lays the whole container out flat — what happens before I'll sit with you, what surrounds you on ceremony day, and what holds you after — so you can see exactly what you'd be stepping into.
Ceremony is one day. The container is weeks.
Nothing about a well-held journey is improvised. Here's the shape of the whole thing, in order.
Screening
Everything starts with a free discovery call: what's calling you, your history, what you're hoping for. If we both feel a fit, I send a detailed written intake covering your physical and mental health history, medications, support system, and where your life is right now. Screening isn't a formality — it's how we find anything the medicine would otherwise find first. Some histories mean the honest answer is no, or not yet; the FAQ names those plainly.
Preparation
Before ceremony we typically meet twice more: an assessment call, where we go over your intake together, and an intention-setting call, where we get clear on what you're bringing to the medicine. Along the way you'll receive an info packet explaining the process and the medicine itself, and then a preparation guide with concrete guidance for the days before — how to eat, rest, and arrive ready. By ceremony day, nothing about the day should be a mystery.
Ceremony day
One person, one journey, my full attention, the entire time. Nothing is ever done to you: no forced techniques, no agenda for what your journey should look like. Any supportive touch — a hand to hold, a grounding hand on the shoulder — happens only if we've agreed to it beforehand, and you can withdraw that consent at any moment, including mid-journey.
The landing
The day ends slowly, on purpose. Rest, nourishment, quiet, and a gentle conversation before you go — you leave when you're actually ready to leave, not when the medicine fades.
Integration
The container doesn't end when the ceremony does. Integration sessions begin in the days after and continue as the work lands — this is where insight becomes lived change, and it's the part I've built this whole practice around.
What I hold myself to.
- Consent is the floor, not a feature. Your no is honored instantly — in preparation, in ceremony, everywhere. Touch only ever happens by prior agreement, and that agreement is yours to take back at any moment.
- Written, before anything is scheduled. The intake ends with a set of plain written agreements between us, so expectations are explicit on both sides before a ceremony date is ever set.
- Ready for the unlikely. Before we sit, I'll have the name and number of someone you trust on file. I know what to watch for, and if a moment ever called for more care than I can give, I wouldn't hesitate to call for it — your person, or emergency services. Caution is part of the care.
- Your privacy, from the first message. Everything you share is held in confidence, starting before you're a client. The full picture is on the privacy page and in the FAQ.
- An honest no. I'd rather lose a booking than hold a ceremony that shouldn't happen. If this work isn't right for you — or isn't right yet — I'll say so directly, and point you toward what would actually help.
When the answer is no.
Some of the most protective work happens before anyone books a date. I'll say no — or not yet — when:
- Your health history makes it unsafe. Psychosis or schizophrenia in your personal or family history, bipolar disorder, certain heart conditions, some psychiatric medications, pregnancy — the FAQ covers these honestly, and screening exists to catch them.
- You're in an active crisis. Ceremony asks for a baseline of stability. In a crisis, other support comes first — and I'll help point you toward it.
- The medicine is being asked to be an exit. This work is a way back into your life, not a way out of it. If relief without change is what's being sought, I'll say so with care.
- Integration isn't on the table. The work after the medicine is the work. If that part isn't something you can commit to right now, the timing isn't right yet.
None of these are judgments — most of them are just "not yet." Protecting your wellbeing will always matter more to me than filling a ceremony date.
Sometimes the space is held by two.
Co-facilitation with my partner, Leah Fae, is available in any container — the masculine and feminine holding the space together as a dyad, a grounding and complementary presence. For some people, especially women working with a male facilitator, having a woman co-holding the room changes what feels possible inside it. What her involvement looks like is shaped per container and always agreed in advance.
The container starts with a conversation.
A discovery call is free, unhurried, and commits you to nothing — and it's also the first step of the screening you just read about. Still researching? The FAQ answers the questions people ask most.