Commitment & psychedelic guiding: Returning once again to the word guide, we ask what kind of person this work invites us to become to offer psychedelic care skillfully. We reflect on the maturity required to hold complexity without collapsing it into certainty,...
In Part 1, we asked what the word “guide” means. Here, the conversation widens into questions of possibility, complexity, and collective transformation. We explore how psychedelic experiences can disrupt inherited ways of seeing and being, why humility toward what we...
Choosing a psychedelic guide isn't always straightforward. Credentials alone don't tell you whether someone is a good fit, and it can be hard to know what questions even matter. This resource is designed to make that process clearer. It combines a brief essay...
In this preview of a longer presentation by GatherWell facilitators, Naama discusses three different types of practitioner roles in the field of Psychedelic Care. She’ll give an overview of Therapists, Sitters, and Guides, and how they’re distinguished from one...
Skillful psychedelic care depends on far more than knowledge or technique. This guided self-assessment explores eight foundational capacities that support ethical, relational, and skillful psychedelic care, including self-reflection, identity awareness, humility,...
In this three-part conversation, GatherWell Psychedelics faculty explore guiding as a relational, ethical, and spiritual practice. Beginning with personal perspectives and gradually widening into broader philosophical questions, you’ll be invited to reflect on healing...
In this excerpt from a three part series on what it means to be a psychedelic guide, Naama, Florie and Ty each share a bit of their own orientation to guiding. They’ll discuss the way that each practitioner has their own artistry in this field, what it takes to...