Psychedelic Program Series

Panel

Psychedelic Preparation and Integration for Clinicians

Moderated by: Vilmarie Fraguada Narloch, PsyD, Sana Healing Collective

Panelists: Camara Meri Rajabari, AMFT, Sage Institute

Rebecca Kronman, LCSW, Fluence

Sara Reed, LMFT, Mind Health Solutions

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The first panel of this series explored the complexities and nuances of supporting psychedelic preparation and integration. Psychedelic states present a challenge for clinicians and other healing practitioners because of the atypical, expansive, and unpredictable nature of the psychedelic process. Also important is to consider the socio-cultural climates and conditions of oppression that each person exists within and how these factors might influence individual needs. We reviewed how to assess this impact and how this might be addressed in the integration process. This panel also reviewed techniques, strategies, and encouraged practices used within psychedelic integration while also acknowledging that the clinical setting must be done in conjunction with other modes of community support. Psychedelic harm reduction was covered as a crucial aspect of supporting people through these experiences.

Our Moderator

Vilmarie Fraguada Narloch, PsyD. is a licensed psychologist focusing on integrated treatment of co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. She is an activist working to end the War on Drugs and advocates for science and reality-based drug education and harm reduction approaches for all. She approaches her work from a harm reductionist and humanistic lens, focusing on the individual needs of the person, group, or community. She received a certificate in psychedelic therapies and research from the California Institute of Integral Studies in 2018.

Our Panelists

Rebecca Kronman, LCSW is a licensed therapist and founder of Plant Parenthood, a digital and in-person community of parents who use psychedelics. She is also an assisting trainer with Fluence, a company that trains healthcare practitioners in harm reduction-informed psychedelic preparation and integration. At her private practice in Brooklyn, she works with creative professionals using mindfulness and experiential techniques to address depression, anxiety, and life transitions. She also helps clients prepare for psychedelic experiences, incorporate insights or cope with challenges post-experience. Selected training includes Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Mindfulness for Clinicians, Psychedelics 101 & 102, and Beyond Experience Psychedelic Integration Workshop. 

Sara Reed is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and CEO of Mind’s iHealth Solutions, a digital health company that provides evidence-based and culturally responsible mental health services for underserved groups. As a mental health futurist and clinical researcher, Sara examines the ways culture informs the way we diagnose and treat mental illness. Sara’s prior research work includes participation as a study therapist in psychedelic therapy research at Yale University and the University of Connecticut’s Health Center. Sara was the first Black therapist to provide MDMA-assisted psychotherapy in a clinical trial and continues to engage in ongoing advocacy work around health equity in psychedelic medicine.

Camara Meri Rajabari (she/her/herself) is an associate marriage family therapist, artist, and spiritualist living in the unceded lands of the Chochenyo and Ohlone people of Oakland, CA.

She trained at Sage Institute, one of the nation’s first low-fee community clinics offering ketamine-assisted therapy. In 2019, Camara was a participant in the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) first cohort training for clinicians of color. She is a member of the Femtheogen Collaborative, a diverse group of womxn that advocates for and expands the inclusion of female leadership in the psychedelic movement. She holds sacred the intersectionality of race, age, sexuality, religion, gender, ability, socio-economic background, citizenship status, and more. Camara’s clinical approach is person-centered, imaginal, and inclusive. Her work focuses on intergenerational trauma, ancestral resiliency, and the exploration/liberation of consciousness.