MENTORING
Over the past twenty-five years, alongside my formal studies, I have sought guidance from mentors in various fields of interest, including artists, art curators, historians, musicians, entrepreneurs, doctors, curanderos and Indigenous people of the Americas, psychotherapists, Jungian analysts, and psychedelic therapy researchers and guides. I place great importance on apprenticeship and mentoring, as these relationships have been instrumental in my personal and professional development. This approach reflects a long-standing tradition of knowledge transmission that values lived experience, intuitive insight, and relational depth over rigid structures. Throughout much of history, knowledge has been passed down through generations via long periods of apprenticeship; deep, embodied learning rooted in relationship, responsibility, and mutual respect. This ethos continues to inform how I approach my work.
Much of what I now offer is rooted in my own personal research: an evolving, transdisciplinary inquiry shaped by years of study, experience, and deep listening. This body of knowledge is something I’m committed to sharing and passing down with care, humility, and integrity.
In the world of psychedelic-assisted therapy, the question of how to scale care is often posed, yet care, as a human practice, is already deeply embedded in our lives. It is inherently relational, responsive, and context-bound. Many standardised training programs and certifications, especially those designed for online attendance only and lacking an experiential component, are created with the intention of ensuring safety. However, they can inadvertently cut corners, reducing care to checklists and metrics. A certificate may attest to attendance, but it cannot certify one’s integrity, presence, or capacity to navigate the profound relational and spiritual dimensions of this work. For that, training is best held alongside mentorship and supervised practice—an ongoing human apprenticeship in which judgement is refined, edges are named, and real capacities are grown in relationship.As such, mentoring becomes a vital part of cultivating practitioners who can hold this work with depth and authenticity.
I offer mentoring to trainee and qualified counsellors, psychotherapists, and other healthcare providers in my areas of expertise. Through mentorship, we establish a partnership that supports your ongoing growth, not only professionally, but personally and ethically. This process can deepen your practice, expand your understanding, and ground your work in embodied care and reflective awareness. It is through these slower, more organic relationships, rather than through rapid, standardised systems, that we sustain integrity, nuance, and ethical responsibility in this delicate and powerful field.