Welcome
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For centuries, chaplains have quietly and intentionally served at the center of human experience. From suffering to celebration, to living and dying, chaplains offer spiritual care and a grounded presence, serving as a sacred witness to how people navigate life. In hospital rooms and on battlefields, at sites of unimaginable tragedy and in moments of sacred blessing, chaplains tend to fear, grief, courage, and love. Today, the buildings may have changed a bit, but the work has not.
Chaplains are tenders of the chapel. The chapel is the human heart.
As psychedelics become increasingly integrated into therapeutic and healing contexts, chaplains are stepping forward to provide compassionate care, spiritual grounding, and ethical support, bridging the gap between clinical treatment and personal meaning-making.
Professionally trained chaplains hold deep experience in accompanying spiritual and existential intensity: grief, illness, transformation, and transition. In psychedelic contexts, chaplains offer nonjudgmental support before, during, and after a journey, including spiritual assessment, intention setting, ritual preparation, and integration.
Whether or not someone identifies with a particular tradition, chaplains create space for reflection, insight, and connection to inner wisdom and belonging.
Unlike clinical models that focus on symptoms or diagnoses, psychedelic chaplaincy speaks to the soul-level questions that often arise in non-ordinary states: Who am I? What matters most? What am I being asked to release—or to become? With humility and reverence, chaplains hold these questions without trying to answer them, allowing the experience itself to guide the healing.
Psychedelic chaplaincy affirms that not all healing can—or should—be measured. It honors mystery, sacred transformation, and the unfolding of the most authentic self.
“When chaplains bring the gift of empathic presence into care encounters, we are mediating something greater than ourselves while inviting the spiritual and religious beliefs and values of the patient or client to guide the healing process. ”
Why Psychedelics?
Sometimes life nudges us—through grief, change, burnout, illness, or an unshakable stirring—to turn inward toward stillness, creative aliveness, and a deeper sense of well-being and belonging to ourselves and the world around us.
People often turn to plant medicine when something in their lives is shifting. It can look like burnout, complex grief, illness, or creative stagnation. Sometimes it is simply the quiet knowing that life is asking for more authenticity, clarity, and joy.
This work is for people who feel called to slow down, connect with their inner lives, and become more fully who they already are.
Authenticity matters here. When a person moves closer to their most authentic self, wholeness follows. As wholeness increases, life often begins to work better and move more gently. Relationships clarify. Creativity stirs. Decisions align.
This kind of work is not new. Indigenous cultures have honored plant medicine in ceremonial and healing contexts for centuries. What is new is the growing body of scientific research affirming what has long been known: this medicine can catalyze meaningful, lasting change.
Why Psilocybin?
Psilocybin is a naturally occurring psychedelic compound found in certain species of fungi commonly known as magic mushrooms. These mushrooms have been used in ceremonial and healing contexts for millennia. In this work, psilocybin functions not as a solution but as a catalyst.
Psilocybin does not hand you answers. What it can do is quiet the noise, soften habitual defenses, and invite a deeper, more authentic knowing. With intentional, grounded integration, these insights are brought into daily life, transforming realization into action and sacred experience into meaningful change.
People are called to this work for many reasons. Some are seeking renewed clarity, purpose, spiritual connection, or creative spark. Others are standing at a threshold, facing a diagnosis, a loss, or a profound transition, and want to meet what is arising with presence rather than fear.
How Does This Work?
This work unfolds along a clear and intentional arc, shaped by careful preparation, a psilocybin session, and thoughtful integration. Each phase is essential and is held with care and deep inquiry.
We begin with preparation. This is where trust is built, and intentions are clarified. Together, we explore what is calling you to this work, assess readiness, and establish strong ethical and spiritual grounding. Preparation creates the conditions for safety, depth, and meaningful encounter. It is not a formality. It is part of the work itself.
The psilocybin session is held in person in a carefully prepared, mutually agreed-upon setting. During the session, my role is one of steady presence and sacred witness. I do not direct the experience or interpret it as it unfolds. Instead, I remain attentive, offering grounding support and holding the container with care, while trusting the intelligence of the process.
Integration follows the session and is where insights take root. Together, we reflect on what emerged and explore how it might be carried into daily life. Integration is not about forcing meaning or conclusions. It is about allowing understanding to mature and supporting thoughtful, embodied change over time.
Preparation and integration sessions are held virtually. Psilocybin sessions are ideally held in person at a mutually agreed-upon location within approximately two hours of New York’s Hudson Valley. Travel arrangements can be discussed with care and flexibility as needed.
A note of care. This is not medical or psychiatric treatment. I do not provide or dispense psychedelic substances. This work is ethical, confidential, informed, and grounded in interfaith spiritual care.
Offerings
The Return
A one-month self-care spiritual intensive with psychedelic support and soul-centered reflection.
This offering is for those navigating grief, burnout, spiritual questioning, or major life transitions. Through the deep work of preparation, a guided psilocybin session, and integration, you’ll be held in a safe, sacred container that supports deep healing and meaning-making.
The Vision
A creative immersion for artists, writers, performers, and visionaries.
This experience is for individuals seeking to unlock their creativity, reconnect with inspiration, or navigate stagnation in their work or artistic identity. Through preparation, a guided psilocybin session, and integration, you will be supported by spiritual care as you awaken new perspectives and rediscover your voice.
The Holding
A personalized spiritual care experience for those navigating illness or uncertainty.
When facing a health crisis—whether it’s a new diagnosis, a chronic illness, or a life-limiting condition—much attention is given to medical decisions and treatment plans. However, something more profound is also occurring. You may find yourself questioning what matters most, reorienting your sense of time, grieving what’s changing, or reaching for something sacred that you can’t yet name.