FAQ

Below you’ll find answers to common psychedelic preparation, safety, and integration questions, along with practical details about how I work.

Psychedelic Facilitation

Preparation, Ceremony, and Integration are the three core phases of entheogenic work.

  • Preparation (before): We review medical and demographic information, build safety and rapport, and clarify intentions. In my practice, preparation includes a minimum of two 1-hour sessions to ensure the work is grounded and well-oriented.
  • Ceremony (during): This is the facilitated medicine/sacrament session itself. Depending on the sacrament, experiences typically last 2–7 hours; a full-day session is usually about 7 hours.
  • Integration (after): We process what occurred and translate insights into sustainable change. I include at least two integration sessions: the first to review what was experienced (including what I observed), and the second—typically about a week later—to explore how you want to integrate, embody, and apply what emerged in daily life.

When I say “entheogenic sacraments,” I’m describing both the medicine and the stance we bring to it: a relationship of reverence, responsibility, and respect.

The word entheogenic is built from Greek roots commonly translated as “bringing forth the divine within.” In this work, that doesn’t mean you need a particular theology. It simply honors what many people discover: that something deep can emerge from inside — truth, tenderness, grief, clarity, forgiveness, purpose. Not as a concept to believe in, but as an experience to meet.

A sacrament is something set apart for sacred purpose — an outward practice that supports inward transformation. I use the word because the way I work is not casual. It’s intentional, paced, and integrative.

“Sacrament” signals reverence and responsibility: preparation, skilled support, and integration afterward — so what opens in ceremony can become something grounded, embodied, and real. Ultimately, this is about the relationship you build with your own inner world — and how you choose to live what you’ve been shown.

Often the same substances are being referenced, but the words emphasize different things:

Psychedelic highlights mind-manifesting effects.

Entheogenic highlights sacred/meaningful orientation and context.

I’m not using the term to be clever or exotic—I’m using it to be precise about the stance: intentional, respectful, and sacred.

Curiosity is welcome and necessary for soul growth; however, my work is not recreational. As a minister, all entheogenic practice occurs within a spiritual framework devoted to awakening and healing. I cannot offer or endorse work that is primarily recreational. 

I do not sell or commercially distribute any sacramental medicines. All sacrament-based work is offered exclusively through my role as a minister with the Congregation for Sacred Practices and under the protections afforded by the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). My role is to steward the container, guide your process, and ensure the experience is held with reverence, safety, and integrity.

If you feel called to sincere growth and awakening, I would be honored to walk with you.

I work with a number of entheogenic sacraments within a legal, ministerial context. As we come to know one another, we’ll discuss options and discern together which sacrament, if any, may best serve your healing, remembering, and awakening. I also offer preparation and integration for those engaging other plant medicines elsewhere. The emphasis is never the substance itself, but your relationship with what it reveals — and how that wisdom is embodied in daily life.

I offer entheogenic guidance as a minister of the Congregation for Sacred Practices, operating under the protections of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) of 1993. RFRA states that the government shall not substantially burden a person’s exercise of religion unless there is a compelling interest. In practice, members may engage with sacred sacraments as part of sincerely held spiritual practice. All work occurs within this lawful, reverent container.

I do not sell or commercially distribute any sacramental medicines. My role is to steward the container, guide your process, and ensure the experience is held with reverence, safety, and integrity.

Internal Family Systems (Parts Work)

Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a psychotherapy model developed by Dr. Richard Schwartz in the 1980s. It’s based on the idea that our mind is made up of multiple “parts” or sub-personalities, each with its own perspective, emotions, roles, needs, and strategies for keeping a person’s nervous system safe and regulated. These parts are like an internal family — and just like in any family, they can sometimes be in conflict.

Core Concepts of IFS:

1. Parts

  • Everyone has parts. Some are protective (like Managers or Firefighters), and others are vulnerable (like Exiles).
  • No part is bad — all parts have positive intentions, even if their methods are extreme or dysfunctional.

2. Self

  • At the core of every person is the Self — a calm, compassionate, curious presence that can lead and heal.
  • When in Self, a person feels confident, connected, and clear.

3. Types of Parts

  • Exiles: These hold pain, trauma, and vulnerability. They’re often pushed away to protect the system from overwhelming emotion.
  • Managers: Proactive protectors that try to keep things under control to prevent Exiles from being triggered.
  • Firefighters: Reactive protectors that step in when Exiles get activated, often using distraction or numbing behaviors (like addiction or rage).

Goals of IFS:

  • Help the Self become the compassionate leader of the internal system.
  • Unburden parts from extreme roles they’ve taken on.
  • Heal the wounds held by Exiles.
  • Restore harmony within the internal family.

IFS is a gentle, non-pathologizing approach that sees all parts as worthy of respect, and healing comes not by fighting or getting rid of parts, but by understanding and integrating them.

In IFS we don’t see any part of you as “bad.” Even the parts that create painful or self-sabotaging behaviors started as protectors, trying to keep your system safe in the only way they knew how. Rather than trying to get rid of these parts, we get curious about them. Together we explore what they’re trying to prevent, how they took on that job in the first place, and what they’re afraid would happen if they stopped.

As trust grows, we invite them into new roles that don’t require extreme behaviors. We also support the deeper, hurt parts they’re guarding so that, eventually, those burdens can be released and the protective parts can relax.

General

Yes. Many sessions — including IFS, Spiritual Direction, and Ceremony Preparation/Integration — are available online. Medicine-assisted and ceremonial sessions occur in person at Innate Path in Broomfield, Colorado, in a carefully prepared environment.

Yes. Please provide 24 hours’ notice to cancel a 1-hour session to avoid being charged. Because intensives require deeper preparation, canceling within one full week of a 7-hour intensive incurs a 50% fee. I understand that life happens — unforeseen events and last-minute changes occur. The purpose of this policy is to honor your commitment and the time and energy I devote to holding space. When the unexpected happens, let’s stay in conversation and find a mutually agreeable path.

Yes. If you refer someone, you get a one-hour session credit after their first session.

Navigate to the Contact page and request a free 30-minute consultation. We’ll explore your intentions, needs, and readiness, and discern the most aligned way to proceed.

If you feel called to healing that is spiritual and embodied — exploring the sacred nature of your inner life rather than merely managing symptoms — this work may be for you. It supports those ready to take responsibility for transformation, who are weary of repeating painful patterns, and who know no one else can walk their path. You’re welcome to schedule a free 30-minute consultation to discern fit.

While aspects of my work may feel therapeutic, it is not psychotherapy or medical treatment. My approach is spiritual and grounded in Internal Family Systems, Spiritual Direction, and Psychedelic Integration. We focus on awakening and relationship with the Sacred, not diagnosis or symptom management. I am an ordained and licensed Interfaith Minister. I am not a licensed Psychotherapist. For an overview of my training and certification, see the About page.

My fee structure reflects right relationship — balancing access, sustainability, and sacred reciprocity. You select an hourly rate that respects your means and the work; it applies to 1- and 2-hour sessions and 7-hour intensives. If we decide to work together, I’ll provide a sliding scale based on gross household income. If finances are a barrier, please ask — access matters. Payment for 1- and 2-hour sessions is due at session end; intensives are paid in advance. Venmo preferred; other arrangements available.

Each session is unique, guided by your needs and your inner wisdom. A typical session lasts an hour and may include parts work, somatic awareness, and spiritual inquiry. Nature-based sessions (outdoors) are two+ hours. Longer ceremonial intensives are available by request. Expect a gentle, confidential, sacred space designed for deep listening.

Ketamine & Cannabis-Assisted Guidance

Typically, no. However, I will provide you with information about your options and can walk you through the process of providing your own sacrament.

Yes. I work with a provider who has their own intake and medical review process which is handled separately. They do charge a fee directly to you for the service (currently $300). If they determine that you are eligible they will provide you a prescription for a set amount of ketamine based on our planned work together.

Spiritual Companionship

Maybe, and maybe not.

If you’re not feeling any draw at all toward exploring your “spiritual side,” then spiritual companionship may not be the most resonant doorway for you right now. One of the other approaches I offer—like IFS/parts work, somatic work, or nature-based sessions—might be a better starting place.

That said, if there’s even a small curiosity or subtle tug in you—“I don’t think of myself as spiritual or religious… but something in me is wondering about this”—that’s worth listening to. Sometimes a part of us begins to reach toward meaning, mystery, or a sense of connection, even if:

  • You’ve never considered yourself spiritual or religious, or
  • You once walked a spiritual/religious path and later stepped away from it.

In those cases, spiritual companionship can be a gentle place to explore questions like:

  • What does “spiritual” even mean to you now?
  • Where do you experience awe, wonder, or quiet rightness in your life?
  • Is there a part of you that longs for a deeper sense of connection—without dogma, pressure, or a return to something that harmed you?

We can always talk about it first, with no commitment. Together we can see whether spiritual companionship aligns with what feels most alive and honest for you right now—or whether another pathway would serve you better at this season of your life.

Wilderness & Nature-Based Practice

Generally, no. We’ll be in communication about the weather before your session, and if conditions are a concern we’ll cancel or reschedule. You are not responsible for the weather.

If things turn bad once we’re already out, we’ll check in together and decide whether to continue, pause, or wrap up early. Sometimes there’s a lot to learn from being with the elements, even when they’re a bit wild.

If your question isn’t answered here, you’re welcome to contact me for a brief conversation.

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