Psychedelic therapy is an emergent healing modality that pairs substances, guided support, and the therapeutic environment to promote healing and personal insight.

We believe in you and your innate ability to heal. Often, that ability can feel diminished due to past experiences, traumas, and learned patterns. Our aim is to serve as a support alongside you, with the psychedelic medicine working as a catalyst to open up access to healing that may have been previously less accessible.

More needs to happen beyond healing one’s psychology. Thinking cannot heal trauma. As in nature, everything works in an intricately balanced partnership. In addition to talk therapy, I believe it is important to incorporate somatic (body based) practices in the therapeutic process. One of these somatic practices is Floatation Therapy. Floatation Therapy is essentially a way of achieving deep relaxation by spending an hour or more lying quietly in darkness, floating effortlessly in a warm solution of Epsom salt that is more dense than the Dead Sea. Before plunging into a full fledged exploration of trauma itself, floating in a sensory-deprivation tank (with the guidance of a trained professional) can help you build up internal resources and develop increased interoceptive awareness that will allow you to safely access any sensations or emotions that were overwhelming at the time of your distress or trauma.

In 2018, I helped pilot the very first National Institute of Health study on the mental and physical benefits of Float Therapy. The data we found suggests that floating may help bolster self regulation and the reduction of anxiety and distress. Through sustained attentional focus on present moment body sensations, the float environment is conducive for learning the core skills of mindfulness that are necessary for processing trauma. Floating was the catalyst for my own personal healing and is a tool that allowed me to begin exploring uncharted territory and listening to my body talk in a safe and serene environment. Floating allowed me to access positive inner feelings of safety, strength, vulnerability, and comfort; which eventually provided me with the courage I needed to begin a journey toward unimaginable growth and transformation.

For more information about the medical use of clinical floatation therapy including research, science, neuroscience, brain, evidence, treatment, publications, presentations and news addressing clinical conditions (e.g. anxiety, depression, PTSD, pain, fibromyalgia, hypertension, high blood pressure, headaches, stress, sleep, insomnia), please visit www.clinicalfloatation.com. Groundbreaking research on the effects on the brain while floating is still currently being done at Tulsa’s Laureate Institute for Brain Research.

Soma is the greek word for body. Examples of somatic practices are breathing exercises, meditation, dance, and other forms of body movement. Our bodies are wise beyond measure and hold the key to healing at the deepest level, an inner wisdom, and our fullest potential. Somatic therapy looks at the connection of the mind and body and uses both psychotherapy and physical therapies for holistic healing.