Preparation
Clarifying your intentions, understanding your history, and building the steadiness that lets you meet whatever arises with less fear and more curiosity.
Psychedelic integration
Psychedelic integration therapy in Austin & online across Texas
Support before and after a psychedelic experience — helping you make sense of what surfaced and turn it into real change. In person in South Austin and online for anyone in Texas.
A clinical standard, not a barrier
This is an explainer, not a booking page — and it isn't a place to obtain any substance. Preparation and integration are part of therapy, and the deeper ketamine and psychedelic work I do is reserved for established clients within an ongoing relationship. If you're new and curious, the way in is individual therapy.
What integration actually means
A psychedelic experience can surface a lot — memories, emotions, a new angle on an old story. Integration is the unglamorous, essential part that comes after: making meaning of what happened and letting it actually change how you live.
Without that, even a profound experience can fade into a memory. With it, insight has somewhere to go. We work with what came up, gently and without rushing, and connect it to the patterns and relationships in your everyday life — whether your experience happened last week or years ago.
Psychedelics are the subject of active clinical research into their therapeutic potential, though most remain investigational and are not approved for general clinical use outside research settings.1 Whatever your experience and wherever it happened, my role is the therapy around it — never the substance itself.
Which experiences it covers
People come to integration after all kinds of experiences — with psilocybin, MDMA, LSD, or ayahuasca, or with ketamine in a supervised clinical setting. Some arrive after a single, unexpected journey; others after years of exploring, or after a non-ordinary state reached through a practice like breathwork.
What matters isn't which substance was involved or where it happened. It's that something opened up and you'd like help making sense of it. I don't provide, prescribe, source, or recommend any substance, and this page won't help you obtain one — the work I offer is the therapy that surrounds an experience, not the experience itself.
What sessions actually look like
There's no single formula, but the work usually moves through three phases. How long it takes depends on you — sometimes a focused handful of sessions over a few weeks, sometimes an ongoing thread inside longer-term therapy.
The experience itself
The journey happens outside our work together — in a legal or supervised clinical setting, never something I provide or oversee. We prepare for it, then return to it afterward.
Integration
Making sense of what surfaced, holding the difficult parts with care, and translating insight into concrete shifts in how you live, relate, and treat yourself.
Who it's for
Integration tends to help most when:
- •A past experience left you with insight, images, or feelings you haven't been able to place.
- •Something opened up that feels important, and you don't want it to quietly fade back into old patterns.
- •An experience was confusing, destabilizing, or frightening, and you need a steady place to process it.
- •You're preparing, thoughtfully, for an experience in a legal or clinical context and want to go in grounded.
You don't need a diagnosis, and you don't need to have it all figured out first. Curiosity is enough to begin.
When an experience was difficult
Not every journey is gentle. Some surface grief, fear, or memories that are hard to carry, and a few leave people shaken for a while afterward. That doesn't mean something went wrong — but it does mean you deserve support. Integration gives difficult material a place to land, at a pace your nervous system can actually tolerate.
If you're in crisis, thinking about harming yourself, or feel unsafe right now, please reach out to emergency services or call or text 988, the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. This page isn't a substitute for urgent care.
How this differs from trip-sitting or coaching
Integration therapy isn't the same as sitting with someone during an experience, and it isn't psychedelic coaching. I'm a Licensed Professional Counselor (Texas #92604), and this is clinical psychotherapy — held to the same training, ethics, and confidentiality as any other therapy I offer. A coach or guide isn't bound by that standard, and many aren't licensed clinicians at all.
I'm also not present for the experience and never provide the substance. What I bring is the therapeutic relationship around it: careful preparation beforehand and trauma-informed integration afterward.
How to begin
Because this work lives inside a therapy relationship, there's nothing to book on this page directly. If you're already working with me, we can fold preparation and integration into what we're doing. These are ordinary therapy sessions — $175 for 50 minutes, with superbills available for possible out-of-network reimbursement.
If you're new, the first step is individual therapy. We start with a conversation, get to know each other, and go from there. You're also welcome to explore ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, which follows the same therapy-first standard. The deeper ketamine and psychedelic work I do is reserved for established clients within an ongoing relationship.
Common questions
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What is psychedelic integration therapy?
+It's therapy that helps you make sense of a psychedelic or other non-ordinary experience and carry its insights into everyday life. The experience itself happens elsewhere; integration is the work of processing what surfaced and turning it into lasting change.
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How do I integrate a psychedelic experience on my own?
+Simple practices help: writing down what you remember, moving slowly, talking with someone you trust, and giving yourself time before big decisions. Working with a therapist adds a steady, confidential place to process what came up and connect it to the rest of your life.
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Is this the same as a psychedelic integration coach?
+No. I'm a Licensed Professional Counselor, so this is clinical psychotherapy bound by professional training, ethics, and confidentiality. Many coaches and guides aren't licensed clinicians and aren't held to that standard.
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Do you provide, recommend, or supply any substances?
+No. I don't provide, prescribe, source, or recommend any substance, and I can't help you obtain one. My work is the therapy around an experience, never the experience itself.
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Can we work together if my experience was difficult or frightening?
+Yes — that's often exactly when integration helps most, and we go at a pace your nervous system can actually tolerate. If you're in crisis or feel unsafe right now, please contact emergency services or call or text 988 first.
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Do I need to be in Austin?
+No. I see clients in person in South Austin and online for anyone located in Texas, so integration support is available across the state.
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How many sessions does integration take?
+It varies. Some people need a focused handful of sessions over a few weeks; for others it's an ongoing thread within longer-term therapy. We find the right pace together.
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Do I have to be an established client?
+Preparation and integration are part of ordinary therapy, and the deeper ketamine and psychedelic work I do is reserved for established clients within an ongoing relationship. If you're new, the way in is individual therapy.
References
- Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research, Johns Hopkins Medicine. hopkinsmedicine.org
This page is educational and is not medical advice. It does not offer, encourage, or facilitate the use of any illegal substance. If you're in crisis or feel unsafe, call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline).