Psilocybin and Psychedelic Somatic Integration
Psilocybin and psychedelic experiences keep unfolding long after the journey ends. Integration is where they land in your actual life.
Psychedelic integration therapy in Brisbane
The effects of a psilocybin or other psychedelic experience can continue after the experience itself has ended. Integration therapy offers support if you are trying to understand or process what emerged.
Who this therapy may suit
- An experience felt deeply meaningful, and you are unsure how to relate it to everyday life.
- Insight came, and the changes you expected to follow didn't.
- Something surfaced that you weren't ready for, and it's still with you.
- You had a powerful, challenging, or confusing psychedelic experience and are unsure how to understand what happened.
- You experienced intense emotions, memories, sensations, or insights that continue to affect you.
- You gained an important insight but are struggling to translate it into meaningful changes in everyday life.
- You feel emotionally unsettled, overwhelmed, or disconnected following a psychedelic experience.
- A psychedelic experience brought up old wounds, trauma, grief, fears, or relationship patterns that you would like to explore safely.
- You experienced something profound, spiritual, mystical, or difficult to put into words and want a non-judgmental space to explore its meaning.
- You feel that your experience opened something important within you, but you are unsure how to move forward or integrate what you discovered.
Psychedelic integration offers a supportive space to explore what arose and develop your own understanding. I do not interpret the experience for you or tell you what it means. Together, we consider how useful insights might inform your life.
The experience may have ended, but the integration is where the real-life work can begin.
What to expect in a session
We make room to explore your experience, whether it felt uplifting, challenging, confusing, spiritual, or difficult to describe. You do not need to find perfect words. We also attend to the sensations, emotions and responses you notice now. Together, we consider what feels meaningful and how you might bring that understanding into everyday choices. We give the experience room to be spoken about properly, without you having to translate it into language. Then we work with what your body is still carrying. Integration is largely somatic: insight tends to land when the nervous system catches up. We look at what it's asking of your actual life and what it would mean to act on that.
What this isn't
I do not supply or administer psilocybin or other psychedelics, supervise their use, or advise on obtaining them. I offer preparation and integration support before or after an experience, never during it.
Common questions
- Do you offer, supply or sit for psychedelic experiences?
No. I don't provide, supply, facilitate or sit for psychedelic journeys, and I cannot advise you on how to obtain substances. This work focuses on preparation and integration, offering a safe space to accompany you before or after your journey.
- Can I talk about my journey without being judged?
Yes. You are welcome to speak honestly here. My role isn't to moralise or judge the choices you made, but to offer a supportive space for exploration. Your story is confidential, within the same legal and professional boundaries that apply to all therapy, which I will explain plainly when we meet.
- What if my experience was frightening rather than uplifting?
You are welcome to discuss a frightening or confusing experience without judgement. We can explore what you are feeling at a manageable pace and consider what support you need.
- How soon after a journey should I reach out?
There is no specific deadline. Some people seek help within days, while others find that insights, memories, or difficult emotions only resurface months or years later. Both are valid starting points for integration work.
Before we start, one important thing
This therapy is not a substitute for crisis or safety intervention. It isn't appropriate if you are currently in an unsafe or dangerous situation, or if you are at immediate risk of harming yourself or ending your life. In those circumstances you need crisis, emergency or specialised support first.
Somatic psychotherapy is also unsuitable for people who have recently faced, or are currently facing, legal allegations.
You might also be looking at
Somatic Trauma-Informed Psychotherapy
Somatic Counselling
Compassionate Inquiry
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy — Pat Ogden
Ready to start?
Book a first session, or write to me if you'd rather ask something before you do.