Psychedelic Integration Therapy
The experience may be over, but you're still making sense of it.
Psychedelic experiences can bring up things we weren't expecting.
Sometimes there's a new understanding of ourselves, our relationships, or something we've been struggling with.
Other times, the experience is confusing, emotionally difficult, or leaves us questioning things we once felt certain about.
And sometimes it's both.
You might return to everyday life with a sense that something important happened, but without knowing what to do with it.
That's where psychedelic integration therapy can be useful.
I offer online psychedelic integration psychotherapy for adults in Florida and Indiana.
What is psychedelic integration?
Psychedelic integration is the process of exploring, understanding, and making meaning of experiences that occur during or in connection with psychedelic states.
An experience may bring forward memories, emotions, personal insights, unfamiliar perspectives, or questions that continue long after the substance's effects have ended.
Integration provides an opportunity to explore that material within the context of your life.
What did you experience?
How did you understand it at the time?
How does it relate to your history, relationships, beliefs, and current circumstances?
And what, if anything, do you want to carry forward?
The goal isn't to assign meaning to your experience or tell you what it should mean.
It's to give you space to explore it thoughtfully.
Integration isn't always about making a big change.
There's a tendency to focus on the transformative potential of psychedelic experiences.
And sometimes an experience does lead someone to reconsider an important part of their life.
But not every insight is something we need to act on immediately. Not every experience has a clear meaning. And not everything that feels true during an altered state necessarily reflects the full complexity of our lives.
Sometimes integration involves slowing down.
We might explore an emotionally significant experience without deciding exactly what it means. We may consider an insight alongside your existing values, relationships, and responsibilities.
Other times, we'll work through difficult emotions or unsettling material that emerged.
I approach this work with respect for the significance psychedelic experiences can hold, while remaining grounded in psychological exploration and your individual circumstances.
My background in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy
Before focusing my practice on ongoing psychotherapy, I spent quite a few years working in psychedelic facilitation.
That experience gave me direct exposure to the emotional and psychological material that can emerge during psychedelic experiences.
It also helped clarify where my interests lie.
While I have deep respect for the experiences themselves, I've become especially interested in what happens afterward.
How does someone make sense of what they encountered?
What changes when they return to their relationships, responsibilities, and ordinary routines?
How do they work with the difficult material that surfaced?
And how do they translate meaningful insights into something that can be lived, rather than simply remembered?
Those questions are at the center of my integration work.
What we can explore together
Integration therapy may involve:
Processing emotionally intense or confusing experiences
Exploring personal insights, memories, or relational patterns
Working through fear, grief, uncertainty, or other difficult emotions
Exploring changes in identity, values, or beliefs
Making sense of symbolic or spiritually significant experiences
Considering how new insights relate to daily life
Developing grounding and support following a difficult experience
We can explore these experiences without imposing a particular interpretation or assuming they were necessarily helpful, harmful, or transformative.
A grounded approach to integration
My approach is relational, depth-oriented, and attentive to both emotional experience and personal meaning.
I believe an important part of integration is developing the capacity to remain curious about what emerged, without feeling pressured to understand or act on everything immediately.
We'll explore the experience in the context of your broader psychological life.
Sometimes the work involves considering what an insight reveals about a familiar pattern.
Sometimes it involves recognizing that an interpretation needs more time, context, or questioning.
And sometimes it involves attending to the very real difficulty of returning to ordinary life after an unusual or profound experience.
The work isn't about trying to recreate the experience.
It's about understanding how it fits into your life, if and where it does.
An important distinction
I provide psychotherapy to help people process and integrate past psychedelic experiences.
I do not provide, administer, prescribe, or facilitate psychedelic substances as part of this service.
Integration therapy is not a substitute for urgent medical or psychiatric assessment when someone is experiencing severe or persistent symptoms following substance use.
FAQs
Does my experience need to have been positive or meaningful?No. Integration therapy can also support people who have had confusing, frightening, or emotionally difficult experiences.
Will you tell me what my experience means?No. We can explore psychological, symbolic, relational, or spiritual interpretations where relevant to you, but I won't impose a particular explanation.
If you've had an experience you're still trying to understand, I'd be happy to talk about whether integration therapy could be useful.
Do you provide psychedelic-assisted sessions?No. My current service is focused on psychotherapy and integration following past experiences. It does not involve administering or facilitating psychedelic substances.
What Others Have to Say
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Patricia is a compassionate, intelligent, authentic therapist. Creative and driven, she stays current with evidence-based practices and is dedicated to her clients' well-being. A truly caring and knowledgable professional that helps clients grow.
Gertie Mallard-Teal, Counselor, MS, LMHC, C-DBT
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Patricia embodies deep wisdom and takes a holistic, integrative approach to therapy. She fosters radical self-compassion and creates a healing space rooted in understanding rather than pathologizing.
Shaundra McGuire, Counselor, MA, LMHC
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Patricia is a trustworthy colleague and clinician. She is warm, friendly, compassionate, and educated which shows in her work with her clients.
Julia Monte, Counselor, MA, LMHC