Licensed Psilocybin Facilitator
Ashland, Oregon
Most people who find their way here already sense something. Not a crisis — more like a quiet knowing that certain patterns keep running, even though part of you has seen through them for years.
When you were young, your nervous system was mapping the world in real time. What brought warmth, you moved toward. What stung, you moved away from. These weren't choices — they were the most efficient strategies available to a small person learning to navigate a very large room.
Those early responses shape paths — and paths, walked enough times, become grooves. A child who learned to read a parent's mood still flinches at tension decades later. Someone who earned belonging through agreeableness still says yes when they mean no. The original reason fades. The groove doesn't. Stories accumulate to explain it: that's just how I am.
Psilocybin temporarily levels the terrain. The familiar grooves lose their pull — not erased, just quieted — and paths you never considered become as walkable as the ones you've worn smooth. It's not a vision or a revelation. It's more like standing in a field you've crossed a thousand times and realizing, for the first time, that it extends in every direction.
What most people discover isn't something new. It's something that was always there, hidden in plain sight by the sheer familiarity of their own patterns. Once you recognize a roadblock for what it is — not a wall, just a habit that outlived its usefulness — it stops blocking you.
This isn't about having an extraordinary experience. It's about getting enough distance from your own familiar ground to notice what's been shaping the path — and recognizing that the path was never the only option.
No scripts. No predetermined outcomes. This is straightforward work between two people — one exploring, one holding space.
Two or three conversations. We talk about what brought you here, what you're curious about, and what helps you feel safe enough to be honest with yourself. Preparing for the unknown can feel daunting — I've spent years developing language and analogy to bridge what you know with what lies ahead. It's how we build the trust that makes the rest possible.
Four to eight hours in a comfortable, private space. I'll be present the entire time — not directing your experience, not interpreting it. Much like a gardener cultivating soil for growth, my role is to help manage the conditions for personal insight to arise on its own. Some people have vivid realizations. Others notice subtler shifts in how they relate to old patterns. Both are real.
This is where the real work often begins. Two or three sessions — sometimes more — to make sense of what surfaced and to practice seeing your life through whatever new perspective emerged. Insight without integration is just an interesting memory. The goal is skills you keep — your own capacity for self-inquiry that continues long after our work together ends.
With a background spanning network engineering, construction management, client advocacy and beyond, I've developed a deep respect for tools — both physical and conceptual — and the ways they improve our lives when used skillfully. That includes psychedelics. Like any powerful tool, they ask to be approached with care and intention.
For most of my life, I solved problems by thinking harder. Logic was the tool I trusted. It worked — until it ran out of road. The things that mattered most, the parts of myself I kept running strategies against, didn't yield to more analysis. What shifted was slow and honest. I learned to feel instead of just think. I developed the kind of empathy you can't arrive at through reasoning alone.
I don't approach this work with a formula or a belief system to hand you. My role is simple: create a safe, comfortable, judgment-free space, and stay present while you do the exploring. I hold immense respect for anyone willing to invest in their own growth — this work has the power to create meaningful change, not only for ourselves but for the people around us.
Read the full story →That's enough. And if you'd like to explore further, I'm happy to talk. A free 15–20 minute conversation — no pressure, no pitch. Just a chance to ask your questions and see if this feels right.
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