Psychedelic Integration Group for Women and Gender Non-Conforming People
ON-GOING MONTHLY GROUP
Live Online
Tonight’s group meeting is canceled. ( August 24th)
Dates: September 28, October 26, November 30
7 PM - 8:15 PM (EST)
The Psychedelic Education and Continuing Care Program is excited to announce that we will be starting our first monthly integration group for 2021 for women and non-binary people led by Dee Dee Goldpaugh, LCSW, and Juliana Mulligan, our Psychedelic Program Coordinator. The goal of this group is to process and integrate the lessons, challenges, and wisdom from psychedelics so that they can be applied to daily life. Oftentimes, experiences on psychedelics can be unclear, stressful, confusing, and inspiring, uplifting, or exhilarating. This group intends to explore these experiences as a part of an internal discovery process and transform them into practices or positive patterns for daily life. We will utilize mindfulness practices, open sharing and discussion, and focus on specific themes. This group is for women and gender non-conforming individuals in need of support who utilize psychedelics as a part of their healing work. Attendees can be currently engaged in work with psychedelics or have been engaged in the past. Ketamine treatment does qualify.
A DISCLAIMER agreement will be shared upon confirmation of purchase. All participants are asked to read and sign before the workshop.
Monthly Fee: $30
We have a limited number of FREE, $10, and $20 spots available for people struggling with financial hardships. To qualify, please click here.
The Zoom meeting link will be provided immediately after registering.
Facilitators
Dee Dee Goldpaugh, (they/them) is a psychotherapist in private practice in New York City. Their practice serves queer, gender non-conforming, and ethically non-monogamous clients using a trauma-informed, sex, and body-positive approach. They have presented and written widely on the topic of sexual healing and psychedelics. They have been featured in articles by Vice Magazine, Chacruna, Brides, Psymposia, Refinery 29, and Psychology Today.
A survivor of sexual violence, Dee Dee sought legal plant medicine work in the mountains of Peru to heal PTSD and now serves as an advocate for therapist education and legal access to psychedelic medicine.
Juliana Mulligan has been an active member of the Ibogaine community for eight years and holds a B.A. in Psychology. She has worked in three Ibogaine clinics, completed Andrew Tatarsky's IHRP training, and has presented at multiple Psychedelic and Harm Reduction conferences. Under her current business Inner Vision Ibogaine, she works therapeutically with people supporting them in preparation for, and in integration after, treatment. Previously Juliana was an opioid dependent person and in 2011, with the help of Ibogaine treatment, she left opioids behind and set off on a path to transform the way drug users and their treatment is approached. Her work centers around guiding individuals to their own inner power and supporting them in reframing their life experiences into sources of knowledge and inspiration. She has developed a guide for finding safe Ibogaine treatment and is also currently working to create new systems of accountability and responsibility among Ibogaine practitioners and in the greater psychedelic therapy community. Juliana hopes to orient the Psychedelic Program to focus on the social intersections of the psychedelic community and how to create support for those who use psychedelics. She has been featured in Double Blind magazine, Woman's Day magazine, and Psymposia.
FAQ
Can I be under the influence of psychedelics during this group?
The intention of this integration group is for integrating past psychedelic experiences, it is not intended to be psychedelic assisted therapy to be used while under the influence. Please do not take psychedelics just before or during this group.
Can I ask for advice on dosing, finding facilitators, or finding psychedelic drugs?
We do not provide advice on any of these topics and we do not encourage people to use any particular drug. This group is intended to be for discussing the emotional journey of psychedelic use and how to apply its lessons in daily life, not for direct instructions or advice.
Is it okay to advise other group members on dosing, finding facilitators, or finding psychedelic drugs?
We do not allow advice of this kind between group members because it endangers the safety of participants.
What if I’m late to the group?
We will allow you to enter until 15 minutes past the start time of the group.
I am planning on using psychedelics for the first time, would it be appropriate for me to join this group?
Although we won’t be providing a step by step process for using psychedelics, it could be helpful to hear others discuss what challenges they have encountered in their own process. This group could serve as a supportive resource in preparation for your own work.
How does the communication within the group work?
Participants will have the opportunity to share during the designated sharing and discussion time. We ask that all group attendees listen respectfully and wait their turn to share. Please keep your sharing time down to a under four minutes to allow others time to share.
Will the group be recorded?
No, they will never be recorded and participants will not have the option to record them. Our intention is to maintain the safety and comfortability of participants so we can co-create an environment in which people feel comfortable to share openly.
Is it required to have my video turned on?
Yes, we would like everyone to be present and participating in the group. Being able to see everyone’s faces aids in building group closeness in the best way we can while being virtual.
What about group confidentiality?
Everything shared within this group will not be shared outside of the group. This is included within the Disclaimer that everyone signs when registering.
If I would also like to engage in one-on-one psychotherapy to support my psychedelic use and integration process, does the Center for Optimal Living provide this?
The psychotherapists at the Center are trained to work with this. Please fill out this form to schedule a consultation: https://www.centerforoptimalliving.com/contact
Will you be providing further resources for the group members for them to use outside of the group?
We will be making a resource list that will be sent to all those who attended the group.
