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Holistic Blends Counseling

Establishing a heart-centered approach to living

My Goals and Practice

Making Online Psychotherapy & Psychedelic Support Accessible

It is my goal to provide effective, individualized care for those experiencing difficulties ranging from more general life obstacles to helping those looking to reduce or eliminating symptoms of PTSD, stress, anxiety, depression and dissociation.

Providing Access to Free Meditations, Psychoeducation and Other Tools

Providing you with personalized visual and audible resources to begin practicing and incorporating the basic principles of mindfulness into your life. With mindfulness we can become less reactive, better able to discern thoughts, emotions and bodily sensations as part of our experience, supporting us in pivoting in the direction of our values while making contact with the present moment.

Providing Support with Psychedelic Integration/Cannabis Psychedelic Support

Psychedelic integration is offered as a way for people to prepare prior to a psychedelic journey or afterwards to gain insight about their own process. People who have done or are going to do psychedelics (cannabis, LSD, MDMA, psilocybin, peyote, DMT, Ayahuasca, 5MEO, etc…) are going to have both positive and negative experiences. Positive experiences from the journey are often not incorporated when people return to everyday life. On the other hand, negative or aversive experiences can be life altering, fostering toxic shame that ignites mental distress and addiction issues that can have a negative impact on our lives. To address these undesirable outcomes, the service of psychedelic integration brings forth the necessary planning within a safe environment, accurate psycho-education, intention setting, psychological preparation and care, trauma resolution, and pre/post-psychedelic session integration.

I have successfully completed advanced training and credentialing in mindfulness based psychedelic therapy with an emphasis in cannabis assisted psychedelic therapy. Within a therapeutic container, based on what I have learned in my training, is that the properties of cannabis can help people access and heal their trauma material. I have a passion for supporting clients in developing a meaningful and ceremonial relationship with cannabis. When I educate and teach my clients mindfulness skills for them to incorporate into their own relationship with cannabis, they are typically able to reduce harmful or habitual patterns related to their use, and can maximize the potential benefits of the medicine. The therapist strives to provide education of the best available medical literature related to this plant medicine while providing harm reduction and support services.

The combination of Cannabis Sativa with mindfulness practices and breathwork offers a psychedelic experience like any other powerful psychedelic. Cannabis is considered a somatic psychedelic and helps clear out trauma residue held in the body. Medical cannabis is prescribed for conditions like PTSD, chronic pain, anxieties, and stress for this reason.

About Me

My Approach

What I find to be the most rewarding in my work as a therapist is the ability to support others in gaining the confidence to break through mental barriers and overcome life challenges. By becoming more aware of the nature of the mind and our relationship with it, we are able to open ourselves up to the kinds of changes we wish to make in our lives. This opens the door to a better understanding of how beliefs and attitudes about ourselves, others, and the world have been formed, and how early life experiences have impacted and shaped our sense of self over the course of time.

During the therapeutic process, I work from modalities of Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (also known as ACT), EMDR, and Brainspotting, in conjunction with my experience as a mindfulness teacher. I offer psychedelic integration support and harm reduction, along with cannabis psychedelic support, offering these services within state and federal guidelines.

Additionally, I am an EMDR consultant-in-training (CIT) who enjoys supporting and collaborating with other clinicians in getting the most out of their practice.

I believe that successful and meaningful counseling begins and ends with the amount of trust a client has in their therapist, as well as the significance a therapist places on the client being involved in the process of setting goals for treatment. I look forward to supporting you on your journey toward personal growth and lasting change.

Disclaimer

The mindfulness meditations found on this site are not a replacement for or a form of therapy, nor is it intended to cure, treat, or diagnose medical conditions. Meditation can, however, be a component of an overall treatment plan, when monitored by a healthcare professional.

While we do not encourage or condone any illegal activities, we believe that integrating a transformative experience needs guidance, discipline, thoughtful care, understanding, skill, and support. Holistic Blends Counseling supports a harm reduction approach to promote a mature stance on drug policy, accurate information, education, and safety.

**The Psychedelic Integration Service DOES NOT provide psychoactive, referral, recommendations, or illicit substances. We do not conduct or promote illegal psychedelic psychotherapy or provide referrals to psychedelic services.

LEGAL DISCLAIMER: Holistic Blends Counseling fully complies with all local and Ohio/California State cannabis laws, and all federal regulations. We are a harm reduction service and education company. We do not promote illegal activities or provide resources for obtaining illegal substances or illegal psychedelic psychotherapy services. As a psychedelic harm reduction program we do not support the misuse or abuse of cannabis, any other drug, or psychedelic medicine. Nor do we believe that cannabis or psychedelic medicine exploration, even within the confines of applicable laws, is appropriate or beneficial for everyone. We are conditional advocates for intentional, sacred and non-habitual cannabis use and legal psychedelic practices. Holistic Blends Counseling does not provide or sell cannabis or any psychedelic for any aspect of our program, and it is not a retailer, supplier, reseller, distributor, agent, representative or subcontractor of any cannabis or psychedelic supplier or retailer. Any decision by you or another Holistic Blends Counseling event participant to purchase or accept such products from a vendor or individual outside of our program is a decision made at your sole discretion. Holistic Blends Counseling does not and does not intend to provide supplier, retailer, or distributor services or act in any manner as a cannabis or psychedelic vendor or retailer. Holistic Blends Counseling disclaims all responsibility or liability for any sale of cannabis or psychedelic voluntarily provided to you by such vendors.

Ohio License #: E.1800671

California License #: LPCC11414