PSYCHEDELIC
SUPPORT
PSYCHEDELIC PREPARATION AND INTEGRATION SERVICES IN MARYLAND, VIRGINIA, AND WASHINGTON DC
Sacred Space offers psychedelic preparation, harm reduction, and integration services to individuals in the greater Washington DC area. Psychedelic preparation and integration work supports individuals in intentionally and safely navigating the process of psychedelic journey work from beginning to end.
Psychedelic journeying is the intentional and ritualized communion and consumption of specific plants (in the West known as psychedelics) for physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual healing purposes. This practice has been utilized for millenia in ceremonial and ritualized contexts by Indigenous peoples from around the globe. Healings with can take shape in many forms and the journey is unique to each individual, their intentions, and what they bring forward into journey work.
Arielle’s approach to psychedelic healing pays reverence to the original Indigenous teachings and intentional rituals of surrounding psychedelics while incorporating trauma sensitive, harm reduction and somatic approaches to create a safe and multidimensionally supportive environment for approaching psychedelic journey work.
Arielle has spent the last eight years studying the healing impact of psychedelics and journey work through professional and personal endeavors. She has engaged in ongoing and extensive training in trauma-informed and harm reduction psychedelic preparation and integration and has also maintained ongoing commitments to deepen her study and apprenticeship of ancestral Earth-based practice with diverse Indigenous, First Nations wisdom keepers, teachers, and elders across North, Central, and South America.
Stepping into the space of psychedelic journey work is a great responsibility and requires the active intentionality, dedication, and commitment of the person wishing to journey with psychedelics in this way.
If you have been feeling called towards psychedelic journeying and are seeking aligned and grounded support and care through your journeying process, this offering may be for you.
PSYCHEDELIC SUPPORT WITH SACRED SPACE
PSYCHEDELIC PREPARATION AND INTEGRATION in Maryland, WAShINGTON DC, AND Virginia
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PREPARATION + INTAKE
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HARM REDUCTION + JOURNEY SUPPORT
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INTEGRATION
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EDUCATION RESOURCE BUNDLE
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ONGOING SUPPORT
2+ Virtual Preparation Sessions for discuss current circumstances, intentions, and appropriateness of fit
Education and harm-reduction support to help you thoughtfully prepare for an independent undertaken psychedelic experience
2+ Virutal Integration Sessions to Transform the Teachings of Your Journey in to Embodied Wisdom
Curated Workbooks to Optimize and Enhance your Psychedelic Preparation and Integration Process
Ongoing support to help you navigate your experience with greater intentionality, self-awareness, and groundedness.
IMPORTANT DISLAIMER:
Sacred Space provides preparation, harm reduction, and integration support for individuals who independently choose to engage in psychedelic or altered-state experiences. Sacred Space does not provide, supply, administer, procure, or facilitate access to psychedelic substances, or direct or supervise their use. Any decision to use a psychedelic substance is made independently by the client and remains their responsibility, including compliance with applicable laws. Our services provide non-judgmental psychological support, somatic regulation, education, and harm-reduction-informed care. This service is separate from Sacred Space's licensed psychotherapy services and does not constitute medical or psychiatric care, diagnosis, or treatment.
TRAUMA-INFORMED, NON-DIRECTIVE SUPPORT FOR JOURNEYING
PSYCHEDELIC PREPARATION, HARM REDUCTION, AND INTEGRATION
Week 1 + 2
PREPARATION + HARM REDUCTION
Our initial session focuses on understanding your circumstances, goals, relevant considerations, and the type of support you are seeking so that we can determine whether this psychedelic is an appropriate fit.
Following sessions will be focused on building internal capacity and awareness within your body, mind, emotional, and spiritual vessel to ensure you can receive fully from your upcoming journey. In addition, we will explore environmental considerations, intentions, potential risks, and other topics relevant to journeying. We may also discuss general considerations related to psychedelic experiences, including setting, personal readiness, and health or medication considerations to discuss with your medical provider. Sacred Space does not provide medical clearance or medical advice regarding psychedelic substance use.
We will also provide you with suggested reading, resources, and a journey preparation handbook, all included in your service cost.
WEEK 3
HARM REDUCTION + JOURNEY SUPPORT
The third week focuses on harm-reduction education and support for your independently undertaken psychedelic experience.
This support may include grounding practices, somatic regulation, preparation around setting and intention, and non-directive emotional support. We will explore strategies for navigating moments of difficulty, uncertainty, or emotional intensity, as well as considerations for maintaining safety and groundedness throughout your experience.
Sacred Space does not provide, administer, procure, or direct the use of psychedelic substances, including determining or administering dosage. Any decision to use a psychedelic substance is made independently by the client and remains outside the scope of Sacred Space's services.
WEEK 4 + 5
INTEGRATION
Psychedelic journeying is about so much more than just sitting with the plants. After journeying, there is often integration work to do. It is our responsibility to carry forward the wisdom and teachings we receive from the plants and apply them in our daily lives to promote deeper growth and healing. The process of integration helps support in this process. Following your journey, you will have two or more 50 minutes psychedelic integration sessions. These sessions coupled with our integration workbook will help support you in weaving these teachings from journey so they become an embodiment of how you walk in the world.
We also offer one-off 1:1 Preparation and Integration Sessions for folks who are seeking immediate support prior to or following an upcoming or recent psychedelic experience.
Psychedelic Preparation & Integration Sessions
Preparation Sessions
Psychedelic Preparation Sessions are curated to support you in fine-tuning and preparing yourself for your psychedelic journey with a sense of intentionality, self-awareness, and humbled respect for the power and ritual surrounding work with Master Plant Teachers. Together, we will clarify your intentions for journeying, build a deeper level of internal self awareness to help you better understand your unique growing edges, develop specific grounding and regulating practices to ensure you feel supported and safe throughout the ceremonial process, and create a clarity of understanding around what may or may not take place during your journey.
Integration Sessions
For those returning from a psychedelic experience, I offer integration sessions. Integration is an important process that can deeply influence how you carry this journey forward in your life. Integration is the journey of settling into, digesting, reflecting upon, and weaving the teachings of journey into the tapestry of your daily life. It helps you in transfor the lessons from journey into embodied wisdom through action and implementation. Without integration, the journey can simply become another collected memory, that can slowly dissipate into the background of your life, leading you further away from meeting your original intentions of journeying.
