Facilitation is in-experience support — staying present during a psychedelic experience you've arranged, to monitor safety, hold the space, and be available for whatever the experience asks for. It's the service this practice offers least often and most carefully, because the legal, clinical, and ethical constraints around it are the tightest on the site. This page describes when and how I offer it.
Legal framework
Facilitation is only offered inside legally-sanctioned containers.
Concretely, that means one of the following:
- Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy inside my clinical practice, which sits under [my licensure — Danna to fill] and the relevant [state medical board / prescriber relationship — Danna to fill]. See KAP for the fuller description of that service; ketamine facilitation is described there rather than here.
- Legal psilocybin services in a jurisdiction that licenses them (e.g., Oregon's Measure 109 / Colorado's Proposition 122 frameworks, where applicable), in a relationship with a licensed service center. I do not offer facilitation inside psilocybin contexts that are not legally licensed.
- Legally-protected ceremonial contexts under a religious-freedom exemption (e.g., UDV, Santo Daime). I do not step into these as a facilitator except in specific pre-existing relationships, and only when the ceremonial tradition itself has invited it.
I do not facilitate experiences that are outside these frames. If the container you're using doesn't fit one of the above, facilitation is not a service I can offer you — but preparation and integration coaching are available whether or not your container is one I can facilitate inside, because those services sit cleanly on the legal side of the line.
What facilitation includes
Every container is different. In general, facilitation day includes:
- Pre-experience grounding. A short structured arrival — breath, intention, setting up the space — done together at the start.
- Presence through the experience. I'm there for the duration. How physically close, how talkative, and how interactive I am depends on the container, the substance, and what we've agreed on in preparation.
- Safety monitoring. Watching for signs the nervous system is moving into a range that needs intervention — ordinary coaching tools in most cases, medical escalation where warranted.
- Closing. A structured return — hydration, grounding, quiet time — before you leave the session.
What facilitation does not include:
- Medical or clinical care beyond basic monitoring.
- Providing, procuring, or administering any substance. In the legal contexts listed above, administration is done by a licensed clinician or service center, not by me.
- Ongoing support after the experience day itself. That's what integration coaching is for.
Who this tends to fit
Facilitation is a fit when:
- The container you're using is legally sanctioned under one of the frames above.
- You've done or are committed to preparation and integration work alongside the facilitation day.
- You've had a consultation with me and we've confirmed together that facilitation inside your specific container is something I can step into.
It's not a fit when:
- The container is outside the legal frames this practice works within.
- You're looking for facilitation without preparation or integration. I don't offer standalone facilitation.
- The container is a first psychedelic experience and the safety margins of remote or minimal facilitation feel insufficient for what you're attempting.