Instructors and Community of Practitioners
Innate Path Instructors
Jen Fiser LPC
Lead instructor, psychotherapist - Boulder, CO
Jen@innatepath.org
Jen served as the supervisor and clinical director for Innate Path for three years and was instrumental in developing the model of psychedelic psychotherapy used at the clinic. She now heads up the Innate Path Psychedelic Psychotherapy training, offers individual and group supervision and sees clients. Her education includes Buddhist psychology, somatic psychotherapy and group process, with work experience as a teacher, supervisor, group process leader, meditation instructor and therapist in private practice. Her interests are mainly in making psychedelic and psychedelically-informed care accessible to as many people as possible because it offers much needed solutions to a system that oen does more harm than good. Areas of particular interest are adolescent health, trauma prevention, impactful solutions to addiction and forming high level community-wide conversations.
Andres Zambrano LPC
Lead instructor, psychotherapist - Boulder, CO
Andres@innatepath.org
Andrés graduated from Naropa University with a Master’s Degree in Contemplative Psychotherapy. Andrés has a holistic approach to psychotherapy, rooted in the belief that healing is most effective if it addresses the full range of the human experience, including body, mind and spirit. His perspectives on healing stem from his personal work in different wisdom traditions of the world: Andrés has received training in shamanic traditions of South, Central, and North America. He completed his yoga teacher training in India, studied massage therapy in Thailand and has practiced chinese martial arts for several years. Additionally, he worked for three years as a wilderness field guide in a wilderness treatment program with and emphasis on addiction. Andrés is devoted to being an unconditional support for his clients, walking beside them as they heal their deepest wounds and rediscover the wisdom of their body along the way.
Aviva Bannerman LPC
Lead instructor, psychotherapist - Boulder, CO
https://avivabannerman.com; info@avivabannerman.com
Aviva graduated from Naropa University with a Master’s Degree in Somatic Counseling Psychology. As a Licensed Professional Counselor, she currently offers somatic psychotherapy, ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, cannabis-assisted psychotherapy, and psychedelic integration sessions. Her work centers around your experience, helping you move more deeply into your feelings, inhabit your body more fully, and process unconscious material that’s been keeping you stagnant. Aviva encourages her clients to get comfortable with the uncomfortable in order to process difficult past events, which can lead to more freedom in one's life. Aware of the strong healing capacity of psychedelics, she feels passionate about the movement toward psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy and honored to assist clients on their unique journeys toward health and well-being.
Lyndsey Lyons LPC
Lead instructor, Psychotherapist - Boulder, CO
Lyndseylyons.com
Lyndsey works with individuals and couples looking to explore more depth and connection in their lives. They specialize in sexuality, healing attachment wounds, and psychedelic integration and support. While expanded states of consciousness can facilitate profound healing, Lyndsey believes that it’s channeling the wisdom of these states into embodied connection with ourselves and others that offers lasting healing.
Nicole Sylvestre LPC
Instructor, psychotherapist - Longmont, CO
rememberinggrace@protonmail.com
Nicole is a somatic psychotherapist and shamanic practitioner. She has a psychedelically focused private practice, and is a psychotherapist for the MAPS Phase 3 trials studying (and legalizing!) MDMA assisted psychotherapy for PTSD. She holds a Masters degree in Transpersonal Psychotherapy from Naropa University and has a decade of post-graduate training in various holistic healing modalities that address healing through the lens of body, mind, and spirit integration. She is passionate about guiding clients through the psychedelic experience as a way to help them remember the freedom, sovereignty, and divinity that is their birthright.
Jennifer Egloff LCSW
Instructor, psychotherapist - Broomfield, CO
Jenniferegloff@gmail.com
Jennifer Egloff is a licensed clinical social worker with over ten years of experience working in community mental health, substance abuse treatment, and crisis intervention. Through her personal experience working with psychedelics, Jennifer has gained a depth of understanding about how to heal, not just manage, and now offers the same transformative work she found through her personal journey to her clients. Jennifer's approach to therapy is collaborative, compassionate, and client-centered, creating a safe and supportive environment for her clients to explore their inner experiences and heal from past trauma. In her free time, Jennifer enjoys practicing yoga, hiking with her dogs and spending time with friends and family.
Paulus Yohnson
Instructor, somatic psychedelic guide - Boulder, CO
Paul is a somatic psychedelic guide trained and well practiced in Innate Path’s method, authentic relating, parts work, existential kink, and reality creation techniques. In guiding sessions, Paulus holds a deeply compassionate, and fully welcoming space for others to feel and process any and all of the subconscious aspects of themselves that may be giving rise to stuck patterns of frustration, depression, anxiety and other existential challenges. Paulus aims to help others find their own innate courage, compassion and clarity; qualities that are the essential keys to discovering, accepting, honoring, and ultimately dissolving any of the deeply rooted cycles that may haunt us. In addition to one on one work, Paulus regularly holds group support circles for psychedelic practitioners and explorers.
Betsy Fowler RN, Somatic Guide
Instructor, somatic psychedelic guide - Denver/Golden, CO
www.embodied-guidance.com
betsyfowler13@gmail.com
Betsy is a registered nurse who has received training in psychedelic somatic therapy through Innate Path. Through experience and integration of her nine years of working in multiple settings as a nurse and her own journey through healing with psychedelic therapy, she offers an empathetic, open space to guide others in accessing their own healing. Betsy offers cannabis-assisted somatic guidance and psychedelic integration support. She seeks to help others connect with their innate abilities of healing through a trauma-informed, holistic lens. She offers a safe container to gain access to the subconscious to heal on a deeper level while also incorporating parts work, mindfulness practices, and other holistic integrative tools.
Hannah Buzzo, LPC, LAC
Instructor, psychotherapist - Summit County + Denver, CO
www.hannahbuzzo.com
hannahbuzzolpc@gmail.com
Hannah is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Licensed Addiction Counselor (LAC) specializing in the treatment of trauma, addictions/substance use, eating disorders, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. Hannah implements modalities that combine traditional and alternative approaches in order to help clients maintain long lasting changes. Hannah's goal as a therapist is to create a non-judgemental space for clients to begin the work that allows them to move past what holds them back and into lives and relationships they truly love. Hannah sees clients in Summit County (Silverthorne), and Denver.
Lee Douglas Nadeau LPC
Instructor, psychotherapist - Bend OR
www.douglaspsychotherapy.com
douglaspsychotherapy@protonmail.com
Lee is a somatic, relational & nature-based psychotherapist based in northern Colorado & Oregon. As a Licensed Professional Counselor [LPC], he offers individual counseling services to adults, young adults and adolescents who want to feel more connected to themselves, others and the natural world. Prior to graduating from Naropa University with a Masters Degree in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Wilderness Therapy, Lee taught high school English and Algebra in Eastern North Carolina through Teach for America. He completed his post-graduate licensure hours at a nature-based school & young adult program in Costa Rica where he lived, learned and surfed for 4 years. Please check-out his website to learn more!
Kayle Elliot MA, LPCC
Instructor, psychotherapist - Denver/Golden, CO
goldencounseling.com
kayleelliott@gmail.com
Kayle graduated from the University of Colorado with a Master’s Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. She offers psychedelic assisted psychotherapy in Golden and Denver, CO. Her specialties include working with individuals who feel stunted by the lingering impact of trauma, PTSD, substance abuse, and early childhood relational wounding. She also incorporates sensory deprivation tanks and clinical flotation therapy into her work with clients. Kayle believes that therapy isn’t about ‘fixing’ oneself; rather, it is a journey from insight to integration, a reclamation of everything you have lost along the way, a practice of gentleness, and a return to wholeness. Her intention is to help you shift any unwanted habits or patterns as you mutually explore alternative ways to manage your mind, regulate your nervous system, and attend to your body with self-love and acceptance. Check out her website to learn more!
Community of Practitioners
Aaron Galloway LPC
Psychotherapist - Boulder, CO
https://aarongallowaycounseling.com
aarongallowaycounseling@gmail.com
Aaron received his Master of Arts from Appalachian State University, and is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Nationally Certified Counselor. Aaron is trained in Somatic and Attachment Focused EMDR, Gestalt Therapy, and trauma-focused psychedelic assisted therapy. Aaron's specialties include trauma and stressor-related disorders, anxiety, depression, substance use, and relationship/attachment challenges. If you're interested in learning more, please check out his website.
Laura Lovato PhD
Licensed Clinical Psychologist - Denver,
Drlauralovato.clientsecure.me
Laura is a clinical psychologist specializing in the treatment of anxiety, trauma, relational concerns, and chronic pain. She is passionate about supporting the growth of other healers- providing supervision to therapists and teaching medical and physical therapy students. She works from a personalized approach, using a combination of somatic, emotion, and mindfulness-based techniques to help her clients connect with the messages of their bodies so that they may recognize and meet underlying needs. Through the exploration of current patterns and true desires, she helps her clients let go of insecurity and uncertainty and instead confidently pursue what makes them feel alive, aligned, and connected.
Lucia Cordeiro LPC
Psychotherapist - Longmont, CO
expandcounseling@gmail.com
Lucia is a psychotherapist working primarily with couples and psychedelic-assisted therapy in Longmont, CO. Her studies at Naropa University provided her with an expansive ability to be with people in their profound experiences. Before therapy she spent 14 years as a Yoga therapist and teacher trainer, traveling to India annually. She is now pursuing a PhD in Clinical Sexology, is a TEDx speaker and is writing a book on sexuality. Lucia's work with couples mainly involves helping partners understand one another and take responsibility in order to find a safe and fulfilling partnership. Her work with psychedelics helps people access deep parts of themselves that were previously unavailable. She is originally from Brazil and loves spending time with her husband, children, family and friends in tropical places eating delicious fruit.
Julian Royce MA, LPCC
Psychotherapist - Boulder, CO
www.astateofmindcounseling.org
Julian holds a Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling as well as a Masters in Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies from Naropa University. He currently works as a trauma informed psychotherapist, meditation teacher, coach and is the host of A State of Mind podcast. He loves helping people to access their own innate wisdom and healing capacity and works from a non judgmental space that supports the individual in their own unique process and life. His clients often report greater feelings of aliveness, meaning and confidence in handling life's many challenges.
Anne Arndt, MA, CHT
Psychotherapist - Parker/Aurora, CO
www.annearndt.com
Anne is a somatic-based therapist with a focus on helping people process trauma and other subconscious material that prevents them from living peacefully and meaningfully in the present. She has a Master’s degree in Transpersonal Psychology and has worked as a holistic therapist for over 17 years. Anne offers a safe container where you can be you, whatever that looks like. She is a passionate psychedelic guide who thrives in helping people access the innate healing and wisdom that lives within each of us.
Paul Langfield LMFT NBCCH
Psychotherapist - Loveland CO
CohesiveSOULutions.com, CohesiveCoaching.com, Info@CohesiveSOULutions.com
Paul is a multi-state Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 30 years of experience providing solution-focused Individual & Family Therapy, Addictions Counseling (CAC-III), Traumatic Brain Injury treatment, and Executive Leadership Coaching. He has provided caring and effective psychotherapy in both outpatient and inpatient settings as well as performing formal psychological evaluations, and providing graduate instruction and clinical supervision for Colorado State University since 2015. As a Nationally Board-Certified Fellow in Clinical Hypnotherapy, Paul has been leveraging the healing power of un-ordinary states of consciousness with clients for decades, culminating in the addition of Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy to his practice in 2021. Paul specializes in using a hypno-somatic™ approach to Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy, which leverages the power of hypnotic language patterns to enhance the holistic, mind-body approach to psychological healing that Somatic Therapy is known for. His gentle approach empowers clients by leveraging the ego-softening elements of psychedelic medicines to promote deep healing through their own experiences and insights, with the professional guidance that flows from Paul's decades of experience working with the unconscious mind. Paul is a husband, and father of five grown children. He enjoys SCUBA diving, painting, and designing/building electric guitars in his free time. Paul is looking forward to sharing his pioneering approach to hypnotherapy at HypnoThoughts Live (the world's largest international hypnosis conference) next July at the Sahara, Las Vegas.
Diane Bartko, LPC, BC-DMT, ACS, AEDP Level II
Licensed Somatic Psychotherapist, Board Certified Dance Movement Therapist, Approved Clinical Supervisor - Boulder, CO
somaticcounselingstudio.com
Di is currently the founder of the Somatic Counseling Studio in Boulder, CO offering individual and group psychotherapy and supervision. Di served as the clinical supervisor and faculty at Naropa University, in the MA Somatic Counseling Program for over 15 years. Her education includes Multicultural competency, Buddhist psychology, contemplative practices, and authentic movement. Di believes Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy provides experiences of mutuality and reciprocity in which we are open to receiving another person, as they are. For the client who was rejected in childhood, this moment of being received can be profoundly reparative. Emotional challenges, relationship frustrations, and stress can be clues about important subconscious material and point to areas for acceptance and growth that may be ripe to explore. Diane wants to be a part of the mental health solution in providing medicine sessions to as many people as possible!
Inga Larson, LCSW, ACS, LMT
Psychotherapist - Denver, CO
https://www.ingalarson.com
Inga is a somatically trained psychotherapist (LCSW) with over 20 years of experience, incorporating bodywork for trauma with other modalities in order to ignite the liveliness and innate healing power of which we are all capable. She’s taught multiple clinical organizations, including Innate Path, in the ethical and therapeutic use of touch. She believes that an integrated mind/body approach, enhanced by the thoughtful use of psychedelics, can bring healing to the deepest of wounds, allowing us to form rich relationships with our selves, others and the world in which we live, and impact. Specializing in developmental trauma and CPTSD.
Michelle Godwin, LPC
Psychotherapist - Denver, CO
Michelle has been a licensed therapist for 24 years and loves seeing clients heal and progress! She assists clients in seeing how their personal histories relate to current functioning. She finds it so gratifying when we see formerly confusing things actually make sense. She helps people discharge long-harbored stress and trauma using medicine-assisted therapy, EMDR, somatic interventions, etc to support the body's natural healing mechanisms, to help calm the central nervous system, and to facilitate peaceful, healthier living.
Cait Duncan LCSW, LAC
Psychotherapist - Denver, CO
Cait is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and Licensed Addiction Counselor (LAC) who brings years of experience from working in nonprofits and treatment centers at various levels of care into her private practice. She integrated psychedelic assisted psychotherapy into her practice due to her belief that there is no one way to get well and her desire to treat the whole person through holistic modalities. Cait strives to create a collaborative and supportive environment with her clients to form a person-centered treatment plan.
Maya Golan LPC
Psychotherapist - Boulder, CO
mayagolan.com; counseling@mayagolan.com
Maya is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who graduated from Naropa University with a Master’s Degree in Somatic Counseling Psychology. With a compassionate approach, Maya assists individuals and couples in navigating challenges such as trauma, PTSD, depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and relational /attachment wounds. She believes that challenges are essential to growth. Seeking help doesn't mean something is wrong; it's about wanting to improve. Through somatic healing therapy, Maya guides her clients to rediscover their inner resilience, fostering strength to start anew.
Monica King MA, LPCC
Psychotherapist - Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
moderncurandera@gmail.com
Monica is a Somatic Psychotherapist specializing in trauma and resilience. She has been working with individuals and groups in the tradition of Curanderismo for 20yrs in the US and Mexico. Her integrative therapy style includes ancestral guidance, nutrition, herbal teas, energy work, and/or dream analysis. She has been initiated in several indigenous traditions of healing, and blends both Western mental health perspective and ancient healing modalities. She is passionate about working with members of the BIPOC community, serving teens and adult clients dealing with issues around identity, diversity, sexuality, power/privilege, family systems, and intergenerational trauma.
Michael Boudreaux, LPC
Psychotherapist - Denver, CO
lpc@boo-dro.net; boo-dro.net
Boudreaux’s journey is rooted in personal growth and a deep desire to help others. After leaving a successful career in information technology, he served in the Peace Corps, became a stay-at-home dad and worked as a therapist in the Jefferson County Jail. His work is also informed by his long-standing meditation practice emphasizing the Four Immeasurables. These influences helped enrich his understanding of human nature.
Boudreaux (pronounced Boo-dro) is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a somatic psychotherapist specializing in Hakomi, a method that integrates body awareness, mindfulness, and relationship to foster deep healing and transformation. Additionally, Boudreaux is trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and utilizes Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help his clients gain self-awareness and navigate life's challenges.
Boudreaux believes that psychotherapy combined with non-ordinary states of consciousness can be a rapid and powerful agent of change. He offers ketamine and cannabis assisted psychotherapy and is prepared to offer MDMA and Psilocybin assisted therapy as those substances become permissible in psychotherapy. To this end, he has completed psychedelic training programs offered by Innate Path, MAPS and PRATI.
Megan Ramos MA, LPC
Psychotherapist - Boulder, CO
www.lifeknowstheway.com; lifeknowstheway@gmail.com
Megan is a Somatic Psychotherapist who helps clients let go to the innate healing wisdom in the body and the living field. With a master’s degree in Somatic Counseling Psychology from Naropa University, and additional training in EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, and Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, she offers somatic, energetic and intuitive support for clients to engage their healing process, meet inherited patterns and body memories, and come into more harmony with nature (our own, and the rhythms and cycles of life). Megan is passionate about the ways that psychedelic assisted therapy can assist in this process and brings a nuanced sight and presence to help clients tap into the healing nature of their own, interconnected unfolding.
Tony Shawcross
Psychedelic Therapist and Trainer - Denver, CO
skepticalseekers.com; info@skepticalseekers.com
Tony is the Founder of the Colorado Psychedelic Facilitator's Cohort, a peer-led group of psychedelic assisted therapists and psychedelic facilitators learning and teaching each other with an aim of expanding economic accessibility to the skills of psychedelic facilitation. Tonyis trained in Internal Family Systems (including Parts Work & Coherence Therapy), Somatic Experiencing, Gestalt, and Trauma & Attachment support with Certifications in Radical Honesty, Psychedelic Assisted Therapy and Memory Reconsolidation (Trauma Solutions DARe Certification). Tony leads regular meetups and workshops in Denver and at his retreat center in Costa Rica.
Anya Garvey LPC
Psychedelic Therapist - Lafayette, CO
DangGoodTherapy@gmail.com; Psychology Today Listing
Anya Garvey is the founder of Dang Good Therapy, where she provides dang good therapy for a damn good life. She is not the type of therapist who simply nods, listens, and summarizes. She is direct, yet compassionate and is solution-focused, goal-oriented, and action-driven so clients start living the life they want to be living.
Anya is an experienced and dedicated Licensed Professional Counselor with 15+ years of experience providing individual, couples, family, and group counseling. Along with psychedelic-assisted therapy, she provides high quality, effective, holistic care through integrative and body-based modalities including somatic, attachment, parts work, and mindfulness techniques. She also holds advanced training in The Gottman Method, EMDR, Eating Disorder treatment, Nutritional Psychology, Functional Medicine, Yoga, TRE, and Canine-Assisted Therapy.
She has a broad range of expertise and is especially skilled to work with clients experiencing stress/anxiety, trauma, addiction, polyamory, neurodivergence, eating disorders, grief/loss, life transitions, and queer gender and sexual identities.