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Our Team of Beaverton Psilocybin Facilitators
Our fully licensed facilitators are here to help you on your journey to personal growth. These hand-selected professionals are here to help prepare you for a psilocybin experience in a safe and supportive environment.
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Marlin Hofer
Marlin, a knowledgeable Psilocybin Facilitator, is passionate about guiding transformative journeys of self-discovery and healing. Trained and licensed in Oregon, he creates safe spaces for exploring the potential of psilocybin mushrooms. Marlin specializes in LGBTQ+ individuals, spiritual trauma reduction, and palliative/end-of-life care. He fosters trust, empathy, and non-judgment, assisting clients in setting intentions and preparing for their psilocybin experiences. Marlin prioritizes integration for long-term benefits and supports clients in finding mental health professionals. Committed to ongoing research, he upholds safety, confidentiality, and respect for each person’s unique journey, empowering profound healing and personal growth.
Ben Kramer
Ben Kramer is a licensed psilocybin facilitator, a Marine Corps Veteran, and an ex-firefighter, passionate about supporting fellow veterans and first responders in his work. During his five years of active duty, he served in combat, achieving the rank of Sergeant before his honorable discharge. After serving in the military, Ben began his seven-year career as a firefighter/EMT. These experiences give him first-hand insight into the challenges within these communities and how best to serve them. The research suggesting the profound efficacy of psilocybin for treating conditions such as PTSD, depression, and addiction gave Ben an undeniable drive to contribute to this transformative work. Outside of facilitating, Ben is also an ambassador for the Heroic Hearts Project, a nonprofit committed to helping veterans with PTSD access psychedelics, and an educator for future psilocybin facilitators at Clinical Cognitive. He is dedicated to ensuring the safety and well-being of every psilocybin participant, providing all a secure space for healing and growth.
Jessica
Jessica is on an exploration to harness the wisdom of earth medicines like psilocybin for personal growth and profound connections. Through her own healing journey, she has experienced the transformative power of these sacred substances. Now, she is here to provide a safe haven for those seeking adventure and healing in a supportive and comfortable setting. Her work is rooted in values of acceptance, safety, intentionality, trauma awareness, person centered, culturally sensitive, and harm reductionism. With many years as a wellness coach, case manager, and social worker, she advocates tirelessly for your well-being, ensuring your journey is free from judgment and discomfort. Jessica doesn’t claim expertise in what you want or need; instead, she is your steadfast ally, helping you navigate through your discovery process. It’s important to her that your journey reflects your values, culture, identities, and desires. Whether you prefer a clinical, spiritual, or other tailored approach, it will be an experience that aligns with your beliefs, needs, and comfort. As such, the outcome is also guided by you, ranging from a simple experience to profound, life-transforming insights integrated into your everyday life. Jessica will foster a nurturing environment, focusing on your physical comfort, emotional readiness, and somatic well-being. She will provide support by intuitively attuning to your needs, giving affirmations, guiding you through calming techniques, and offer unwavering support. Clients praise her judgment-free approach, her calming presence, her intentional and grounding care. She is available for journey navigation on Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays. Interested in starting your transformative journey? Reach out to Jessica at her website www.nurturingnavigation.com for a free 15-minute consultation. Pricing All-Inclusive $1000+ or more, client negotiated and 20% discount for OHP eligible clients.
Susanne
Susanne cares deeply about helping people heal from their past and embrace their future. She received her Master of Social Work from Portland State University and has spent 15 years serving through the Department of Human Services. Susanne brings these years of trauma informed and culturally humble practice to her facilitation services. In 2023 she was Oregon’s first recipient of the Healing Advocacy Fund’s psilocybin training scholarship. Susanne completed psilocybin training through Clinical Cognitive Facilitator Training and is a licensed Oregon Facilitator. Susanne has experienced personal growth and healing with the use of psilocybin and is excited to help you navigate your personal experience. She has a personal understanding of how psilocybin encourages us to access new ways to view old beliefs. She is passionate about helping people who feel like they have tried everything else Western medicine has to offer. Her experience is working with people with complex trauma, relationship attachment challenges, fear of death/dying, addiction, and adverse childhood experiences. Psilocybin facilitation and integration coaching allows Susanne to utilize past experience in social services to help people find and maintain inner peace. “Working in the psilocybin space is extremely rewarding when there is clear communication, education, and expectations. I strive to have a lot of dialog with people I work with to ensure we are understanding the ‘why’ behind psilocybin facilitation. I believe that helping people gain access to psilocybin services is crucial, whether that is with me or another better suited facilitator. I believe psilocybin can open the door for your own unique journey to begin.” ~Susanne Ulvi, MSW
Melissa
Melissa is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Clinical Supervisor, Adjunct Faculty at George Fox University and Certified Drug and Alcohol Counselor (CADC 1) in Portland, OR. She has been in private practice since 2013 and specializes in working with Trauma and Addiction. She began her journey working in the counseling field by helping patients who struggle with addiction at Hazelden Betty Ford. She soon discovered that her passion was helping individuals to rebuild their lives and relationships by overcoming trauma. She continued her calling by specializing in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing) to help others overcome childhood trauma, mental health issues, and substance abuse. After years of specializing in trauma, she saw the power of Psilocybin and got Certified as a Psilocybin Facilitator approved by OHA (Oregon Health Authority). She is passionate to help clients heal from Depression, Anxiety, Complex Trauma and Addiction. Her education includes a BS in psychology from Portland State University and a MS in Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute in Carpinteria, CA.
Heidi
Heidi is a nutritional therapy practitioner, an ICF credentialed coach, a licensed psilocybin facilitator and a long time plant medicine advocate. SHe has deep respect that a psilocybin experience can offer a gateway to healing and it is her honor to co-create with you, a safe, confidential container, free of judgement to shape your path to healing. She specializes in mind-body connection and working with folks wanting to explore their own unique journey with body image. Wanting a kinder self worth, self compassion and to feel more alive, free, appreciative and in connection. Her approach as a coach and facilitator is that each one of us are naturally creative, resourceful and whole, able to connect with a deep innate inner healing intelligence. Her alliance with you begins before your journey, supporting you in your preparation and clarity of intentions, so that you feel secure. It continues after your journey in your integration session(s) which are a space for you to make meaning of the profound reflections you had. Her style of integration is non-directive and relational, empowering your narratives so that you can anchor the growth that comes from it. Rates: $1200
Matt
With six years of experience as a youth crisis interventionist and program supervisor for at-risk-young adults, Matthew possesses a robust background in employing a trauma-informed approach to assist others through challenging situations and personal development. As a trained educator and experienced teacher, Matthew ensures his clients are well-prepared for their psilocybin journey. He extends this committment to the training of future facilitators. Matthew's passion for entheogens has been cultivated over the course of 25 years and he is deeply grateful for the opportunity to utilitze his range of skills and experiences in support of his community in the purposeful use of psilocybin. Matthew has been actively facilitating since he co-facilitated the second session held legally in Oregon. As a facilitator he actively engages in ongoing professional development, recently completing an End-of-Life Doula certification. Rates: $1200
Aaron
Aaron, a Bioengineering graduate from Oregon State University, is a Clinical Cognitive Facilitator dedicated to improving mental health. Passionate about aiding those with anxiety, depression, PTSD, and seeking daily joy, he values patience, diligence, and forgiveness in the healing process. With experience in sports and personal injuries, Aaron understands physical, emotional, and mental recovery. He respects and empathizes with veterans and actively serves them. With a decade of stress support training, he practices mindfulness through meditation and breathwork, prioritizing ongoing education and research for optimal care. Fee Schedule: $1200, 10% Discount for First Responder, Military, and anyone with financial reasons (no questions asked). 20% discount for returning clients. 20% for successful client referral
Caitlyn
Caitlyn Sweat, a Licensed Psilocybin Facilitator, serves as a guiding beacon for individuals embarking on transformative journeys. Drawing from her background in Behavioral Neuroscience and her experiences as a Navy Veteran, Caitlyn understands the profound impact of navigating uncharted waters. Her own transformative journey with Psilocybin has reshaped her life, inspiring a deep commitment to guiding others towards healing and growth. Known for her understanding, inclusivity, and empathy, Caitlyn embodies qualities of positivity, adventure, and acceptance. She believes in the transformative power of self-reflection and intentional action, inviting individuals of all backgrounds and experiences to embark on this journey towards healing and growth together.
Jacob
For Jacob Trosen, facilitation is a promise and request, both working to unburden and reorient the client so they may become fully enveloped in the journey with both openness and confidence. The promise, he believes, is to work with clients’ intentions, fears, expectations, and goals to help contour an experience that best fits their needs. Whether that includes confronting problem habits or patterns in their behavior, addressing painful memories, or simply wanting to understand themselves, pull the lid off and jump inside more fully. The facilitator’s request is for the client to be honest, forthright, and frank about the desires, concerns, and challenges which piqued their interest in a journey with psilocybin. Second, the facilitator requests that we shelve our daily distractions, our responsibilities, and worries; to relax and become fully unmoored is required for the depth and richness that characterizes such a journey. For the past 8 years, Jacob has counselled, and helped individuals impacted by substance use disorders—as well as their attendant underlying, and social/economic challenges—work to rebuild their lives, reconnect with lost family and friends, and integrate back into healthy social and community roles. He is a Bolivian American dual citizen, who lives SE Portland, with his wife, American bulldog, and a small feline coterie. His favorite day hike is Ape Cave. Jacob received a master’s degree in literature focusing on experimental works which bridged the late Enlightenment and early Romantic and wrote his thesis on Sublimity and excess in William Beckford’s Vathek.
Paula
Paula is an experienced guide and observer of people. With over 30 years as a professional therapist, she knows how to listen to people as they work through their life issues. She is a specialist in women's issues and end of life exploration.