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About Me:My journey into healing began in the South Pacific, where I watched my grandmother treat everyday ailments with herbs and remedies drawn from generational Ayurvedic knowledge. She was not bound by any single tradition. She consulted with neighbors from around the world, incorporating Chinese medicine and Western practices alongside her own. From her I learned that healing the body, mind, and spirit requires openness to whatever approach works.
A childhood shaped by travel with my academic parents deepened that perspective. Living among people across cultures taught me that while methods of healing vary, the underlying goal is universal: to ease suffering for individuals, their loved ones, and their communities.
I earned my doctorate from Louisiana State University, majoring in clinical psychology with minors in neuropsychology and psychopharmacology. I have worked across psychiatric hospitals, community mental health centers, developmental centers, and private practice. I have consulted for hospitals, foster care systems, and government agencies at local, state, and federal levels. I have over 70 publications and have trained professionals around the globe.
In 2025, I published the THRIVE Model of Psychedelic Integration in Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry (Springer), a peer-reviewed, six-dimensional framework that assesses functioning across nature connection, physical health, relationships, internal self, values, and existential meaning. THRIVE now guides all of my clinical work.
Today, I lead AHWI Psychology Group in Charlottesville, Virginia, offering psychedelic integration therapy, ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, ketamine integration therapy, microdose coaching, complex trauma treatment, executive coaching, the NeuroEdge Adaptive Trader Program, and individual, couples, and family therapy. I am PSYPACT-authorized for telehealth in 40+ states.
Description of Services:I combine over 25 years of experience across clinical psychology, psychopharmacology, mindfulness, neuropsychology, and executive coaching to provide a truly individualized approach grounded in the THRIVE Framework.
Published in Current Treatment Options in Psychiatry (Springer, 2025), THRIVE is a peer-reviewed, six-dimensional model that addresses nature connection, physical health, relationships, internal self, values, and existential meaning. For psychedelic integration, I begin the process before the experience to set the stage at the neuronal level for growth and transformative change.
Using the THRIVE Integration Protocol (TRIP) assessment, I evaluate each client across all six dimensions, producing a personalized integration plan with clear priorities and a structured 60-30-10 resource allocation model: 60% focus on primary growth areas, 30% on secondary dimensions, and 10% on maintaining existing strengths.
This model of integration allows us to: identify and clarify your goals; set appropriate intentions and the right setting; map areas of strength, challenge, potential, and growth across all six dimensions; develop specific practices, habits, and skills that are taken into and strengthened by the psychedelic experience; and integrate the experience to promote true healing and sustainable long-term change.
Beyond psychedelic integration, AHWI Psychology Group offers ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, ketamine integration therapy, microdose coaching, complex trauma and PTSD treatment, executive coaching, the NeuroEdge Adaptive Trader Program, and individual, couples, and family therapy. All services are available via PSYPACT-authorized telehealth in 40+ states.
Credentials & Certifications: Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology (Louisiana State University), Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Published Researcher (70+ publications), Creator of the THRIVE Model of Psychedelic Integration (Springer, 2025), ICF Member, Psychopharmacology, Neuropsychology,Licenses: Virginia - 0810004408; California - PSY23917Details
Remote Practitioner: YesSpecializing In: Anxiety and Depression, CBT, Ketamine Integration, Microdosing, Mindfulness-based therapy, Psychedelic Preparation and Integration, and PTSDPrice Range: $200-$500/hrMy Process
Overview of Experience:Preparation includes an initial consultation, completing the THRIVE Integration Protocol (TRIP) assessment, an intake appointment, goal setting, Q&A, psychoeducation across all six THRIVE dimensions, and preparatory breathing and altered states of mind work. Integration follows a structured 60-30-10 resource allocation model, focusing 60% on your primary growth areas, 30% on secondary dimensions, and 10% on maintaining existing strengths. All sessions are available in person at our Charlottesville office or via secure telehealth nationwide through PSYPACT authorization.
Intake Process:The journey begins with a consultation, either in person or via secure telehealth. During our initial conversation, we discuss what led you to seek psychedelic integration, your past experience with psychedelics (if any), what is currently impacting your life, and what you hope to achieve from this work.
If there is a good fit, you complete the THRIVE Integration Protocol (TRIP) assessment, a structured evaluation across six dimensions of functioning: nature connection, physical health, relationships, internal self, values, and existential meaning. This produces your personalized THRIVE profile, which becomes the foundation for all preparation and integration work.
From there, we schedule your first preparation session, during which we explore your background in greater depth, set intentions, clarify goals, and begin developing the specific practices and skills that will be taken into and strengthened by the psychedelic experience.
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