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Psychedelic Preparation & Integration Therapy

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Psychedelic Integration Therapy: Preparing for and Processing Your Journey

A psychedelic retreat is a profound experience, but the real change unfolds in the preparation and integration. These extra sessions help you step into your journey with clarity and confidence—and carry its wisdom into your daily life.

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Our all-female team has been guiding people through psychedelic journeys since 2018.

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What Are Psychedelic Preparation & Integration Therapy Sessions?

Clinical research has shown that structured psychedelic integration therapy significantly enhances the benefits of psychedelic experiences. Most clinical trials use three preparation and three integration sessions to maximize therapeutic impact. Through years of experience, we’ve seen that extra support leads to deeper healing, long-term transformation, and a stronger foundation for growth.

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Our Unique Approach With Psilocybin Assisted Therapy

Our Inner Shift Method combines psilocybin-assisted therapy with inner child work, parts work (IFS), and somatic therapy. We also use it for our preparation and integration sessions.

No matter if you are on a psilocybin journey with us or in a preparation & integration session with us, our mostly female team guides you towards deep internal shifts, helping you move from challenging states to impactful realisations. Our experienced facilliators help you to face your deepest fears while feeling supported and nurtured.

Since 2018, we’ve pioneered psilocybin retreats, becoming a leading force in the field. Today, as The Inner Shift Institute, we continue to lead with vision, competence and a heartfelt commitment to each individual’s journey through psilocybin-assisted therapy.

We specialisse in addressing confusion, lack of self-worth, feeling lost, depression, anxiety, ADHD, autism, OCD, eating disorders, co-dependency, imposter syndrome and other mental health struggles, providing tailored support to guide you towards lasting healing and growth.

Extra Psychedelic Preparation Therapy Sessions

More preparation leads to deeper breakthroughs. These sessions help you:

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Strengthen your ability to navigate intense emotions and to surrender to the psychedelic experience.

Work through doubts and create a mindset of openness and trust.

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Define meaningful intentions to guide and deepen your journey.

Extra Psychedelic Integration Therapy Sessions

Your retreat is just the beginning—real transformation happens in the weeks and months that follow. Integration sessions offer:

Unpack and make sense of your experience with professional support.

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Receive guidance to manage post-journey emotions and transitions.

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Apply insights to your daily life for meaningful, long-term growth.

FAQ

Psychedelic Preparation Therapy Sessions

These sessions help you mentally, emotionally, and physically prepare for your psychedelic experience. You’ll work closely with your practitioner to:

  • Address any fears, anxieties, or resistance that may arise
  • Develop tools to regulate your nervous system during the journey
  • Strengthen your connection to yourself and your intentions
  • Explore subconscious beliefs and emotional patterns that may surface
  • Set clear, aligned intentions to guide your experience

The goal is to enter your psychedelic journey with confidence, emotional stability, and a sense of readiness, ensuring that you can fully receive its insights and healing potential.

Psychedelic Integration Therapy Sessions

These sessions are where the real work begins after your experience. You’ll process and apply what you’ve learned by:

  • Making sense of powerful emotions or visions that surfaced
  • Helping you to find emotional closure if the experience leaves you raw and open
  • Understanding how the experience relates to your personal healing or growth
  • Integrating insights into daily life in a tangible and lasting way
  • Exploring new ways of thinking, feeling, and being
  • Identifying and overcoming resistance to change

Without integration, psychedelic experiences can remain abstract or fleeting. Our approach ensures that insights are translated into real, sustainable transformation.

Preparation sessions help you mentally, emotionally, and physically get ready for your psychedelic journey. You’ll work through fears, set clear intentions, and develop tools to navigate your experience. Integration sessions help you process and apply what you’ve learned—ensuring your insights lead to real, sustainable change.

If you're feeling anxious, unprepared, or overwhelmed about your upcoming psychedelic experience, preparation sessions can provide essential support. They help you work through fears, set clear intentions, and develop grounding techniques to ensure you enter your journey with emotional stability and confidence.

After a psychedelic experience, integration sessions help bridge the gap between profound insights and practical application. If you find yourself struggling to make sense of your journey, feeling emotionally raw, or unsure of how to translate your experience into lasting change, additional integration sessions can provide structured guidance. Many people discover that ongoing support helps them deepen their healing, sustain personal growth, and fully integrate their experiences into daily life.

Yes, our psychedelic preparation and integration therapy sessions are helpful, even if you’re working with psychedelics outside of a retreat setting. They provide tools to approach your experience with greater clarity and emotional stability.

Absolutely. Many people find that microdosing enhances the integration process, making it easier to stay connected to their insights over time.

  • Single additional session (1 hour): €250
  • Package of 5 additional sessions: €1,100 (€220 per session)
  • Package of 10 additional sessions: €2,000 (€200 per session)
  • Special offer: Book 6 additional sessions with a retreat or directly afterwards for €1,000

Our Psychedelic Journey Guides

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Karlijn is a psychedelic facilitator and therapist based in the Netherlands. Her mission is to guide individuals back to the wisdom of their hearts, where all answers can be found.

After obtaining her Master’s Degree in 2011, Karlijn worked as an HR Consultant in the corporate world but felt disconnected from her heart and surroundings. Her journey with Ayahuasca expanded her consciousness and led her to explore deep inner work, including learning from Indigenous tribes in South America and Western traditions.

Driven by a deep inner calling, Karlijn embarked on an intense one-year training in transformation and shamanism, where she learned to facilitate psychedelic ceremonies. Since 2018, she has devoted herself to working with psychedelic medicine in therapeutic settings, witnessing a profound transformation in her clients.

Karlijn’s biggest life lesson is transitioning from a state of survival to one of self-love, trust, and surrender to the unknown.

Outside of her work, Karlijn enjoys long hikes in nature and ecstatic dance. She resides in a forest, cherishing community life, fireside conversations, and heart-based living in connection with herself, others, and nature.

Specialities:

Overcoming feeling stuck

Depression

Reconnecting to the heart/intuition

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Caro is a mindset and transformation coach, energy healer, and psychedelic facilitator dedicated to helping people connect with their true essence, transform limiting beliefs, and embrace a life of purpose.

With a passion for personality development and psychology, Caro delves into both inner and outer worlds to understand what holds people back from realising their dreams. She believes in the power of healing past wounds to create a more peaceful and loving world, advocating for self-forgiveness and unconditional love.

Caro takes joy in guiding her clients through the process of uncovering self-sabotaging patterns and connecting with their inner wisdom. By shifting their perception, clients can access their inherent answers and consciously manifest a life of purpose and meaning.

Having overcome personal challenges, including guilt, people-pleasing tendencies, and low self-worth, Caro brings empathy and understanding to her work. She has healed from deep-rooted traumas and transformed her own life, becoming a compassionate mother and guiding her children to embrace confidence and creativity.

Outside of her work, Caro finds inspiration in ecstatic dance, spending time with her children, gardening, writing, meditating, practising yoga, and continuous learning. She is passionate about inspiring others and being inspired herself.

Location: Maastricht, Netherlands

Specialities:

ADHD / neurodiversity

Narcissistic Abuse / Parent

Sensitivity (HSP)

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Rachel’s own journey has taught her the importance of overcoming fear, setting boundaries, and embracing vulnerability. She now lives life fully, finding inner peace and fulfilment. Outside of work, Rachel enjoys studying new topics, spending time with loved ones, dancing the 5 Rhythms, and tending to her garden.

Encountering Holotropic Breathwork during her psychology studies ignited Rachel’s passion for non-ordinary states of consciousness. She pursued a second Master’s degree in Transpersonal Psychology and completed the Grof Transpersonal Training in 2016. Rachel deeply believes in the healing potential of expanded states of consciousness and sees surrendering to one’s essence as a crucial aspect of the healing journey.

Rachel’s own journey has taught her the importance of overcoming fear, setting boundaries, and embracing vulnerability. She now lives life fully, finding inner peace and fulfillment. Outside of work, Rachel enjoys studying new topics, spending time with loved ones, dancing the 5 Rhythms, and tending to her garden.

Location: Maastricht, Netherlands

Specialities:

Depression / Anxiety

Reconnection to inner healing

wisdom and inner guidance

Fear of Abandonment and Trauma

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Cony, a Certified Psychologist, is a seasoned navigator of the human psyche, adept at guiding individuals through the intricate landscapes of inner growth and self-discovery.

With a passion for eastern teachings, Cony creates a sacred space where individuals can embark on transformative journeys of exploration and healing. She has guided people on psychedelic journeys since 2018. Drawing from a rich tapestry of modalities including Embodied Yoga, Tantric Rituals, Reiki, and Theta Healing, Cony tailors experiences to meet the unique needs of each individual.

Born in Chile and now residing in Portugal, Cony’s life is a testament to her love for landscapes, nature, yoga, dance, and consciousness.

Through practices like Shadow work, Trauma work, and Sacred Sexuality, Cony empowers individuals to reconnect with their true essence and step into their power with confidence and love. With a belief in the interconnectedness of all beings, Cony’s work is driven by a deep sense of compassion and a commitment to reconnecting her clients with their true essence and re-orient their path to the direction their soul has been yearning for.

Specialities:

Depression / Anxiety

Healing Traumatic Experiences

Emotional Disconnection and

Numbness

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Alice is the founder of the Inner Shift Institute and a renowned transformational coach dedicated to helping individuals achieve extraordinary lives on their own terms. Since 2017, she has guided over 600 individuals in psychedelic journeys and has created The Inner Shift Method.

As an intuitive neurodivergent and out-of-the-box-thinker, she excels in finding new ways of looking at things and guiding clients toward clarity and empowerment. Alice blends therapeutic, coaching, and shamanic tools with her keen intuition to reveal new possibilities and facilitate profound personal growth.

With a Master’s degree and multilingual abilities, Alice has lived in diverse locations such as Haiti, Costa Rica, and Bali. She created 3 Tarot Decks, which have gained international recognition. Before founding the Inner Shift Institute, Alice was an award-winning photojournalist.

Alice’s personal journey of overcoming depression and dysfunctional family patterns informs her empathetic and effective approach. When not working with clients, she enjoys travelling, dancing to tribal music, and spending quality time with friends and loved ones.

Specialities:

ADHD / neurodiversity

Depression / Anxiety

C-PTSD / Childhood Trauma

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Jeanne, a French-German psychotherapy practitioner, psychedelic facilitator, and breathwork facilitator, brings over a decade of experience working with psychedelics in therapeutic settings. She is also a trained art therapist known for her mandala artwork. Jeanne’s mission is to guide individuals on their inner journeys, helping them overcome obstacles to achieve a fulfilled and meaningful life by connecting with their emotions and inner child.

Jeanne intuitively blends therapeutic, shamanic, coaching, meditative, and spiritual modalities to support clients in their personal growth, revealing what can be released and what no longer serves.

With a background in organisational psychology from a top international consultancy, Jeanne transitioned to a focus on healing after experiencing burnout. Since 2010, she has dedicated herself to intense inner work and helping others through one-on-one sessions and group work involving emotional integration, breathwork, and psychoactive medicinal plants.

Jeanne’s life lesson is to practice self-love and stay present in her heart despite life’s challenges. In her free time, she enjoys nature, hiking, wild herb collecting, painting mandalas, yoga, singing, dancing, and spending time with loved ones.

Specialities:

Heartbreak

Burnout/Depression

Transgenerational Trauma

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Melissa is a compassionate guide on the path of personal and social development, with 15 years of experience working with visionary plant medicines. Fascinated by nature, indigenous cultures, and the experience of freedom, she has journeyed across the globe and into invisible realms. Her passion for health and wellbeing led her to study coaching, trauma integration therapies, and visionary plant medicines, equipping her to guide people to higher states of consciousness in a safe and profound way.

Melissa’s clients value her intuition, gentle nature, and strong presence, feeling safe as they step out of their comfort zones. She supports them with compassion and without judgment, allowing them to unfold at their own pace.

Her approach blends Self-leadership coaching, somatic Internal Family Systems Therapy (certified Level 2 IFS practitioner), inner child work, and shadow work. Melissa also pursues creative and entrepreneurial ventures, having designed sustainable projects. She splits her time between Europe and Mexico, inspiring others to live courageously and step off the beaten track.

Specialities:

Increased sense of self-worth, purpose and meaning

Authenticity, emotional intelligence & resilience

Integrating trauma and adverse experiences

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