EMBODI Integration Community Project

Alessia Chiappinois an Italian-British visual artist, group facilitator and Relational Psychotherapist in advanced ongoing clinical training. After completing a Master's Degree in Fine Arts at Central St. Martins and working in the digital media and music industry, Alessia trained in Transactional Analysis and Relational Psychotherapy. She has also received training in Somatic Attachment Therapy, Psychedelic Harm Reduction and Integration, Mindfulness, and Trauma Treatment through institutions in Italy, USA, UK and Canada. Alessia is a candidate for the Depth Relational Process two-year training of The Institute of Psychedelic Therapy in the UK.As the founder ofPhysis Integration, Alessia specialises in providing Psychedelic-Informed Relational Psychotherapy, as well as individual and group psychedelic preparation and integration services for individuals who have experienced, or are planning to experience, transformative processes through psychedelic-assisted therapies, sacred plant ceremonies, Holotropic Breathwork or any expanded state that deepens individual consciousness. Alessia believes that psychotherapy and integration are crucial components in harnessing the full potential of psychedelic experiences. She emphasises that the real work begins after the psychedelic experiences, as it is through tending to and honouring what has been revealed that lasting change can be created.Dr. Sara Tookeyis a Clinical Psychologist and Existential Psychotherapist working in clinical, research and psychedelic advisory spaces. She has 12+ years experience working in mental health in the UK, USA and India. Sara is passionate about integrating experiences with expanded states of consciousness, harm-reduction, and supporting individuals with GSRD (gender, sex, & relationship diversities) difficulties and those in existential distress, including individuals and families impacted by cancer and palliative illness. She is the founder ofTrue North Psychology, offering trauma-informed and psychedelic-informed psychotherapy and 1:1 integration therapy where she supports people to explore the potential benefits and challenges associated with altered states of consciousness and supports the preparation and integration of psychedelic experiences from a harm reduction perspective. She also supports participants in psychedelic research trials at the IoPPN at King’s College London, co-facilitates integration groups in the community and provides advisory and consulting services to companies in psychedelic medicine industry and research.Her approach to integration is compassionate, non-judgemental and exploratory. She is committed to providing spaces that can support and guide people to explore meaning and move toward developing a deeper and more authentic connection with themselves, others and the world around them.