Heart and Meaning Psychotherapy & Coaching
Dr. Sasha Raskin, LPC, NMIT. Couples Therapy, Family Therapy & Psychedelic Assisted Therapy & Coaching in Boulder, CO and Online
Sometimes we reach a point in healing where talking about our patterns is not enough.
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You may understand why you feel anxious, depressed, shut down, disconnected, or stuck. You may have done therapy, meditation, coaching, retreats, or years of personal growth. You may have insight into your childhood, your relationships, your trauma, or the ways you protect yourself.
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And still, something deeper may not have shifted yet.
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Psilocybin-assisted therapy offers a different kind of doorway.
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Also known as psychedelic-assisted therapy, natural medicine therapy, or psilocybin therapy, this work can help open access to parts of yourself that are often harder to reach through ordinary conversation alone. In a safe, intentional, and well-supported setting, psilocybin may help create space for emotion, insight, memory, grief, compassion, connection, and a deeper sense of meaning.
I’m Dr. Sasha Raskin, a Licensed Professional Counselor and Natural Medicine Facilitator in Colorado. In my work as a psychedelic-assisted therapist and facilitator, I help clients approach this work in a grounded, ethical, and therapeutic way.
My role is to support the full arc of the process: preparation before the journey, steady therapeutic support during the psilocybin experience, and integration afterward so that what opens during the medicine session can become meaningful, embodied change in your everyday life.
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If you are looking for psilocybin-assisted therapy in Boulder, psychedelic-assisted therapy in Colorado, legal psilocybin therapy, or psilocybin preparation and integration support, I invite you to schedule a free 20-minute consultation.
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My Personal Journey and Professional Credentials
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In my own life, I’ve walked this path. I’ve worked deeply with ayahuasca, psilocybin mushrooms, and ketamine. I know firsthand the kind of transformation these medicines can bring. I’ve seen how they can go beyond what I could achieve in individual talk therapy, group therapy, or coaching alone.
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Professionally, I’ve completed the Integrative Psychiatry Institute Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Training Program and Psilocybin Practicum and am an IPI Certified Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Provider. I’m one of the first licensed Nature Medicine Facilitators in Colorado (in training, NMIT license #294). Additionally, I've been certified by Skylight Psychedelics in Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) and by Journey Clinical. This means you’re working with someone who combines personal experience with professional training, and who truly understands the journey you’re on.
A Different Kind of Healing Process
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Many people who are drawn to psilocybin therapy have already tried hard to change.
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They have read the books.
They have done therapy.
They have practiced awareness.
They have tried to understand themselves.
They may even know exactly what their patterns are.
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But knowing something intellectually is not always the same as feeling free from it.
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Psilocybin-assisted therapy can sometimes help soften the old structures that keep us stuck. It may help you see your life from a new perspective, reconnect with your body, feel emotions that have been held for a long time, or experience yourself with more compassion.
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This work is not about “taking mushrooms and hoping something happens.”
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It is a full therapeutic process that includes:
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Preparation before the journey
Support around the medicine experience
Integration afterward
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The medicine may open the door, but the healing happens through the relationship between the medicine, your inner wisdom, and the therapeutic support around the experience.
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What Is Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy?
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Psilocybin is the naturally occurring psychedelic compound found in certain mushrooms. In Colorado, psilocybin is part of the state’s regulated Natural Medicine framework.
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Psilocybin-assisted therapy is a guided therapeutic process that supports you before, during, and after a psilocybin journey.
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This work may include exploring your intentions, preparing emotionally and psychologically, creating a sense of safety, supporting the journey itself, where legally appropriate, and helping you integrate what you experienced afterward.
In my work as a psychedelic-assisted therapist and facilitator, I help clients approach this work in a grounded, ethical, and therapeutic way.
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My focus is on helping you make meaning of the experience and bring its insights into your actual life—your relationships, your choices, your nervous system, your sense of self, and your way of being in the world.
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Who This Work May Be For
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People come to psilocybin-assisted therapy for many different reasons.
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Some are carrying grief.
Some feel stuck in depression or anxiety.
Some are going through a major life transition.
Some are seeking spiritual clarity.
Some have done years of therapy and feel ready for a deeper layer.
Some are longing to reconnect with themselves, their body, their purpose, or their heart.
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This work may be supportive if you are struggling with:
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Depression or emotional heaviness
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Anxiety, fear, or overthinking
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Grief, loss, or heartbreak
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Trauma patterns or old protective responses
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Shame, self-criticism, or feeling not good enough
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Feeling disconnected from your body or emotions
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Life transitions or questions about purpose
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Spiritual longing, spiritual crisis, or a desire for deeper meaning
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Feeling like you are “stuck” even though you have done a lot of work
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Psilocybin-assisted therapy is not right for everyone. It can be beautiful and healing, but it can also be intense. That is why we begin carefully, with honest conversation, screening, preparation, and a clear sense of whether this is the right path for you at this time.
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My Approach
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Warm, Grounded, and Trauma-Informed
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I hold this work with a lot of respect. Psilocybin can open tender places, and those places deserve to be met with steadiness, compassion, and care.
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My approach is not rushed. We take time to understand what you are bringing, what you are hoping for, what you are afraid of, and what kind of support your nervous system needs.
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The Medicine Is Not the Whole Treatment
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A psilocybin journey can be profound, but the medicine does not do everything by itself.
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The real work is in how we prepare, how we listen, how we stay present with what arises, and how we help the experience become part of your life afterward.
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A journey may show you something important. Integration helps you live it.
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​Your Inner Wisdom Leads
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I do not see myself as the expert on your experience. My role is to help you listen more deeply to what is already moving inside you.
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Sometimes that means helping you stay with grief.
Sometimes it means helping you trust joy.
Sometimes it means making space for anger, love, clarity, or forgiveness.
Sometimes it means helping you not rush to interpret the experience too quickly.
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This work is collaborative. I bring clinical experience, steadiness, and therapeutic guidance. You bring your life, your questions, your courage, and your own inner wisdom.
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Healing Can Be Psychological and Spiritual
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For many people, psilocybin-assisted therapy opens more than emotional material. It can also bring spiritual questions to the surface.
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Who am I?
What matters now?
What am I ready to release?
How do I live with more love, courage, truth, and connection?
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I welcome both the psychological and spiritual dimensions of this work. We do not need to force meaning onto the experience, but we can make space for the depth of what may arise.
What the Process Looks Like
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1. Free Consultation
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We begin with a free 20-minute consultation.
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This is a chance for you to share what is drawing you toward psilocybin-assisted therapy and for us to see whether working together feels like a good fit.
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We may talk about your goals, your past therapy experience, any previous psychedelic experiences, your mental health history, your current support system, and what you are hoping might change.
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You do not need to have it all figured out before reaching out.
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The consultation is simply a first conversation.
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2. Preparation Sessions
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Preparation is one of the most important parts of psilocybin-assisted therapy.
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Before any medicine experience, we take time to create a strong container.
This may include exploring:
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Why you feel called to this work now
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What you are hoping to heal, understand, or change
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What parts of you feel scared, excited, doubtful, or protective
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What helps you feel safe and grounded
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What emotional material may come up
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How you want to be supported during the journey
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Your intentions for the experience
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Your relationship with control, surrender, trust, and vulnerability
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How to care for yourself before and after the journey
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Preparation helps the experience become more intentional. It gives your mind, body, and nervous system a chance to understand what you are entering.
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3. The Psilocybin Journey​
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When psilocybin work is approached within Colorado’s legal and ethical framework, it can offer many important benefits — including safety, intentional preparation, professional support, and a grounded space for meaningful therapeutic work.
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The journey itself is usually an inward experience, taking place in a licensed center. It may include music, eyeshades, quiet reflection, emotional processing, body awareness, and supportive therapeutic presence.
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Some people experience deep emotion.
Some receive insight or clarity.
Some revisit memories.
Some feel connection with nature, spirit, loved ones, or themselves.
Some encounter fear, grief, beauty, love, or mystery.
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There is no one “right” kind of journey.
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The goal is not to have a dramatic experience. The goal is to create enough safety and support for whatever needs attention to emerge.
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4. Integration Therapy​
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Integration is where the experience starts to become real change.
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After the journey, we work together to understand what happened and how it connects to your life.
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Integration may include:
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Making sense of images, emotions, memories, or insights
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Exploring what the experience revealed
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Supporting your nervous system after the journey
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Working with parts of you that opened during the medicine session
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Clarifying changes you want to make
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Bringing compassion to old wounds
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Strengthening new choices, habits, and ways of relating
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Exploring spiritual or existential material that emerged
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Without integration, even a powerful journey can fade.
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With integration, the experience can become part of how you live, love, choose, relate, and understand yourself.
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Why Work With a Therapist?​​
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Psilocybin can open very vulnerable places.
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That is part of its healing potential, but it is also why good support matters.
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Working with a therapist can help you approach the experience with more safety, clarity, and care. It also gives you a place to process what comes up afterward—not just as a psychedelic experience, but as part of your healing and your life.
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As a therapist, I bring experience with trauma, relationships, emotional patterns, anxiety, depression, spiritual questions, and deep inner work. I also bring a lot of respect for the mystery of this process.
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My goal is not to push you toward any particular outcome.
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My goal is to help you feel accompanied, prepared, supported, and able to integrate what arises in a meaningful way.
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Is Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy Right for You?​
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This work may be a good fit if you feel sincerely called to it and are willing to engage in the full process—not just the medicine session.
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It may be a good fit if you:
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Want to understand yourself more deeply
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Feel ready to work with old patterns in a new way
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Are open to preparation and integration
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Have support in your life
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Are willing to move slowly and respectfully
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Want a therapeutic container, not just a psychedelic experience
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Are seeking healing, clarity, meaning, or reconnection
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It may not be the right fit, or may require additional consultation, if you are in acute crisis, have certain psychiatric histories, are taking certain medications, or do not have enough support after the experience.
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We will talk through all of this carefully.
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There is no pressure to move forward. The first step is simply a conversation.
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Begin with a Free Consultation
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If you feel drawn to psilocybin-assisted therapy, I would be honored to talk with you.
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You may be clear that this is the next step for you.
You may be curious but unsure.
You may feel both excited and nervous.
All of that is welcome.
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In our free 20-minute consultation, we can explore what you are looking for, whether this work may be appropriate, and what the next steps could look like.
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Schedule a free consultation today to explore psilocybin-assisted therapy in Boulder, Colorado.​​​