Psychedelic Integration & Preparation

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The Inward Journey...

My own healing path has introduced me to different ways of healing, including plant medicine, animism and shamanic practices. These experiences have hollowed me out, humbled me and deepened my love for what it means to find our way towards wholeness.

Learning to sit with the medicine of my own pain, without rushing the process, has taught me to trust that wisdom emerges when it is ready! These experiences continue to shape my relationship with healing and inform how I support others in their process of healing.

As a Psychotherapist and Integration Practitioner, I continue to learn and train to work thoughtfully and ethically within the psychedelic space with compassion, respect and integrity.

I offer psychedelic preparation and integration for people who are considering a psychedelic experience or looking to make sense of one they have already had. Whether you're preparing for a retreat, integrating a challenging experience or exploring what has emerged afterwards, integration offers a chance to deepen the wisdom of your experiences and consider how they might inform your life.

If you're curious about this work, you can read more below about my approach and the support I can and cannot offer.

Steven O' Riordan, Psychotherapist, Psychedelic Assisted Therapy and Integration Online

Deepen Your Insights

Whether you are considering a psychedelic or plant medicine journey, preparing for an experience, or making sense of one afterwards, integration can be an important part of the process.

I offer online psychedelic preparation and integration therapy. These experiences can be meaningful, challenging, confusing, destabilising, or deeply transformative. While plant medicines may open a door to new perspectives and experiences, they do not do the healing for us. Rather, they can bring us into contact with ourselves as we are - sometimes revealing what has been present beneath the surface.

Integration offers a supportive space to reflect on what emerged, make sense of your experience, and explore what you may want to carry forward.

A breakthrough isn't the finish line - but integration can help turn insight into meaningful change.

What is Psychedelic Integration?

Psychedelic integration is the process of exploring, understanding, and gradually bringing the insights and experiences of a psychedelic journey into your daily life.

My approach is trauma-informed and integrative, drawing on parts work, somatic embodiment, and relational psychotherapy, while holding space for the symbolic, spiritual, and deeply personal dimensions that can emerge through psychedelic experiences.

Healing isn't a single session or one-time fix. It is a much larger arc, one that may span lifetimes and touch generations to come.

Integration is not about finding one definitive meaning or explanation for what happened. Instead, it offers space to stay curious about your experience, explore what it may be asking of you, and discover how its insights might be embodied and lived in the here and now.

What Happens in an Integration Session?

Before a journey, we can set your intentions, explore any hopes or concerns, and support you in preparing for the experience.

Afterwards, we reflect on what emerged through psychological, emotional, relational, symbolic, and spiritual lenses, without rushing to explain or pathologise your experience.

Together, we make sense of your journey, deepen your understanding, and explore practical ways to integrate its insights into daily life.

The experience may open the door. Integration is part of what happens when you choose to walk through it.

Psychedelic Informed Therapy

Psychedelic experiences can open doors and sometimes bring forward deep emotional material, unresolved experiences, or new ways of understanding yourself. Integration and psychotherapy can provide ongoing support as you explore these insights and their meaning in your life.

The intention is not to chase the next experience, but to allow your journey to become a catalyst for your developing healing work.

My approach is informed by my own experience of psychedelic ceremony, my training with the InwardBound Institute, pioneering Irish and Celtic psilocybin retreats since 2018, and my ongoing experience supporting and co-facilitating psilocybin retreats in the Netherlands, working with both individual and group processes.

Psychedelic Integration - Online

If you’re interested in psychedelic integration online, you’re warmly invited to get in touch for an initial chat or explore the FAQ section below. I work with people throughout Ireland and across Europe.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Please contact me if you cannot find an answer to your question.

Can I have preparation sessions before a retreat or experience?

Yes. Preparation sessions offer space to explore your intentions, expectations, concerns and emotional readiness ahead of a psychedelic retreat. We can also discuss grounding practices, personal support and ways to approach the experience with care and curiosity. The aim is to help you feel informed and prepared, while remaining open to whatever may unfold with sensitivity, flexibility and a sense of readiness.

Can I access Psychedelic Integration Support after a retreat abroad or a psychedelic experience?

Yes. I offer online psychedelic integration sessions for people returning from retreats abroad or reflecting on a psychedelic experience. Sessions provide space to explore what arose, make sense of your experience and consider how its insights might be meaningfully integrated into your life.

How much does Psychedelic Preparation & Integration cost?

I offer individual sessions at an exchange of €120 for 90 minutes. I find that the additional time can be valuable, creating space to prepare for an experience, explore what is unfolding, and integrate afterwards without the pressure of the standard therapy hour. If you prefer a 60 minute session, it is an exchange of €80.

For people who wish to prepare for or integrate a psychedelic experience together, including those in relationships or partnerships of different kinds, sessions are offered at an exchange of €150 for 90 minutes and are available online by appointment.

Where appropriate, I may offer individual sessions to each person within a relationship, partnership or other close connection, providing space for each person to explore their own experience and process. We can discuss what arrangement feels most supportive and appropriate, and agree this clearly from the outset.

How many integration sessions will I need?

The duration of our work together is guided by you and what feels most appropriate for your needs.

Our initial session offers an opportunity for us to explore what has brought you to this way of working, and to gain greater clarity around your intentions for healing - whether that relates to relationships, trauma recovery, embodiment, ancestral healing, or something else.

From there, we can mutually decide what our time together might look like. For some, this may be a single session to clarify intentions or explore a particular question; for others, it may involve a deeper process unfolding over a number of sessions.

There is no fixed pathway. We will listen to what emerges through our conversation and connection, and allow the work to take shape around what you need.

Can I work with you if I'm questioning or exploring the spiritual meaning of an experience?

Absolutely. I welcome exploration in whatever form it takes for you, without imposing my own beliefs or interpretations. My approach is to meet you where you are, support you in exploring your experience, connecting with your own inner wisdom and medicine, and discovering what feels meaningful and helpful to you.

My own experiences have deepened my appreciation for the many ways people make sense of these experiences, and for allowing understanding to unfold in its own good time rather than rushing it. Where appropriate and with consent, I may draw on my own lived experience and perspective as you explore what is unfolding for you.

What resources might support my integration?

As our work together unfolds, I may suggest resources or practices to support and deepen your integration.

These will be tailored to your individual needs and interests, which may include reflective practices (e.g., grounding, journalling, body-based awareness, nature-based practices, creative practices, mandala, ritual and ceremony) appropriate to your integration.

The intention is not to give you more to do, but to offer invitations for further reflection, exploration and integration between sessions.

Do you provide psychedelic substances or experiences?

No. I do not provide psychedelic experiences, supply substances, or encourage their use. It is important to be clear about this before engaging in my integration services.

Most psychedelics remain illegal in Ireland, although the legal and therapeutic landscape is evolving internationally, with some substances being explored through clinical trials and approved for specific medical uses in certain countries.

I recognise that, regardless of their legal status, some people choose to explore psychedelics for personal, therapeutic or spiritual reasons, including travelling to countries where certain forms of psychedelic-assisted therapy are legally available.

My work is grounded in a harm-reduction approach. I offer a space for people to prepare, explore and make sense of their experiences, supporting reflection, wellbeing and integration without judgement or encouragement to use these substances.

Please read the full disclaimer below for further information.

Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy and Integration - Disclaimer

Psychedelic substances remain illegal in Ireland, and I do not provide, supply, or encourage the use of these substances. All work is conducted in accordance with Irish law. Nothing in my work constitutes encouragement or assistance to procure or use controlled substances.

I recognise that some people choose to explore psychedelic experiences, including through travel to places where these practices are legally available. My work is based on a harm reduction and trauma-informed approach, offering support for preparation, reflection, and integration for those who choose to pursue these experiences independently.

My role is to support safety, wellbeing, and meaningful integration through psychotherapy. I do not facilitate psychedelic experiences or provide access to psychedelic substances.