Psychedelic-Assisted Coaching, Part I
Therapy looks in, coaching looks out, and psychedelics look beyond.
Lincoln Stoller • Therapist
Treating:
Depression
Anxiety
PTSD
Chronic Illness
Suicidal Ideation
Relationship Difficulties
Mind Expansion
Addiction
Utilizing:
Psilocybin
Ayahuasca
Dreams
Meditation
81 High St, Victoria, BC V8Z 5C8, Canada
Remote sessions are available via:
My therapeutic approach is fundamentally spiritual, but you may be following a more chronological or practical path. Whatever is your path, it leads toward purpose, value, meaning, and appreciating yourself.
Preparation is more than set and setting. I take a layered approach starting with a balanced brain. This extends to the body, family history, trauma, culture, memory, language, and personality.
What are your problems? What is your intention? What other personalities represent you? Enlarge your normal states before venturing into other states. Start deeper conversations with yourself before altering your state. This will make integrating your experience easier.
I work with
• who you say you are
• who you really are, what you think
• what you feel
• what your body says to you
• how you relate to your body
• where you've come from
• where your parents have come from
• who the important people are in your life
• who the important people were in your life
• where you're going, what drives you
• what's meaningful for you
• what nurtures you
• how you behave
• how you misbehave
• what you think about yourself
• what you think about death
• what you dream
• whether you're working to control your neurology, sex, spirit, and
• what love is to you.
If I've missed anything let me know. We can work on it.
The Process
STEP
1
I follow the ancient Greek approach: prepare yourself immaculately, journey to the underworld, deal with what comes of it. Preparation is the biggest part and it's generally overlooked. The ingredients make the meal, so don't expect more spices will fix anything.
STEP
2
As a therapist, most people come to me to fix things. That's basically a process of life integration, and that's normal and typical. Psychedelics offer the unique opportunity to prepare, and you should see that is as important and consequential as anything you could do afterwards.
STEP
3
Unfortunately, for those of us operating above ground, we cannot join you on the journey. I believe this is necessary and will someday be possible. I'm not talking about sitting with you, I'm talking about going with you. The best substitute I've found is "hypnodelics," which is the hypnotic exploration of your dream world.
STEP
4
This goes under the fanciful name of "Past Life Regression." This is risk-free, legal, and, if you can get off the ground, it's guaranteed to be life changing. I only recommend psychedelics for those people who cannot reach the edge of their consciousness voluntarilly. Doing it voluntarily and intentionally is more powerful. It's something you can take full responsibility for.
STEP
5
Psychedelics, even at best, are interventional. As many experienced ayahuasca travelers can attest, with enough experience you can get there by yourself. If you're depressed, anxious, frightened, or traumatized, then you may need help. Use as little help as possible. The more you can do yourself, the more you can bring your insights into your waking world.
Session Types
Preparation
Creating order in your life. Setting your intentions. Grounding your emotions. Coming into alignment with yourself. In the current parlance, this is described as "set and setting." This came from Timothy Leary in the 1960s and was a complete guess on his part. The idea of set and setting is not the same as preparation, and is no substitute for it. Pillows, warm blankets, comfortable mats, and soft musics do not constitute any form of preparation. Preparation is getting in touch with your past, identifying your issues, requesting your power, and opening your heart.
Journeying
At this time, I cannot help you directly. I can help you explore and judge your options. Few "above ground" psychedelic-assisted therapy programs meet my standards of experience, honesty, or insight. I recommend experienced facilitators from other cultures. If you're doing psychedelics with a person of Western cultural lineage you must understand they have no tradition. Their identity is recently invented. My experience comes from deep experience in modern science, clinical psychology, and traditional indigenous cultures from across the world. I can point you to people whose services I endorse, but I cannot join you. They will not be local.
Integration
This is no more a "thing" than counseling is a thing. If preparation is assembling the ingredients, and journeying is watching the fireworks, then integration is living your life. And it's life that is the real journey. The psychedelic just provides a spotlight. Ideally, if it's a good journey, then it doesn't end. If it's a bad journey then, like a nightmare, you don't just paper it over, you fix it. The goal is to go out singing. It can be done.
Price
coaching, counseling, psychotherapy, hypnosis—employed AND insured
$190
professional coaching
$350
coaching, counseling, psychotherapy, hypnosis—UNemployed AND UNinsured
$125
coaching, counseling, psychotherapy, hypnosis—employed OR insured
$160
Hours
Mon10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tue10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Wed10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thu10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fri10:00 am - 5:00 pm
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Locations
81 High St, Victoria, BC V8Z 5C8, Canada
Remote sessions are available via:
Price
coaching, counseling, psychotherapy, hypnosis—employed AND insured
$190
professional coaching
$350
coaching, counseling, psychotherapy, hypnosis—UNemployed AND UNinsured
$125
coaching, counseling, psychotherapy, hypnosis—employed OR insured
$160
Hours
Mon-Fri10:00 am - 5:00 pm