Trauma recovery

Trauma recover with psychedelics

Traumas and how psychedelic sessions offer support

Many people go through traumatic experiences during their lives. In these extraordinary times, the longing for deeper self-awareness is increasing.

Becoming aware of who you are involves getting to know yourself on a deeper level where we reconnect with our emotions, body and heart. Working through and healing from trauma is an essential aspect of this path.

Read more about trauma, trauma processing, and trauma recovery

'A traumatic experience blocks the ability to live freely ’

How do we process trauma?

From our own strength and self-healing capacity, we are able to process many traumatic experiences. Think of a deep cry, screaming, expressing anger, shaking, trembling, etc

Afterward, we are no longer affected by it and it has no influence on our daily lives. In fact, we have learned from it, and it has made us more resilient on emotional, physical and mental level.

However, natural release often does not occur after a traumatic experience, causing the tension to build up and become stuck in the body. Instead of being able to fight or flight, the body has one option: freeze. This is also known as dissociation.

Dissociation: we feel detached from ourselves where we disconnect from physical and emotional feelings. A natural respons to trauma and overwhelming experiences.

This unresolved traumatic experience remains in our body as stress and tension. It can lead to physical, emotional and mental issues that may significantly affect our daily lives. Some problems may not manifest until years later.

What is a trauma?

A trauma is a shocking event that remains unresolved. The moment itself was too intense, causing you to dissociate from your body. The body stores this energy. Since it hasn’t been processed, it leads to physical, emotional and mental blockages in your life.

Consider traumatic experiences such as:

Non-intentional traumas: traffic accidents, workplace accidents, your profession (police, fire service, military…), as well as natural disasters.

Intentional traumas: sexual abuse, rape, robbery, neglect, prolonged bullying, kidnapping, physical and verbal violence, etc.

There is also a distinction between:

Short-term traumas: birth, loss, (traffic) accidents, workplace accidents, rape, assault, natural disasters, etc.

Long-term traumas: bullying, prolonged (sexual) abuse or mistreatment, captivity, (emotional) neglect, physical violence (e.g., in relationships or within the family), or being witness to multiple forms of violence or abuse.

Various issues & symptoms

Becoming numb; not being in touch with your emotional life
Avoiding triggers in daily life
Depression
Relationship / attachment issues
Internal conflicts / problems
Inability to function at work

Poor sleep / nightmares
Isolation
Decreased zest for life
Hardening / bitterness
Anxiety and panic attacks
In a constant state of alertness
General sense of unsafety

When the above-mentioned symptoms persist over a long period, we are usually dealing with PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder). Long-term in a way that it becomes chronic.

When we don’t feel...
we don’t need to know either

A trauma wants to be healed

A traumatic experience is often unconsciously buried, with layers of denial (‘it’s not there’) used as a survival strategy. Without even realizing it, people tend to repress, judge, and project onto others as a way to protect themselves

However, the wound is not healed; a bandage has just been placed over it. But what does the body do with an infection? It pushes it to the surface, wanting to cleanse and purify. The same happens with trauma—it simmers beneath the surface of our daily lives, waiting for attention.

The trauma will repeatedly reveal itself by triggering you, leading to destructive behavior in daily life, often accompanied by physical and/or mental problems.

Birth trauma

As human beings, we can experience various traumatic events throughout life. However, birth is something we all go through. For many, this profound experience has embedded a subconscious trauma that has led to the development of various patterns and behaviors.

How did your birth go? Were you wanted? What was this period like for your mother and father? Was there stress, anxiety, chaos, or was there excitement and joy? Were there any complications?
Consider factors such as: delivery with forceps, labor stimulants, labor suppressants, umbilical cord around the neck, prolonged labor, vacuum extraction, cesarean section, breech delivery, incubator?

All these experiences are stored in our cellular memory. They are unconscious experiences that can date back to our conception. The overwhelming experience of birth, which frequently involves complications, is one of the most common trauma that every person carries.

Our emotional brain is developed long before our rational brain becomes active. Many of our current patterns are rooted in our time in the womb and in the experience of our birth.

Birth, as beginning of a new life, is a crucial moment when one unconsciously forms (often mistaken) beliefs about oneself and the world, such as ‘the world is unsafe,’ ‘I don’t belong here,’ ‘I’m not good enough ‘, I’m not loved’ etc.”

Read more in this blog about the impact of birth and how a birth trauma can be processed with the support of psychedelic plant sessions.

The challenges of trauma

The Complexity of Imprints

Suppressing emotions, becoming hardened, and being judgmental are difficult coping mechanisms used to avoid feeling; we simply bypass the issue.

‘ What the eye doesn’t see, the heart doesn’t grieve over ’.

It can become a major challenge when the core of the traumatic experience is triggered and we get confused by it. This often happens when it involves forms of abuse.

Realize that you have created a Great Wall between your connection to your body and the traumatic experience. Our mind, our rational thinking, forms this Wall.
In this way, we protect ourselves by avoiding the the deepest pain, the shock — the trauma — that lives within our pain body (as Eckhart Tolle describes it).

Imprints are often used by the perpetrator in cases of sexual abuse, especially at a young age. Consider phrases like: “This never happened,” “It’s your fault,” or “If you tell anyone, then….”

This can have a massive impact. You carry a secret that, based on your beliefs, you feel you can’t talk to anyone about. And in cases of sexual abuse at a young age, you often end up believing these imprints.

Confusion arises when your body is triggered in the present moment by situations that evoke feelings of insecurity, stress and fear. It’s a reminder from the body of something you’d rather not confront.

Confusion usually arises when you come into contact with the core where the traumatic experience is hidden. Because you no longer dare to trust your own feelings and you question everything. The mind is likely to rationalize. It’s something that has always worked out and provided a feeling of being in controle.

An assault on emotional, physical, mental and spiritual (soul) level.

It has deeply undermined our self-confidence.
This leads to distrust and loneliness, creating a barrier between you and connections with others.

Fear, insecurity, weakness, helplessness, shame, guilt, and disgust are emotions that can deeply affect us

To heal you have to acknowledge what has happend to you

Healing is going beyond the barrier of the mind, to the core wound. The result is a sense of freedom, liberation and relaxation

Trauma recovery involves embracing emotions. Allowing brings ultimately a sense of safety, self-confidence and forgiveness

The place where the harm was done also holds the key to processing and healing. However this time in a safe environment

You heal trauma by becoming aware of what has happened to you and fully embrace the emotions rather than rejecting them

Trauma recovery with psychedelics

A safe field for trauma healing with psychedelic plants, such as psilocybine truffels, psilohuasca or ayahuasca. The ceremonies are guided by experienced trained facilitators in a welcome, warm and trusted setting.

Psychedelic ceremonial sessions can be a meaningful support with trauma processing. They allow us to access deeper parts of our subconscious that regular therapy often can’t reach due to mental barriers. This allows the release of long-held emotions and feelings.

To move forward, it’s important to connect more deeply with our body in a safe field. Reliving the traumatic experience in a secure environment helps with processing and healing. This happens at your own pace, with time and peace.

Psychedelische sessies with plant medication in a ceremonial setting make this possible. This includes multi-day programs with psilohuasca, truffels (psilocybine), chocobliss, of ayahuasca.

Feeling, allowing emotions, and reliving impactful events in a safe environment facilitate the healing of trauma.

When you have a curiosity to explore yourself and a desire to release what’s holding you back, psychedelic sessions can offer a profound path for healing.

Qualities of Psychedelic Plants

( like; psilohuasca, ayahuasca, psilocybine)

It focuses on unresolved experiences, including trauma,
It addresses the root cause of symptoms so that the trauma no longer needs to be re-experienced
It opens new pathways and insights to what you’re interested in ( creativity and fundamental life questions )
You experience things with an open mind, free from judgment,
reliving and healing birth trauma,
They delve into the deepest parts of the subconscious and go beyond mental barriers.

Would you like more information or do you have questions? Get in touch.

' You can't change the past, but you can how to respond to it '

The mind is trained to avoid difficult questions. It can change the truth or twist the facts. But you can trust your body; it doesn’t lie.

However, a psychedelic plant ceremony is not for everyone. Besides the screening for physical or medical contraindications, one must also be mentally and emotionally stable. It’s a personal process that uncovers repressed problems and traumas, which can also be experienced as intense.

This also requires responsibility from the participant. Read more information on this page.

Realize that healing comes from through reconnecting with your body, heart, and inner safety.

At any moment in your life, you have the opportunity to work on yourself, to restore your connection and to live with confidence and the freedom within.

Be curious about yourself and. Stay open to the wholeness within you that is hidden beneath the veil of trauma.

I’m here to support you in your personal development, both as a process facilitator, guide and as an equal human being.

With psychedelische plant ceremonies, reflection and integration sessions and body-oriented exercises, I provide a safe warm and welcome space.
Together, we move beyond shame, with a touch of humor as a gentle way in, along with understanding and patience.

Would you like to find out if a psychedelic plant session is right for you

Feel free to contact we’ ll schedule a introductory call.

Individual session

Psychedelic plant sessions can be held individually. This includes 1 or 2 personal journeys with plant teachers of psilocybine where you receive one-on-one guidance. The package includes overnight accommodation as well as integration and reflection sessions.

The advantage is that all focus is on you, providing a tailored experience with minimal distractions.

Contact me for more information.

Small group session

To dive into your personal process within a group can often be very stimulating. You recognize yourself in others’ stories and it’s often a lot of fun.
Working on yourself together creates a very powerful humble environment.

Contact me for more information or check the agenda.

Registration & Investment

Psychedelic plant session

After you sign up, we’ll schedule a meeting to see if a Plant Spirit of Psilocybin ceremony is right for you.

YOUR INVESTMENT

Small group ( 10 p. max)
Three day program
€ 745,-

Individual private guidance
Three day program : € 1845,-
Two day program : € 925,-

If you earn below the median income or do not currently have the financial means to make the full investment; one spot per group will be reserved for the investment of € 545,-. Feel free to ask!