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Dr. Lida Fatemi, DO, MPH is a hospice and palliative care physician, best-selling author of The Conscious Physician Method: Conscious Life Practices & Psychedelics, psychedelic educator, and legislative advisor to the State of New Mexico for the Medical Psilocybin Act and guide to the state of Texas for a certification path for facilitators. She is the founder of The Conscious Physician Method, a pioneering approach to healing burnout and trauma through conscious life practices and psychedelic integration. An award-winning clinician and national speaker, Dr. Fatemi transforms trauma into wisdom and helps physician mothers and healthcare leaders return to joy, purpose, and embodied leadership. Her work has been featured on NBC, ABC, the upcoming documentary Journeys, and her podcast The Conscious Physician: Medicine & Psychedelics. She is also the founder of the Conscious Physicians: Psychedelics Academy (CPPA), where she trains healthcare professionals in ancient and innovative methods of healing—guiding them to transform trauma into self-love and service to all. I hold a Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) degree and a Master’s in Public Health (MPH) from Emory University. I currently serve as an Associate Professor at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine and as a legislative advisor to the State of New Mexico and guide to the state of Texas in developing educational and certification pathways for psychedelic facilitators. I come from a lineage of healers, physicians, and entrepreneurs from Iran, with Indigenous Zoroastrian roots from ancient Persia. This ancestral wisdom of light and balance deeply informs my work. My purpose is to empower those in states of trauma to reconnect with their inner light through conscious life practices, plants, and fungi. As the founder of the Conscious Physicians: Psychedelics Academy (CPPA), my mission is to guide the next generation of physicians and facilitators in restoring medicine as a sacred path of healing, self-love, and service to all.

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I'm passionate about teaching practitioners how to provide consistent, high-quality integration support that extends far beyond the ceremony, without burning out. Most facilitators struggle with the administrative burden of tracking client progress, maintaining meaningful touch points between sessions, and scaling their practice while preserving depth of care. TAP Integration solves this through our Mind/Body/Heart/Spirit framework, which creates personalized integration pathways across all four domains: cognitive restructuring and belief work (Mind), somatic practices and nervous system regulation (Body), emotional processing and relational healing (Heart), and meaning-making and purpose connection (Spirit). Our platform manages your client relationships by tracking their journey and automating continuous touch points with relevant tools and resources, so you can stay connected to clients long after they leave your care. This allows you to expand your capacity to hold more clients deeply, provide genuine long-term support, and build a sustainable referral-based practice rooted in outcomes, not marketing. I'll show you how to use technology to enhance, not replace, the sacred work of walking alongside someone as they integrate who they're becoming with how they're living.

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Katherine Bird is a shamanic, energetic, somatic practitioner, mentor, and trainer for healers, spiritual practitioners, medicine people, therapists, and coaches. Katherine supports people in healing themselves and bringing their magic to the world by integrating spiritual development and energetic mastery. She has an extensive background in Eastern and Western Alchemy, somatic and shamanic modalities. She teaches healing and skill development, channeling and mediumship, Qi Gong, internal energy work, meditation, self-care practices, and more. Utilizing energy work, hands-on healing, practice cultivation, and mentorship, she shepherds people through awakening and the journey to full alignment. She is a ritualist, ceremonialist, Earth lover, and artist in deep prayer and service to her community and the world. Author of The Healer’s Process, Inner Work and Skill Development to Fulfill Your Sacred Purpose, and The Healer’s Process Practice Manual, 50 experiential practices to support your path.

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I have been in private practice since becoming licensed in Oriental medicine in 1987.  Throughout the years I have focused on family practice including stress reduction, emotional release work, pain management, addiction and trauma recovery. I've taught numerous seminars, workshops and been on staff at New Mexico Academy of Healing Arts (NMAHA), Santa Fe, NM and Eastern NM school of Massage, Clovis NM teaching Polarity Therapy. I also teach at the International Doula Life Institute for training in the field of end-of-life care. I am a trainer for Certified Acudetox Specialists (CADS) through the Board of Oriental Medicine in New Mexico and the clinical supervisor for the Acudetox programs for Chaves, Eddy, and McKinley counties, NM. I also supervise CADS and individual Acudetox programs throughout New Mexico.

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Patrick Ficke is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and Supervisor and is the Owner of Blue Line Counseling and Co-Owner/CEO of New Growth Counseling in Albuquerque, NM. Patrick brings more than 11 years of clinical experience to his work. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice with a minor in Psychology from Eastern New Mexico University and a master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling. He is currently pursuing a doctorate in Psychology. He was surrounded by and raised within a legacy of deep commitment to service as his father worked in law enforcement and several uncles served as New York firefighters. That environment taught him a lot about courage, responsibility, and sacrifice. It also taught him something else common in first-responder families: emotions stayed unspoken. Stress, trauma, and even alcohol were treated as just part of the job. His early exposure to those patterns played a pivotal role in shaping Patrick’s professional calling. He has dedicated his career to supporting those who routinely carry the emotional weight of others including therapists, physicians, nurses, first responders, military personnel, and individuals facing substance use challenges. Before entering the mental health field, Patrick spent years in law enforcement in a wide range of specialized roles including patrol, bike unit, field training officer, crisis negotiator, undercover narcotics work, meth lab investigations, emergency response team operations, and supervisory positions. He experienced multiple critical incidents firsthand, including officer-involved shootings. Those experiences give him a grounded, compassionate understanding of what first responders carry with them. One of these incidents was featured on the Discovery Channel series BODY CAM (Season 9, Episode 7). Today, Patrick’s clinical practice focuses on supporting public safety professionals, healthcare professionals, law enforcement, firefighters, paramedics, military, dispatchers as well as their families. He is trained in several evidence-based modalities including Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Reconsolidation of Traumatic Memories (RTM), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Internal Family Systems (IFS) Parts Therapy. Patrick is known for his empathy, cultural understanding of responder communities and strong ethical foundation. His mission is to break down stigma and make space for vulnerability. He is devoted to supporting those who dedicate their lives to serving others, helping them heal from trauma, grow stronger, and build healthier, more balanced lives both on and off duty.

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Esteban Sven Orozco is a Portland-based psychedelic educator, licensed psilocybin facilitator, and trauma healing and integration specialist with over a decade of experience in holistic care and community education. He has served as a lead instructor and integration facilitator with institutions including Naropa University, Emerald Valley Institute, Usona Institute, and Cora Service Center, supporting both clinical research participants and licensed facilitator trainees. Esteban is the founder of Comida Pura and a co-founder of multiple decolonized and BIPOC-centered psychedelic initiatives, bringing an anthropological lens, trauma-informed practice, and cultural humility to his work. He is bilingual in English and Spanish and is a frequent conference speaker and community organizer within the psychedelic field.

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Trisha “Tripp” Gomez is a Cannabis Patient Advocate and Educator with a decade of frontline experience within the regulated dispensary environment. Through thousands of one-on-one consultations, they have dedicated their career to bridging the critical communication gap between the clinic and the dispensary. Their work focuses on providing physicians, nurses, and practitioners with the practical vocabulary and patient-centered frameworks needed to discuss cannabis openly and effectively. By translating product labels, consumption methods,and real-world patient behaviors into a clinical context, they empower medical professionals to guide their patients with greater confidence and safety. Tripp Gomez’s insights are rooted in direct experience, from advising individual patients on product selection and dosing to understanding the production standards of the cannabis industry itself.

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Justin Botillier is the CEO of Calyx CPA LLC in Southern Oregon and has twenty years of experience working with small business owners. Before recreational legalization, he was one of the first accounting professionals to actively and publicly advocate for the cannabis industry. In 2016, he sold his general practice to work in cannabis full-time. He now supports the psychedelic community by preparing service providers to operate their own businesses and by helping plant touching businesses navigate the tax impact of 280E within the psilocybin industry.

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Christine is Founder, End of Life Psychedelic Care, a nonprofit based on the principle that safe and supported psychedelic care can help transform the death and dying journey. She is the Co-Chair for the Dying Well Initiative, a part of the Global Wellness Institute and a graduate of the 12-month Psychedelics Today Vital Therapies and Integration Program. Christine is a former Silicon Valley marketing executive as well as the former owner of a Sarasota-based 250-client home health care agency. She is a frequent speaker at psychedelic and end of life related conferences, in addition to leading many of the EOLPC online workshops and podcast appearances. Some examples of her speaking engagements include: Aging Life Care Association 2025 Conference; Final Passages Monthly Series; Florida Conference on Aging; Wonderland Miami 2022 and 2023; PsyCon Portland; University of South Florida Palliative and Hospice Care Center; and Association for Death Education and Counseling. She also is a guest lecturer at Psychedelic Today Vital Program and Changa Institute. As an advocate for the safe and affordable use of psychedelics for end of life, she continues to engage at both the federal and state levels.

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Dr. Thorne is the Founder, Co-owner and Clinical Director of Medicina del Sol Integrative Healthcare in Las Cruces, NM. She is also the Co-founder and Executive Director of the Sol Medicine Project (also known as Sol Tryp) a 501(C)3 nonprofit that was created to elevate psychedelic medicine, accessibility, and affordability in a safely supported and culturally sensitive container. Sol Tryp held the first medical psilocybin town hall gathering in Las Cruces, NM in 2023 to encourage legislative efforts; Senator Jeff Steinborn aVended the meeting and facilitated the writing of SB 219 thus leading to the passage of the Medical Psilocybin Program this year. Deborah is originally from Manitoba Canada, and leX to travel across Northern and Central America to study medicine and traditional healing methods. She is firmly rooted in First Nation Anishinaabe and Cree culture and traditions that was foundational to her home community in Manitoba. Many of the ceremonial traditions she was imparted by her Elders, she brings to the psychedelic space with respect and honor and enjoys the opportunity to teach others about the culture. She is a former Fancy-Shawl dancer and completed 3 ceremonial fasts or Vision Quests as part of her medicine road. Her academic background is vast, holding science degrees in kinesiology, advanced manual therapy, medical acupuncture, herbal medicine, yoga, meditation, and integrative medicine. She is a licensed and Board Certified Physician Associate and Doctor of Medical Science. She received training and certification in ketamine-assisted psychotherapy through the Transpersonal Research Institute of Psychotherapeutic Psychedelics (TRIPP) and psilocybin assisted therapy with TheraPsil Canada. As she continued her training, she completed a 2-year fellowship through the Integrative Psychiatry Institute (IPI) in Colorado. She began working with ketamine-assisted therapy in 2020 and has trained other health professionals in New Mexico to work with low-dose ketamine more integratively. Dr. Thorne’s goal as a provider, teacher and psychedelic medicine professional is to educate, screen, and provide safe, trauma-informed care for healing. She continues to engage in community outreach and share the knowledge she has acquired by giving back in a spirit of reciprocity and gratitude.

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Jennifer Zuckerman is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner, end-of-life doula, and psychedelic medicine guide who bridges science and spirit through her work in integrative health and personal transformation. With over 16 years of clinical experience—and six years specializing in psychedelic healing—Jennifer walks the path of a modern medicine woman, weaving ritual with research, molecules with meaning, and grief with sacred reverence. She is the founder of Resonate Health, where she supports individuals in safely tapering off psychotropic medications, integrating microdosing protocols, and preparing the physical and energetic body for psychedelic healing. Jennifer also trains healthcare providers to offer energetically attuned, ceremony-informed care, rooted in intuition and embodied wisdom. Her work honors the mystical, the cyclical, and the sacred process of becoming. Whether teaching, holding space, or reflecting truth, Jennifer reminds us: Life is a ceremony—and we are the medicine.

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My interest in group transformational work has its roots in deep ecology and the ecological perspectives in the work of Joanna Macy and John Seed including the Council of All Beings and Thinking Like a Mountain. I was fortunate to able to be a student in medical anthropology and public health during   my medical training at the University of California (San Francisco). This led me to study the nature of the Communal Body in several pueblo communities in Northern New Mexico and enter a Family Medicine residency in Albuquerque New Mexico. During my seven years in Zuni interests focused on the transformational events of birth and dying.  I was invited to be an observer in the ceremonies of the Native American Church. Upon leaving Zuni I entered a maternity care fellowship and returned to New Mexico to develop a Maternal and Child Health service at the University of New Mexico. As director of the UNM Milagro Perinatal Substance Use program I began to appreciate the role of trauma at the roots of addiction and how the cycles of despair affect many of our New Mexico communities. This led me to become board certified in Addiction Medicine and to develop UNM School of Medicine supported sabbatical in the use of Psychedelic Assisted Therapies for Trauma and Addiction. I graduated from the California Institute of Integral Studies Program in Psychedelic Assisted Therapies (PAT) and Research in 2021. I received research training in Psychedelic Assisted Therapies including certification in MDMA Assisted Therapy with MAPS and training in Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy with PRATI and Polaris. My focus expanded from research to becoming a therapist. My therapy training has included two years of Hakomi Mindfulness-Centered Somatic Psychotherapy, and level one internal Family Systems. As a student and practitioner in Holotropic Breathwork I appreciated the power of group ceremony. The somatic and breathwork training allowed me to see how these practices are portals to expanded states of consciousness. And to appreciate that these states are inherent in each of us, and we are not dependent on plants or compounds to access them. I have been a facilitator for legal Psylocibin assisted therapy in Europe and Jamaica. My psychedelic therapies research at the University of New Mexico includes the use of MDMA for postpartum women with PTSD and Opioid Use Disorder, psilocybin assisted therapies for postpartum and major depression and the development of group psychedelic therapy models to improve access and equity. I live in a solar adobe in New Mexico tucked into the cottonwoods of the bosque which are homes to Great Horned Owls. I have lived New Mexico for 25 years and I helped raise three boys. My passions include time in nature, gardening and music/dance.

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Maya Armstrong, MD, is board certified in family medicine and addiction medicine, but her path to medicine and psychedelic-assisted therapy was a circuitous one. Her journey has taken her through rain forests, mountains, and deserts with studies ranging from ecology to yoga, meditation, and bodywork before entering the practice of medicine. Maya’s clinical and research interests include chronic pain, substance use, and end-of-life care – with the goal of understanding and ultimately helping to transform trauma and suffering, which is what drew her to psychedelic-assisted therapy. Maya completed a 10-month certificate program in psychedelic therapy and research at the California Institute of Integral studies. She also studied ketamine-assisted therapy with the Psychedelic Research and Training Institute. She has been a facilitator and investigator in several clinical trials of psychedelic compounds, including the first clinical trial of natural psilocybin-assisted therapy delivered in a group format. At her core, she is a teacher, a gardener, and a massive nerd.

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Kathryn Tucker, JD,  has been called “the nation’s leading end-of-life rights attorney” and “one of the most influential end-of-life litigators in the United States”. She currently serves as  Special Advocacy Advisor at the National Psychedelics Association. For more than 30 years she has engaged advocacy to protect and expand the rights of the terminally ill. She founded and served as Executive Director of the End of Life Liberty Project,  Executive Director of the Disability Rights Legal Center, the nation’s oldest disability rights advocacy organization, and Director of Advocacy and Legal Affairs for Compassion & Choices.

Tucker has held faculty appointments at Loyola/ Los Angeles,  University of Washington, Seattle University and Lewis & Clark, Schools of Law, teaching “Law, Medicine and Ethics at the End of Life”  and “Psychedelic Science,  Law and Policy.”

Tucker served as lead counsel representing patients and physicians in two landmark federal cases decided by the United States Supreme Court, Washington v. Glucksberg and Vacco v. Quill, asserting that mentally competent terminally ill patients have a constitutional right to choose medical aid in dying. These cases are widely acknowledged to have prompted nationwide attention to improving care of the dying, and to have established a federal constitutional right to aggressive pain management.   Tucker played a key role in successfully defending the Oregon Death with Dignity Act from attack by the United States Department of Justice, resulting in the landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court, Oregon v. Gonzales, representing the patient plaintiffs.

Tucker has been leading the public interest impact advocacy to open access to psilocybin assisted therapy for those with life-threatening conditions under Right to Try laws(AIMS v DEA), and  the effort to reschedule psilocybin off of schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act.

      Tucker was part of the team that succeeded in enacting the nation’s first state law permitting psilocybin therapy (Oregon Measure 109, 2020) and more recently was involved in the successful legislative effort to pass the New Mexico Medical Psilocybin Act. Tucker  represents plaintiffs in a case pending in federal court in Oregon to ensure that homebound disabled and dying Oregonians are able to have reasonable accommodation to access psilocybin services under the Oregon Psilocybin Services Act. (Cusker et al v OHA).

      Tucker is also a longtime student, practitioner and teacher in the Ashtanga Yoga tradition. She weaves her work in end of life law and policy with her yoga teaching, offering the workshop: Preparing for the Final Asana: Law and Medicine at the End of Life and What Yoga Has to Offer at leading retreat centers across North America.

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Susan Thompson is a licensed psychotherapist in private practice. Susan's approach to therapy is holistic, empathetic and client-centered.  She works extensively with cognitive restructuring, cognitive behavioral therapy and exposure therapy to help clients connect mind, body, heart and spirit. She is a Co-Creator of the TAP Integration Psychedelic Certification program for medical professionals, therapists and facilitators and the author of several books in the mental health field including Cognitive Transformation, Crush Anxiety and Working Through Trauma. Susan received her Master's degree in Psychology Counseling from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology and her Bachelor of Business Administration from The University of Texas at Austin.

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Victoria J. Cvitanovic is a lawyer specializing in Psychedelic Medicine, Cannabis, Healthcare, Cybersecurity/Data Privacy, and Corporate Law. With the women of Rudick Law Group, PLLC, she assists healthcare practitioners and businesses navigate highly regulated industries. A trial-tested litigator turned healthcare and business strategist, Victoria’s practice leverages her experience in regulated psychedelics business building, regulated psychedelics and cannabis commercial transactions, cybersecurity auditing, AI implementation and governance, psychedelics and cannabis patient relations, insurance, compliance, litigation portfolio management, supply chain logistics, and medical malpractice defense. By combining her experience, Victoria empowers healthcare providers, suppliers, and retailers to successfully enter and grow in the cannabis and psychedelic medicine industries.  She is also a passionate Zen Buddhist, a patient advocate, and a person living with a disability committed to crusading for accessibility. In addition to her law practice, Victoria serves as the President of the Board for Kinship Center, a senior center offering holistic wellness programming for people over 65. Victoria is particularly proud of her role as cofounder of Sober Zen, a meditation group open to anyone interested in the intersection of sobriety and meditation, and of her CLE program, Mindfulness for Prosecutors and Victim Advocates.

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Dr. Jasdeep Sandhu is a board certified psychiatrist who practices integrative psychiatry. She believes we each carry and create the medicine we need. Her approach to mental health treatment brings awareness to various factors influencing wellbeing, and teaches her patients to practice this same awareness. She completed her residency at Mount Sinai in New York City, and focuses on mindfulness, psychodynamic, and transpersonal approaches to therapy and works with the principles of meaning, nutrition, movement, restoration, meditation, and connection as core principles in treatment. She facilitates KAP individual and group sessions, as well as general medicine work personalized prep and integration sessions in her private practice. She also offers consulting and enjoys teaching future doctors, colleagues and the public on psychedelics and holistic mental health.

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Dr. Hannah Whitmore is a certified hospice and palliative care nurse and clinician scientist dedicated to supporting individuals and families through serious illness and end-of-life transitions. She holds a PhD in Nursing from UCSF, where her research focuses on symptom science and psychedelic-assisted therapy to address existential distress and promote death acceptance. Drawing on 17 years of meditation practice under her Tibetan Buddhist teachers and training in contemplative psychology at Naropa University, she integrates mindfulness-based approaches and culturally sensitive care for diverse communities, including combat veterans, LGBTQ+ individuals, and underserved populations. Dr. Whitmore is a postdoctoral fellow at the UCSF International Center for HIV/AIDS Research and Clinical Training in Nursing, where she studies the implementation of psychedelic therapies for seriously ill and HIV+ populations, and she also serves as an end-of-life care consultant helping individuals and families navigate complex healthcare systems in ways that honor their values

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Roxroy A. Reid, PhD, LCSW, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in New Mexico and a Senior Social Worker in the Emergency Department at the Raymond G. Murphy VA Medical Center, where he is currently in his seventh year of service. He also serves as a Co-Lead for the VA National Elder Justice Clinical Implementation Team. Dr. Reid is certified in Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) and is actively engaged in developing strategic partnerships to support the implementation of New Mexico’s newly approved psilocybin program. Before joining the VA in 2018, he practiced for nine years as a clinical social worker in the University of New Mexico Geriatric Clinic and later worked in hospice care with Presbyterian Health Services. In addition to his federal service, Dr. Reid maintains a private therapy practice through Bosque Mental Health, Parenting Forward, LLC, and Silo, LLC, which he operates in partnership with colleagues. He has also served as an adjunct professor of social work at New Mexico Highlands University. Dr. Reid holds a PhD in Public Health Policy Administration. His doctoral dissertation, How Policymakers Can Improve the Experiences of Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia Caregivers (2015), reflects his longstanding focus on aging, caregiving, and health policy. He has served on two gubernatorial task forces in New Mexico—one to develop a statewide caregiver plan and another to establish a state plan for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. A national leader in social work regulation, Dr. Reid is the Past President of the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), the nonprofit organization representing social work regulatory boards in the United States and Canada. He has practiced in the social work regulatory arena since 2009 and has chaired both the New Mexico Counseling and Therapy Board and the New Mexico Social Work Board.

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Jose Maresma is a nationally recognized performance coach with more than 34 years of experience helping individuals and teams thrive in highstakes environments. His work spans professional and Olympic sport, Tier1 military units, federal law enforcement, emergency medicine, first responders, medical education, and senior business leadership. Across these diverse settings, Jose is known for delivering calm, clarity, and measurable performance gains where pressure is highest. At the core of his work is an evidencebased 7Pillars Performance Framework, designed to support wholeperson wellbeing while extending healthspan, reducing stress, and elevating sustainable performance. Jose integrates physiology, neuroscience, psychology, and contemplative practices to create practical systems that translate directly into daily life and elite performance. His personal mission is simple and unwavering: to help others not just perform, but truly thrive. Jose’s training and certifications include behavioral neuroscience; clinical exercise physiology; effective exercise prescription; strength, mobility, and healthy aging; clinical body fat reduction and nutrition for thriving; cardiovascular health optimization; sleep and recovery coaching; mindfulnessbased stress reduction (MBSR); mindset and resilience training; cognitive health optimization and dementia prevention; lifestyle intervention for traumatic brain injury (TBI); thermal regulation training (cold and heat exposure); and Oxygen Advantage breathwork. He is also a trained psychedelicassisted therapy preparation, guiding, and integration coach, working in alignment with licensed clinicians to support intentional, ethical, and wellintegrated experiences. Jose is widely respected for his ability to simplify complex health and performance science into clear, actionable strategies that people can immediately apply. Whether working oneonone, leading retreats, or coaching organizations, his work consistently empowers individuals and teams to build resilience, clarity, and lasting wellbeing.

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Daniel Blackwood has been working in the field for 40 years and is the founder and Chief Lantern Holder for the Evolution Group, Inc., in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a family behavioral health organization since 1998.

Daniel provides therapy, clinical supervision, consulting, presents at international, national, regional, and statewide conferences, and provides training and technical assistance on topics related to advances in adult mental health and recovery from trauma, addictive disorders, co-occurring disorders, disordered gambling, sexual addiction, and partner betrayal, and is co-author of Mindfulness-Based Somatic Emotional Processing, Integrity Recovery™, now in its 3rd edition, and is working on a new book on living life with honor.

He holds certifications from the International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals, Reconsolidating Traumatic Memories (RTM), and is trained in EMDR, Brainspotting, Mindfulness-Based Somatic Emotional Processing, and Seeking Safety.

Daniel and Shawn have been together for 30 years and share three children and four dogs.