Psychedelic Harm Reduction

IFS Preparation & Integration Sessions
Facilitating Inner Harmony Before and After Transformative Journeys

Why Preparation and Integration Matter for harm reduction

Psychedelic experiences can be profound, transformative, and potentially harmful - some of their impact depends on how well your internal system is prepared for the experience and how your system integrates the experience afterward.

• Preparation Sessions: Addressing fears, blocks, and expectations of your parts will set the foundation for a safer, more connected, consensual, and meaningful journey. Aligning your internal system before a journey contributes to an effective mindset and readiness needed for deep exploration.

• Integration Sessions: After a journey, process and make sense of your experience, whether uplifting or challenging. Connecting with your inner parts post-session can unlock further healing, release burdens, and integrate insights into lasting personal growth.

Thoughtful preparation and integration ensure that your journey becomes a tool for healing and transformation, not just a fleeting or potentially destabilising or damaging experience.

“I highly recommend Oliver’s IFS sessions for anyone who is ready to explore deeper aspects of the Self. I have been receiving sessions with Oliver for almost a year now, and it’s been an incredible journey of self-discovery and healing. Oliver’s extensive training and skill set, combined with his wise and compassionate nature, have given me the confidence and trust to delve deep into the wounded and vulnerable parts of myself.”

— Lisa, IFS Client

Psychedelic Preparation Sessions

Prepare your internal system for a psychedelic experience, breathwork, or shamanic journey with Certified IFS Therapist Oliver Brooke.

IFS (Internal Family Systems) is a powerful approach to help you uncover and work with fears, blocks, and protective strategies that may arise as you prepare for your journey. Together, we will explore:

• Concerns about the setting: the medicine, its effects, dosage, facilitator, and environment.

• Mindset challenges: fears of trauma resurfacing, skepticism, doubt, or fear of pain or difficulty.

• Preparation parts: cleansing, dieting, meditating, or holding specific expectations.

Through preparation sessions, you will connect with these parts from a grounded Self, allowing you to address their concerns compassionately. This will move your internal system into more alignment, setting the stage for a safer, more meaningful, and potentially transformative experience.

Psychedelic Integration Sessions

Process and integrate your psychedelic experience to support healing and growth.

Psychedelic journeys can stir a wide range of experiences—emotional, somatic, spiritual, and transpersonal - some are unsettling. Using IFS, we’ll address any parts of your system activated by your journey, such as:

• A frightened young part reacting to difficult imagery or sensations.

• A meaning-making part trying to understand and piece together the experience.

• A part in awe or ecstasy seeking deeper understanding.

• Parts affected by challenging or "bad trips" which may stem from the mindset, setting, relational, or other aspects of the experience.

During integration sessions, I will guide you to connect with these parts, listen to their concerns, process their experiences, and deepen your relationship with them. This Self-led process can also further understand your experience, gain insight into protective strategies, release burdens, bring clarity, and support ongoing healing.

Oliver’s Psychedelic Journey

My personal journey with psychedelic healing for relational trauma and spiritual growth fuels my passion for this work. For the past five years, I’ve personally and professionally used IFS as a harm minimisation tool to prepare for and integrate shamanic, breathwork, and psychedelic experiences for myself and my clients.

I’ve also trained with leading experts in psychedelic healing, including:

• Rita Bozi: Training in Somatic, trauma-informed psychedelic-assisted therapy.

• Bob Falconer: Supervision and training for IFS psychotherapy for preparation and integration of psychedelic experiences.

My approach is grounded in IFS Psychotherapy, Person-centered Therapy, compassionate witnessing, trauma-informed, somatic awareness, and a deep respect for the transformative and harmful potential of these experiences. I take a slow approach, moving at the pace of your system and the parts of you which are affected by these experiences.

Fees for preparation and integration sessions

• 90-Minute Session: $225 AUD inclusive of GST.

Discover how IFS can support your inner system before and after your journey. Contact me today to book a session.