ABOUT
THE SYNTHESIS INSTITUTE

By The Resurgence Training Institute

Our name is a tribute to our core mission: synthesizing diverse approaches to foster holistic well-being and personal growth and expansion, where psychedelics serve as tools, and the set, setting, and skilled guidance of practitioners shape the potential for meaningful insights and lasting change.

We are a diverse community of seekers and explorers,
 
Mothers and fathers,daughters and sons,
Artists, educators, therapists, and nurses—
Transformational leaders and practitioners from many paths.
Our purpose is to create spaces to remember the sacred, 
 
To reconnect, and to realize our collective wholeness.
We hold space for the many ways of knowing and not knowing,
 
Welcoming perspectives through myriad lenses,
Bridging modern insights with traditional wisdom,
And honoring the multifaceted nature of the human experience.
We are a diverse community of seekers and explorers,
 
Mothers and fathers,daughters and sons,
Artists, educators,therapists, and nurses—
Transformational leaders and practitioners from many paths.
Our purpose is to create spaces to remember the sacred, 
 
To reconnect, and to realize our collective wholeness.
We hold space for the many ways of knowing and not knowing,
 
Welcoming perspectives through myriad lenses,
Bridging modern insightswith traditional wisdom,
And honoring the multifaceted nature of the human experience.

Our Mission

The Synthesis Institute has emerged as a global leader in the modern psychedelic movement and the integration of psychedelics into contemporary culture. Dedicated to providing world-class education and training, we empower aspiring and established psychedelic practitioners with the professional foundations necessary to responsibly navigate this emerging field.
With a pioneering history of advancing psychedelic research and offering legal, intentional, and professionally guided psychedelic retreat experiences to over 1,000 individuals, the Synthesis Institute has established itself as a trusted educational provider for a global, growing community of more than 500 students and graduates.

About Us

The Synthesis Institute, a daughter company of The Resurgence Training Institute Inc., has emerged as a global leader in the modern psychedelic movement and the integration of psychedelics into contemporary culture. Dedicated to providing world-class education and training, we empower aspiring and established psychedelic practitioners with the professional foundations necessary to responsibly navigate this emerging field.

With a pioneering history of advancing psychedelic research and offering legal, intentional, and professionally guided psychedelic retreat experiences to over 1,100 individuals, the Synthesis Institute has established itself as a trusted educational provider for a global, growing community of more than 500 students and graduates.

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2018: Pioneering Transformational Wellness and Advancing Psychedelic Research

Founded in the Netherlands, the Synthesis Institute emerged with a visionary goal: to provide broad, legal access to professionally guided, psychedelic-assisted retreat programs while advancing scientific understanding of these powerful medicines. In collaboration with prestigious institutions like Imperial College London and renowned researchers such as Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris and Dr. Rosalind Watts, Synthesis played a pivotal role in pioneering research on the therapeutic potential of psilocybin.

2020: The Birth of Psychedelic Practitioner Training

As psychedelics moved further into mainstream culture, the demand for skilled and knowledgeable practitioners was growing. In response, we launched the Synthesis Institute’s training division in 2020, dedicating over a year to developing the first-of-its-kind Psychedelic Practitioner Training.
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2021: Leading Psychedelic Education and Training

In 2021, we proudly welcomed the first cohort of students into our Psychedelic Practitioner Training, bringing together participants from around the world for an 18-month journey of personal and professional development. Our curriculum fuses modern psychedelic science, wisdom traditions, and deep self-exploration, cultivating compassionate, skilled space-holders for psychedelic-supported transformation.

2023: Challenging Endings, New Beginnings

In early 2023, coming out of a global pandemic, the organization faced significant financial challenges, leading the Dutch retreat arm dedicated to legal psychedelic group retreats in the Netherlands to file for bankruptcy. These were difficult times not only for the Synthesis community, including team members, collaborators, partners, and students, but also for the broader psychedelic field.
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2024: Relaunching Public Retreats

In 2024, Synthesis relaunched its signature public psychedelic-supported retreat program, Immersion, reintroducing legal, professionally guided psychedelic experiences for individuals seeking growth, exploration, and meaningful change.

Building on years of expertise, this 7-week program includes three weeks of preparation, a five-day immersive retreat, and three weeks of integration—designed to help participants reconnect with their inner wisdom and reclaim their innate wholeness.

Meet the Learning Facilitators

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Mina Samuels

Writer, Speaker and Performer

Mina Samuels is a writer, speaker, playwright, and performer, and in a previous incarnation, a litigation lawyer and ...

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Mina Samuels is a writer, speaker, playwright, and performer, and in a previous incarnation, a litigation lawyer and human rights advocate; as well as an athlete and meditation practitioner, trained in Non-Violent Communication and Internal Family Systems. Mina offers workshops and one-on-one facilitations on the transformative power of the body-mind connection and how it nourishes our whole self.

Her books include, Run Like A Girl 365 Days: A Practical, Personal, Inspirational Guide for Women Athletes and Run Like a Girl: How Strong Women Make Happy Lives and she writes regularly for Medium and Fit Is A Feminist Issue.  She has also created and performed two award-winning solo shows and an ensemble play.

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Dr. Allen Goodwin

University lecturer in Psychology

Dr. Allen Goodwin (Bsc (Hons), Ph.D.) has spent the last twenty years as a full-time senior University lecturer in Psychology focusing mainly on ...

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Dr. Allen Goodwin (Bsc (Hons), Ph.D.) has spent the last twenty years as a full-time senior University lecturer in Psychology focusing mainly on the areas of Research Methods & Statistics, Neuroscience, and Visual perception. He has received numerous prestigious university inspirational teaching awards and is a contract-published author.

Dr. Goodwin holds an animistic perspective, a result of over thirty years of Druidic and Shamanic Practice. In 2013, he discarded his academic career as an act of faith and relocated to the place of his youth devoting himself to his family and working as a professionally trained shamanic practitioner (both in core and classical techniques). 

In all his work, he aims to facilitate a greater connection for his clients to develop their sense of connection to their true self and their sense of place within their own lives.

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Dr. Lela Mosemghvdlishvili

Transformative Educator

Dr. Lela Mosemghvdlishvili is a transformative educator working on the intersections of academia, wisdom traditions, and embodied practices. Lela ...

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Dr. Lela Mosemghvdlishvili is a transformative educator working on the intersections of academia, wisdom traditions, and embodied practices. Lela has served as a board member of the Amsterdam Psychedelic Research Association (APRA) since 2017. At the University of Amsterdam, they designed and have been teaching an interdisciplinary elective project Critical Issues in Psychedelic Renessainsefor the past five years.  

A notable part of Lela's life is devoted to the ongoing study and practice of Maha and Ati Yoga, experiential dancing, and regular silent retreats for introspection. These modalities are vital sources of insight and understanding to them. Lela is also an authorized Feeding Your Demons® facilitator, and meditation teacher.

 

 

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Ladybird Morgan

RN, MSW, RCST Practitioner

Ladybird Morgan RN, MSW, RCST practitioner, has helped guide medical practitioners, families, caregivers, programs, and institutions around ...

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Ladybird Morgan RN, MSW, RCST practitioner, has helped guide medical practitioners, families, caregivers, programs, and institutions around the world (including with Doctors Without Borders and in California Prisons) on how to be present to difficult experiences by remembering, embodying, and responding from the deepest place of truth.

Her work is informed by a lifetime commitment to meditation, sacred practices, and personal inquiry. Currently a private palliative care consultant with Mettlehealth and a co-facilitator for Commonweal’s Cancer Care Help Program and Healing Circles, she is also a co-investigator/study therapist with a University of Washington study of psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy and the Co-Founder/Program Director of The Humane Prison Hospice Project.

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Mary Bredin

Psychotherapist

Mary is a psychotherapist with over 30 years experience of working in a variety of UK healthcare settings as a clinical supervisor, group ...

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Mary is a psychotherapist with over 30 years experience of working in a variety of UK healthcare settings as a clinical supervisor, group facilitator, researcher, and educator. She specializes in helping people face loss and change, illness, and death, and is particularly interested in how nature connection, mindfulness, self-compassion, and vision quest rites of passage can support journeys of personal growth, transformation, and healing.

In her spare time, she tends an old Cornish garden, which has lots of flowers and brambles. She swims in the sea all year round and loves to walk in wild places.

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Mina Samuels is a writer, speaker, playwright, and performer, and in a previous incarnation, a litigation lawyer and human rights advocate; as well as an athlete and meditation practitioner, trained in Non-Violent Communication and Internal Family Systems. Mina offers workshops and one-on-one facilitations on the transformative power of the body-mind connection and how it nourishes our whole self.

Her books include, Run Like A Girl 365 Days: A Practical, Personal, Inspirational Guide for Women Athletes and Run Like a Girl: How Strong Women Make Happy Lives and she writes regularly for Medium and Fit Is A Feminist Issue.  She has also created and performed two award-winning solo shows and an ensemble play.

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Dr. Allen Goodwin (Bsc (Hons), Ph.D.) has spent the last twenty years as a full-time senior University lecturer in Psychology focusing mainly on the areas of Research Methods & Statistics, Neuroscience, and Visual perception. He has received numerous prestigious university inspirational teaching awards and is a contract-published author.

Dr. Goodwin holds an animistic perspective, a result of over thirty years of Druidic and Shamanic Practice. In 2013, he discarded his academic career as an act of faith and relocated to the place of his youth devoting himself to his family and working as a professionally trained shamanic practitioner (both in core and classical techniques). 

In all his work, he aims to facilitate a greater connection for his clients to develop their sense of connection to their true self and their sense of place within their own lives.

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Dr. Lela Mosemghvdlishvili is a transformative educator working on the intersections of academia, wisdom traditions, and embodied practices. Lela has served as a board member of the Amsterdam Psychedelic Research Association (APRA) since 2017. At the University of Amsterdam, they designed and have been teaching an interdisciplinary elective project Critical Issues in Psychedelic Renessainsefor the past five years.  

A notable part of Lela's life is devoted to the ongoing study and practice of Maha and Ati Yoga, experiential dancing, and regular silent retreats for introspection. These modalities are vital sources of insight and understanding to them. Lela is also an authorized Feeding Your Demons® facilitator, and meditation teacher.

 

 

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Ladybird Morgan RN, MSW, RCST practitioner, has helped guide medical practitioners, families, caregivers, programs, and institutions around the world (including with Doctors Without Borders and in California Prisons) on how to be present to difficult experiences by remembering, embodying, and responding from the deepest place of truth.

Her work is informed by a lifetime commitment to meditation, sacred practices, and personal inquiry. Currently a private palliative care consultant with Mettlehealth and a co-facilitator for Commonweal’s Cancer Care Help Program and Healing Circles, she is also a co-investigator/study therapist with a University of Washington study of psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy and the Co-Founder/Program Director of The Humane Prison Hospice Project.

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Mary is a psychotherapist with over 30 years experience of working in a variety of UK healthcare settings as a clinical supervisor, group facilitator, researcher, and educator. She specializes in helping people face loss and change, illness, and death, and is particularly interested in how nature connection, mindfulness, self-compassion, and vision quest rites of passage can support journeys of personal growth, transformation, and healing.

In her spare time, she tends an old Cornish garden, which has lots of flowers and brambles. She swims in the sea all year round and loves to walk in wild places.

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Meet the Retreat Team

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Hanneke Shots

Retreat Facilitator

Hanneke holds a safe and grounded space for individuals to explore their inner world with honesty, courage, and compassion.

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Hanneke holds a safe and grounded space for individuals to explore their inner world with honesty, courage, and compassion.

A psychodynamic therapist specialized in trauma and inner child work, she weaves body-based practices, breathwork, hypnotherapy, shadow work, voice dialogue, and psychedelic-assisted approaches to support meaningful transformation.

With a vibrant practice in Amsterdam and extensive experience facilitating retreats and trainings internationally, Hanneke is known for creating attuned, non-judgmental spaces where people can meet themselves more fully.

She brings a grounded presence, a trauma-informed perspective, and a deep commitment to guiding participants toward clarity, wholeness, and inner coherence.

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Lesley Quilty

Retreat Facilitator

Lesley has four decades of experience as a group facilitator and coach, and in working with altered states as a vehicle for transforming ...

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Lesley has four decades of experience as a group facilitator and coach, and in working with altered states as a vehicle for transforming consciousness. She aspires to bring authenticity, courage, tenderness, and joy to all she does.

Lesley embodies a long-term immersion in a number of intersecting healing modalities. Respectful use of psychedelics and plant medicines in ceremonial settings, Buddhist Insight meditation, the Indigenous Red Road practices of Sundance and Sweatlodge, Conscious Connected Breathwork, Family and Organisational Constellations, Archetypal Psychology, 20 years as a leadership consultant and trainer, and 40 years living in an international intentional community have all been part of her path. She is also a professional red-nose clown and clown-doctor. 

Her work with Synthesis began in 2021, as a Learning Facilitator and Guest Faculty on the Professional Psychedelic Facilitator training, and ultimately as a Lead Facilitator on the retreat team.

Everything she shares as a facilitator is rooted in her own committed personal practice and ongoing study.

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Dr. Lela Mosemghvdlishvili

Retreat Facilitator

Dr. Lela Mosemghvdlishvili is a transformative educator working on the intersections of academia, wisdom traditions, and embodied practices. Lela ...

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Dr. Lela Mosemghvdlishvili is a transformative educator working on the intersections of academia, wisdom traditions, and embodied practices. Lela has served as a board member of the Amsterdam Psychedelic Research Association (APRA) since 2017. At the University of Amsterdam, they designed and have been teaching an interdisciplinary elective project Critical Issues in Psychedelic Renessainsefor the past five years.   A notable part of Lela's life is devoted to the ongoing study and practice of Maha and Ati Yoga, experiential dancing, and regular silent retreats for introspection. These modalities are vital sources of insight and understanding to them. Lela is also an authorized Feeding Your Demons® facilitator, and meditation teacher.

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Bernardino Machado

Retreat Facilitator

Bernardino is a Religion Sociologist and Physiotherapist (specialised in manual therapy and myofascial disorders), born in Venezuela but currently ...

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Bernardino is a Religion Sociologist and Physiotherapist (specialised in manual therapy and myofascial disorders), born in Venezuela but currently living in Madrid, Spain. He has been studying yoga, meditation and ancient traditions for more than 20 years.

In the last ten years he has worked as a yoga Alliance certifier delivering 200-TTC and workshops all around the world. Having a passionate interest for the use of psychedelics in ancient cultures and religion practices, he is very interested in exploring the effects of psychedelics combined with ancient eastern practices as yoga and Qigong as a way of expanding human consciousness and finding inner balance . Having music background as guitarist and flute player, he enjoys playing music from different traditions in the context psychedelic ceremonies.

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Mary Bredin

Retreat Facilitator

Mary is a psychotherapist with over 30 years experience of working in a variety of UK healthcare settings as a clinical supervisor, group ...

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Mary is a psychotherapist with over 30 years experience of working in a variety of UK healthcare settings as a clinical supervisor, group facilitator, researcher, and educator. She specializes in helping people face loss and change, illness, and death, and is particularly interested in how nature connection, mindfulness, self-compassion, and vision quest rites of passage can support journeys of personal growth, transformation, and healing.

In her spare time, she tends an old Cornish garden, which has lots of flowers and brambles. She swims in the sea all year round and loves to walk in wild places.

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Hanneke holds a safe and grounded space for individuals to explore their inner world with honesty, courage, and compassion.

A psychodynamic therapist specialized in trauma and inner child work, she weaves body-based practices, breathwork, hypnotherapy, shadow work, voice dialogue, and psychedelic-assisted approaches to support meaningful transformation.

With a vibrant practice in Amsterdam and extensive experience facilitating retreats and trainings internationally, Hanneke is known for creating attuned, non-judgmental spaces where people can meet themselves more fully.

She brings a grounded presence, a trauma-informed perspective, and a deep commitment to guiding participants toward clarity, wholeness, and inner coherence.

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Lesley has four decades of experience as a group facilitator and coach, and in working with altered states as a vehicle for transforming consciousness. She aspires to bring authenticity, courage, tenderness, and joy to all she does.

Lesley embodies a long-term immersion in a number of intersecting healing modalities. Respectful use of psychedelics and plant medicines in ceremonial settings, Buddhist Insight meditation, the Indigenous Red Road practices of Sundance and Sweatlodge, Conscious Connected Breathwork, Family and Organisational Constellations, Archetypal Psychology, 20 years as a leadership consultant and trainer, and 40 years living in an international intentional community have all been part of her path. She is also a professional red-nose clown and clown-doctor. 

Her work with Synthesis began in 2021, as a Learning Facilitator and Guest Faculty on the Professional Psychedelic Facilitator training, and ultimately as a Lead Facilitator on the retreat team.

Everything she shares as a facilitator is rooted in her own committed personal practice and ongoing study.

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Dr. Lela Mosemghvdlishvili is a transformative educator working on the intersections of academia, wisdom traditions, and embodied practices. Lela has served as a board member of the Amsterdam Psychedelic Research Association (APRA) since 2017. At the University of Amsterdam, they designed and have been teaching an interdisciplinary elective project Critical Issues in Psychedelic Renessainsefor the past five years.   A notable part of Lela's life is devoted to the ongoing study and practice of Maha and Ati Yoga, experiential dancing, and regular silent retreats for introspection. These modalities are vital sources of insight and understanding to them. Lela is also an authorized Feeding Your Demons® facilitator, and meditation teacher.

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Bernardino is a Religion Sociologist and Physiotherapist (specialised in manual therapy and myofascial disorders), born in Venezuela but currently living in Madrid, Spain. He has been studying yoga, meditation and ancient traditions for more than 20 years.

In the last ten years he has worked as a yoga Alliance certifier delivering 200-TTC and workshops all around the world. Having a passionate interest for the use of psychedelics in ancient cultures and religion practices, he is very interested in exploring the effects of psychedelics combined with ancient eastern practices as yoga and Qigong as a way of expanding human consciousness and finding inner balance . Having music background as guitarist and flute player, he enjoys playing music from different traditions in the context psychedelic ceremonies.

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Mary is a psychotherapist with over 30 years experience of working in a variety of UK healthcare settings as a clinical supervisor, group facilitator, researcher, and educator. She specializes in helping people face loss and change, illness, and death, and is particularly interested in how nature connection, mindfulness, self-compassion, and vision quest rites of passage can support journeys of personal growth, transformation, and healing.

In her spare time, she tends an old Cornish garden, which has lots of flowers and brambles. She swims in the sea all year round and loves to walk in wild places.

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Meet the Operations Team

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Maya Albert

CEO

Maya is an operations specialist and writer, dedicating her professional energy to the growth of the psychedelic ecosystem. As a Director of ...

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Maya is an operations specialist and writer, dedicating her professional energy to the growth of the psychedelic ecosystem. As a Director of Operations, Maya supports each department in achieving their specific goals through goal setting, organizational structure, and project oversight. She also leads the Practicum program, connecting sites and students for in-person learning around the world.

Having co-founded the annual psychedelic conference, Psyched, and hosted the first Psychedelic House of Davos, Maya continues her pursuit to strengthen the community through the open-source sharing of knowledge and interdisciplinary networking. She has consulted and worked with a number of other organizations in the space, including the Heroic Hearts Project and Tabula Rasa Ventures. She has authored a compressive analytical report on the business of psychedelics and is now co-authoring the book, Our Trip Together. 

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Chara Caruthers

Program Director

Chara Caruthers is a skilled facilitator with decades of personal and professional practice as an educator, therapist and lifestyle medicine ...

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Chara Caruthers is a skilled facilitator with decades of personal and professional practice as an educator, therapist and lifestyle medicine practitioner working with groups and individuals. Her life and work is grounded in eastern spiritual traditions, ancient and indigenous wisdom and modern science and philosophy. She holds a professional certification in psychedelics, entheogens and transpersonal psychology, is a graduate of the Center for Holding Space Foundations program at the Leadership level, and is currently completing a master of science in transpersonal psychology. As a Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT), certified Ayurvedic practitioner and psychedelic researcher, she is passionately dedicated to building bridges between ancient lifestyle traditions and modern western medical approaches to mental health and wellbeing. Chara believes that a loving and supportive community is the vital and often missing piece of the picture of wellbeing for so many. She recognizes that her work in the psychedelic space is that of building and empowering community as a container for embodying our wholeness.

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Andrew Lanterman

Admissions Guide

Andrew received his Bachelor of Science in Environmental Management and Protection from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. His academic training provided a ...

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Andrew received his Bachelor of Science in Environmental Management and Protection from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. His academic training provided a foundation for understanding the relationship between human and ecological systems, although it was a consciousness expanding moment in 2013 that provoked a fully visceral and cathartic realization of the unsustainable systems of modernity. This existential awakening led him to seek alternative paths of living and being, and pinpointed the importance of a deep need for individual and collective transformation within consciousness.

His path naturally oriented towards practices within the yogic traditions, which ultimately led him to the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, CA where he devoted five years working and studying. Andrew ultimately found a love for psychedelic guiding and integration coaching, and he continues to find an ever-deepening well of compassion and awe for the complexities within our shared human experience.

His current inquiries include how to reorient our individual and collective values towards timeless wisdom, and how to personally and collectively remember the sacredness that is life.

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Amber Gillie

CRM Manager

Amber has spent over 20 years as a CRM consultant, specializing in digital transformation and workflow automation. With expertise across multiple ...

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Amber has spent over 20 years as a CRM consultant, specializing in digital transformation and workflow automation. With expertise across multiple industries, she has worked with businesses of all sizes—from solo entrepreneurs to large corporations—helping them streamline operations, optimize customer engagement, and build scalable systems. Having owned and operated small businesses, including a natural health clinic, Amber brings a unique perspective that blends technical precision with a deep understanding of human connection and care.
 
Two years ago, a profound personal experience with grief led Amber to explore the therapeutic potential of psychedelics. This journey became a catalyst for healing and transformation, sparking a spiritual awakening and deepening her passion for integrative wellness. Holding a degree in nutrition and additional training in psychedelic integration, she is particularly interested in the intersection of technology, personal transformation, and holistic well-being.
 
With a foundation in both analytical problem-solving and human-centered healing, Amber is committed to supporting innovation, efficiency, and personal growth in every space she works in.

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Michaela Mairinger

Director of Marketing

Michaela has dedicated the majority of her professional journey to fostering growth in startups. Prior to her association with the Synthesis ...

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Michaela has dedicated the majority of her professional journey to fostering growth in startups. Prior to her association with the Synthesis Institute, she led the marketing initiatives at a digital mental health startup. Her educational credentials include a degree in Business and Marketing, as well as a Master's Degree in Marketing.

A personal experience with traumatic grief sparked a decade-long exploration into a variety of traditional and non-traditional healing methodologies. Michaela is particularly intrigued by the intersection of psychology and the symbolic language of archetypes. She has received training as a Gestalt Therapist, Drama and Art Therapist, Family Constellations Facilitator, SAT-certified Enneagram Practitioner, and Jungian Astrologer.

Michaela's first encounter with Ayahuasca in 2014 marked a significant turning point in her life, inspiring her to continue her exploration of various plant medicines ever since.

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Our Advisors

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Casey A. Paleos, MD

Clinical Advisor

Casey Paleos, MD, is a psychiatrist and researcher with over fifteen years of experience in psychedelic medicine, beginning with his work as a ...

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Casey Paleos, MD, is a psychiatrist and researcher with over fifteen years of experience in psychedelic medicine, beginning with his work as a study therapist in the landmark Psilocybin Cancer Anxiety Study at NYU. From 2018 to 2023, he served as Principal Investigator and Study Therapist for the MAPS-sponsored MDMA-assisted Therapy for PTSD Phase 3 Clinical Trials and has served as an MDMA-assisted Therapy Supervisor for MAPS since 2022.

Dr. Paleos is Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder of InnerMost PBC, a New York City center of excellence for psychedelic-assisted treatment, training, and research whose mission centers on reducing socioeconomic barriers to safe and effective care. He is also the co-founder of Nautilus Sanctuary, a nonprofit psychedelic research, education, and advocacy organization.

His clinical background spans ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, MDMA-assisted therapy, and psilocybin research, with additional experience designing clinical services platforms at Mindbloom and Journey Clinical.

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Dr. Manesh Girn

Science Advisor

Dr. Manesh Girn is a prominent figure in psychedelic neuroscience, bridging academia and industry with ...

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Dr. Manesh Girn is a prominent figure in psychedelic neuroscience, bridging academia and industry with expertise in neurobiology, psychology, and clinical research on psychedelics. He is a postdoctoral neuroscientist at the University of California, San Francisco, focusing on psychedelic brain mechanisms, and serves as Chief Research Officer at Entheo Tech Bioscience, contributing to psychedelic bioscience and clinical trials. Additionally, Manesh is an active science communicator, engaging with audiences through podcasts, lectures, and a YouTube channel to share insights on psychedelic research and advancements.

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Poonam Gunjal

Commercial Development Advisor

Poonam Gunjal brings 20+ years of life sciences experience and deep roots in psychedelic medicine. She most recently served as Director of ...

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Poonam Gunjal brings 20+ years of life sciences experience and deep roots in psychedelic medicine. She most recently served as Director of Commercial Development at Usona Institute, where she was involved in commercialization planning for synthetic psilocybin and led the investigational drug supply program supporting investigator-initiated trials globally. She understands this field from research through to delivery.

Poonam is an MSW candidate at Sacred Heart University on a clinical track toward becoming a psychedelic-assisted therapist, and guest lectures in the MS in Psychoactive Pharmaceutical Investigation program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She holds a BS in Molecular Biology, an Executive MBA, and an MS in Organizational Management, is a certified Hogan coach, and founded Fullmoon Wellness Center in Fairfield, CT.

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Daan Keiman

Advisor

Daan Keiman is a faculty member and advisor, and the former Lead Facilitator and Director of Program and ...

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Daan Keiman is a faculty member and advisor, and the former Lead Facilitator and Director of Program and Product Development at the Synthesis Institute. He holds an MA in Spiritual Care, serves as Education Lead for the OPEN Foundation's Advanced Education in Psychedelic Therapy (ADEPT) program, and is the co-founder of Guild of Guides Netherlands, an organization that seeks to professionalize psychedelic sitting services, and of the Communitas Collective, a psychedelic think-and-practice tank. He has guided and cared for people in altered states of consciousness for over 15 years, ranging from harm reduction work at festivals to his private practice as a psychedelic and Buddhist chaplain.

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Valentin Somma, PhD

PAT Education & Training Strategy Consultant

Valentin Somma is Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of InnerMost Clinical Services, a center combining psychedelic-assisted therapy, somatic ...

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Valentin Somma is Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of InnerMost Clinical Services, a center combining psychedelic-assisted therapy, somatic healing, breathwork, and trauma-informed modalities into personalized treatment plans.

He brings a decade of experience in strategy and systems-level thinking, including management consulting at Boston Consulting Group and strategy consulting for Lykos Therapeutics, where he supported the Therapy Education team. This background gives him an unusually grounded understanding of both the operational complexity and the clinical demands of scaling psychedelic-assisted care.

Alongside his strategic work, Valentin is a trained Internal Family Systems Practitioner at level 3 and a regular Program Assistant for IFS Institute level 1 and 2 trainings — grounding his organizational thinking in direct experience of the healing process.

He holds a PhD in Economics from Columbia University and a Master's in Engineering from École Polytechnique, France.

 

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Casey Paleos, MD, is a psychiatrist and researcher with over fifteen years of experience in psychedelic medicine, beginning with his work as a study therapist in the landmark Psilocybin Cancer Anxiety Study at NYU. From 2018 to 2023, he served as Principal Investigator and Study Therapist for the MAPS-sponsored MDMA-assisted Therapy for PTSD Phase 3 Clinical Trials and has served as an MDMA-assisted Therapy Supervisor for MAPS since 2022.

Dr. Paleos is Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder of InnerMost PBC, a New York City center of excellence for psychedelic-assisted treatment, training, and research whose mission centers on reducing socioeconomic barriers to safe and effective care. He is also the co-founder of Nautilus Sanctuary, a nonprofit psychedelic research, education, and advocacy organization.

His clinical background spans ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, MDMA-assisted therapy, and psilocybin research, with additional experience designing clinical services platforms at Mindbloom and Journey Clinical.

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Dr. Manesh Girn is a prominent figure in psychedelic neuroscience, bridging academia and industry with expertise in neurobiology, psychology, and clinical research on psychedelics. He is a postdoctoral neuroscientist at the University of California, San Francisco, focusing on psychedelic brain mechanisms, and serves as Chief Research Officer at Entheo Tech Bioscience, contributing to psychedelic bioscience and clinical trials. Additionally, Manesh is an active science communicator, engaging with audiences through podcasts, lectures, and a YouTube channel to share insights on psychedelic research and advancements.

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Poonam Gunjal brings 20+ years of life sciences experience and deep roots in psychedelic medicine. She most recently served as Director of Commercial Development at Usona Institute, where she was involved in commercialization planning for synthetic psilocybin and led the investigational drug supply program supporting investigator-initiated trials globally. She understands this field from research through to delivery.

Poonam is an MSW candidate at Sacred Heart University on a clinical track toward becoming a psychedelic-assisted therapist, and guest lectures in the MS in Psychoactive Pharmaceutical Investigation program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She holds a BS in Molecular Biology, an Executive MBA, and an MS in Organizational Management, is a certified Hogan coach, and founded Fullmoon Wellness Center in Fairfield, CT.

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Daan Keiman is a faculty member and advisor, and the former Lead Facilitator and Director of Program and Product Development at the Synthesis Institute. He holds an MA in Spiritual Care, serves as Education Lead for the OPEN Foundation's Advanced Education in Psychedelic Therapy (ADEPT) program, and is the co-founder of Guild of Guides Netherlands, an organization that seeks to professionalize psychedelic sitting services, and of the Communitas Collective, a psychedelic think-and-practice tank. He has guided and cared for people in altered states of consciousness for over 15 years, ranging from harm reduction work at festivals to his private practice as a psychedelic and Buddhist chaplain.

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Valentin Somma is Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of InnerMost Clinical Services, a center combining psychedelic-assisted therapy, somatic healing, breathwork, and trauma-informed modalities into personalized treatment plans.

He brings a decade of experience in strategy and systems-level thinking, including management consulting at Boston Consulting Group and strategy consulting for Lykos Therapeutics, where he supported the Therapy Education team. This background gives him an unusually grounded understanding of both the operational complexity and the clinical demands of scaling psychedelic-assisted care.

Alongside his strategic work, Valentin is a trained Internal Family Systems Practitioner at level 3 and a regular Program Assistant for IFS Institute level 1 and 2 trainings — grounding his organizational thinking in direct experience of the healing process.

He holds a PhD in Economics from Columbia University and a Master's in Engineering from École Polytechnique, France.

 

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