Our PS2025
Speakers

PS2025 will feature hundreds of speakers from across the world exploring the full spectrum of psychedelics, including science, medicine, policy, business, spirituality, and culture in 14 tracks, making this one of the largest Psychedelic Science gatherings ever.

Programming Tracks

Keynote

Big ideas and high-profile speakers exploring the integration of psychedelics into broader society and culture.

Black Liberation

A half-day series on ways plant medicine can support Black communities in healing from systemic and interpersonal racism, trauma, and exploitation.

Business

The infrastructure for scaling safe and responsible access to psychedelics, including finance, drug development, regulatory, clinics and service centers, technology, and community institutions.

Community

Dialogues and stories about psychedelics from the perspectives of unique and intersectional communities.

Science

The latest insights on the neuroscience, pharmacology, and chemistry of psychedelics, and the quest to understand their mechanisms of action.

Statewide

A single-day forum focused on the new systems of state-regulated access to psychedelic experiences in Colorado and Oregon.

Veterans

A single-day forum for veterans, first responders, and their families about the growing movement to bring psychedelic healing to their communities.

Doblin

Personal selections from MAPS Founder Rick Doblin, focusing on the living legacy and pioneers of psychedelic research, therapy, and culture.

Plant Medicine

The world of ethnobotanical practices that use psychedelic plant medicines, including Indigenous, traditional, spiritual, and contemporary approaches.

Policy

The legislative, judicial, and regulatory foundations required to create and manage safe and responsible access to psychedelics and a post-prohibition society.

Society

The intersection of psychedelics and society, including popular culture, the arts and music, media, religion and spirituality, ethnicity and culture, and the psychedelic community itself.

Studies

New research spanning a variety of fields, including clinical trials, naturalistic use, risk & safety, public opinion, health and wellness, religion & spirituality, and global culture.

Trials

Findings and updates from clinical trials studying the potential of psychedelics in the treatment of serious mental illness and neurological disorders.

Therapy

Deep discussions for clinicians and facilitators from intake to integration, including critical viewpoints on evidence-based practices, education and training, ethics and accountability, and the delivery of care.

Confirmed Speakers

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Dylan Orion

Producer
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Society
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Débora Gonzáles, Ph.D.

Professor
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Clinical Trials
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Eddie Jacobs, DPhil

Ethics Researcher
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Studies & Trials
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Eileen Brewer

President
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All

Eleana Baskouta, MA, CAP

Founder & Executive Director
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Community
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Elizabeth Wolfson, Ph.D.

Psychotherapist, Consultant
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Society
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Emma Knighton, MA, LMHC

Trauma Therapist, Educator
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Society
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Emmanuelle Schindler, MD, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Neurology
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Studies/Trials
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Ethan Goldwater

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Science
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Ethan Mills

Mental Health & AOD Clinician / Researcher
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Society
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Fadel Zeidan

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All

Fayzan Rab, MD

Clinical Researcher
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Studies/Trials
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Francisca Silva, MSc

Project Officer
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Policy
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Gabrielle Agin-Liebes, Ph.D.

Instructor, Licensed Clinical Psychologist
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Studies/Trials
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Gayatri Sanku, Ph.D., MPH

MD-PhD candidate
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Policy
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Genesee Herzberg, PsyD

Founder and Psychologist
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Therapy
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Geoffrey Lawrence

Research Director
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Policy
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Gina Giorgio

Director of Strategy and Development
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Policy
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Gisele Fernandes-Osterhold, MFT

Director of Psychedelic Facilitation, University of California, San Francisco; Teaching Faculty, CAMP
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Studies/Trials
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Gokul Raj, MD

Psychiatrist
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Studies/Trials
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Grace Cepe

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Society
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Hailey Gilmore, MPH

Founder & CEO
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Policy
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Hanifa Nayo Washington

Co-Director, Healing Justice Practitioner
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Black Liberation
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Hannah Hetzer

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Policy
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Hannah Whitmore, PhD, RN, CHPN

Post-doc fellow, hospice RN
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Studies & Trials
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Harriet de Wit

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Science
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Heather Kuiper, DrPH, MPH

Director
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Policy
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Heidi Allen

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Therapy
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Heidi Pendergast

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Statewide Initiatives
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Heidi Venture, MOL

Psilocybin Service Center Owner and Facilitator
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Statewide Initiatives
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Houman Farzin, MD, MSc

Founder and Faculty Lecturer
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Policy
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Imani TurnBull-Brown

Founders
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Veterans
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Irina Alexander

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Therapy
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Iryana Mosina

Psychedelic Researcher
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Society
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Isis Koutrouli, MSc

Doctoral Researcher
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Studies & Trials
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Ismail Ali

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Policy
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Itzel Barakat

Student Therapist
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Veterans
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J.D. Madden

Deputy Fire Chief, Retired
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Veterans
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Jae Sevelius, Ph.D.

Professor of Medical Psychology
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Community
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Jaime Clark-Soles

Full Professor
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Community
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Jamila Hokanson, MD, MBA

Psychiatrist, Researcher
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Studies/Trials
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Jared Moffat

Political Strategist
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Policy
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Jason Forrest

Data Visualization Expert
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Science
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Jason Luoma

CEO/Scientist
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Studies/Trials
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Jason Ortiz

Grassroots Movement Builder and Directors of Strategic Initiatives
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Policy
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Jay Michaelson

Rabbi and Field Scholar
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Society
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Jaz Cadoch

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Society
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Jazz Glastra

Senior Director
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Therapy
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Jeffrey E. Gerst, Ph.D.

Professor
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Science
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Jeffrey Toppel

Partner
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All

Jem Stone

Jem- Cultural Consultant/PAT Therapist
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Therapy
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Jen Holmberg

Neuroscience PhD Candidate
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Science
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Jennifer Arnett, Esq.

Mediator / Arbitrator / Attorney
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Community
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Jeremy Scott

Research Program Coordinator
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Veterans
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Jerrico Perez, Esq.

Partner
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All

Jessalyn Maguire, LMSW

Somatic Psychedelic Facilitator and Trauma Practitioner
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Therapy
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Jesse Gould

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Veterans
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Jesse Hudspeth, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow
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Science
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Jessica 'Jaz' Cadoch, MA

Medical Anthropologist & Co-Steward
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All

Jessica F. Gonzalez, Esq.

Founder/Attorney
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Community
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Jessica L. Nielson, PhD

Founder and President
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Policy
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Jessica Punzo, Psy.D.

Clinical Psychologist
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Therapy
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Joanna Kuc

PhD Candidate & Data Scientist
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Studies & Trials
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Jon Dalton

Co-Founder
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Policy
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Jonas Schlomberg

PhD Student
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All

Jorge Valderrabano

Advocacy Officer
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Policy
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Joseph McCowan

Psychedelic Therapist, Compass Pathways; Training Faculty, Fluence; Board Member, Lykos Therapeutics
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Therapy
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Josh Hardman

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All

Joshua Kugel

Clinical Psychologist, PhD Candidate
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Studies & Trials
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Joshua S. Siegel, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor
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Science
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José Montemayor Alba

"Creative Producer", "Immersive Experience Designer/Developer", "Wellness Innovation Consultant"
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Society
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Juan-Manuel Vélez-Villegas

PhD Candidate, University of Toronto
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All

Jukka-Pekka Heikkilä PhD

Scholar-activist
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Society
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Julia Eklund, M.Sc.

PhD candidate
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Science
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Justin Kuyn

Research Intern
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Studies/Trials
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Justin LaPree

Founder & President
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Veterans
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Justin Moore, CYT

CEO Appalachian Psychedelic Socity, Adjunctive Therapist, Grad Student,
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Community
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Justin Natoli, JD, LMFT

Psychotherapist and Founder
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Therapy
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Kat Lakey

Founder
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All

Kat Murti

Executive Director
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Policy
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Kayla Knopp, Ph.D.

Research Psychologist
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Therapy
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Kelley O'Donnell

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Therapy
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Kenneth Shinozuka, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher
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Science
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Kenneth Tupper

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Policy
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Kevin Balktick

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Science
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Kevin Byrne, MD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
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All

Kevin Cranford

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Black Liberation
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Kirt Mallie

PAT Therapist
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All

Kufikiri Imara

false
Black Liberation
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Kuranda Morgan, MSc

Civic Science Fellow
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Studies
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Kyrsten Sinema

Former United States Senator, Arizona
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Keynote
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Larry Leeman MD MPH

Physician Researcher and Psychedelic Therapist
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Studies
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Laura Mae Northrup, MFT

Author and Psychotherapist
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Therapy
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Lauren Morgan

Medical Student
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Science
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Lauren Taus

Psychotherapist, Educator and Trainer
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Therapy
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Lea Petrikova, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher
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All

Leor Roseman, Ph.D.

Senior Lecturer and Psychedelic Researcher, University of Exeter
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Workshops
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Leslie Morland PsyD

Clinical Psychologist and Professor of Psychiatry
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Studies
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Lia Mix

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Business
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Liana Gillooly

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Business
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