08/06/2026
I have just returned home from our final multi-day retreat as part of my year-long training in psychedelic-assisted therapy through Anam Cara Centre.
We spent the days learning and practicing the SWIM model. A beautiful therapeutic framework that weaves together Somatic awareness, Wisdom, Interdependence, and Metacognition. It's one of the frameworks that underpins how we'll work with people in expanded states.
Spending time alongside other amazing therapists and our mentors learning, discussing and practicing has been so nourishing for me as a therapist who usually works from home in private practice.
The retreat also included a Holotropic Breathwork immersion which was extremely powerful for me and a reminder that expanded states can be accessed through many doorways, not only through medicines.
There's something really nourishing about gathering in person with people who approach this work with so much care, curiosity, and integrity. I always come away feeling inspired and excited for whatβs to come in the slowly shifting landscape of psychedelic assisted therapy here in Australia.
Iβm grateful to be part of it.