“What I needed wasn’t someone telling me what it meant. I needed someone who would sit with me while I figured it out.” - A coaching clientMeet your coaches
50- and 80-min sessions
Scheduled
By video
Patients at the Massachusetts General Hospital Ketamine Clinic are receiving Fireside coaching as part of a Harvard Medical School study on the impact of coaching in clinical settings.
Areas of focus: Ecospirituality and human–nature relationships, fear, anxiety, and OCD, stress, chronic pain and illness, depression, death, grief, and existential inquiry, challenging psychedelic experiences, spiritual emergence, complex trauma, life transitions
Book with Lilli
Areas of focus: Addiction and recovery, grief and the loss of loved ones, intergenerational anxiety and fear, life transitions that align to being true to self, parenthood, spirituality, loss of community, religious trauma, intuitive decision making, caregiving and end-of-life transitions, breathwork, sexuality and gender identity, the gift of play, awe and wonder
Book with Natalie
Areas of focus: Eco-spirituality, grief and loss, fears of death and dying, depression, anxiety, life transitions, dealing with stress, trauma, difficult psychedelic experiences, family dynamics and intergenerational trauma, shadow work
Book with Lindley
Areas of focus: Identity-shifting transitions, bicultural experience, career reinvention, coming out (in all its forms), shame and self-worth, non-traditional relationships, spiritual emergence, climate grief, belonging, becoming who you already are
Book with Joyce
Areas of focus: Complex PTSD, intergenerational trauma, depression, anxiety, career and life transitions, executive coaching, life in the legal profession, Judaism, child abuse, co-narcissism, religious trauma, meditation, yoga, grief, loss of parent
Book with Joshua“It is a true privilege and an honor to be present with and companion folks who are exploring and processing really big life shifts.”
Every coach starts with a full year on our support line, followed by a rigorous hiring process, then ongoing group supervision.
Every coach starts with a full year on our Psychedelic Support Line - real conversations, real hours, real stakes.
Only a small fraction of applicants become Fireside-Certified™ coaches. Interviews, references, and thorough vetting.
Biweekly supervision from Dr. Jacob Ham, Professor of Psychology at Mount Sinai - featured in the memoir What My Bones Know.
Fireside-Certified™ is not a one-time credential - it’s an ongoing commitment to keep learning and growing.
Every client receives a 50-page workbook, designed to accompany you from the moment you say yes to your journey, through preparation, flight, and integration.
Preparation begins when you say yes.
Setting intention. Examining expectations. Making space in your life - and in your body - for what’s coming.
Trust. Surrender. Receive.
A clear-eyed guide to the day of - how to lay a foundation, how to meet what arises, and the single word worth remembering.
After the ecstasy, the laundry.
Where the real work begins. A framework for unpacking, applying, and metabolizing what your journey revealed.
Start with a free consult. No commitment. No sales pitch. Just a conversation about what you’re working on, and whether we’re the right fit.
Both exist for a reason. Here’s what each offers,
so you can choose which is right for you.
You’ve made the choice to take psychedelics. That might mean exploring psychedelic therapies for a mental-health condition with ketamine in a clinic or at home, booking a retreat or psychedelic-assisted therapy session in the U.S. or abroad, planning a solo or guided journey, heading to a festival like Burning Man, or sitting a psilocybin session in Oregon.
Psychedelics can open doors, provide insights, and reveal many things. But an open door is the starting point. You need to walk through it, stay safe, explore what arises, and apply what you’ve learned. That takes time, and it takes work.
That’s where our coaches come in. Their focus is on you - meeting you where you are, answering your questions, supporting your growth, offering insights, sharing wisdom, celebrating your successes, offering accountability, and above all, looking out for your safety. All coaching is done through the lens of and for the purpose of harm reduction.
Your coach’s agenda is to support your agenda. The relationship is co-creative, collaborative, and ever-evolving - it depends on what you’re seeking and where you are on your path. Every coach creates a safe, non-judgmental space where all emotions, thoughts, questions, and ideas are welcome.
Your coach will support you with whatever arises: difficult emotions, challenging questions, concerns about safety, or goals for personal development. They may offer suggestions, tips, and tools, and share what’s worked for them or others in preparation and integration.
What we can’t do is help you decide whether, where, or when to take psychedelics. All of that is your decision.
We recommend a minimum of three preparation sessions and five integration sessions - but it depends on you. Coaching relationships often last weeks, months, or years. Unpacking your journey and applying its lessons is seldom simple or straightforward.
Your coach is the ally in your corner, by your side as you re-engage with, re-imagine, and let go of whatever no longer serves you.
Like so many experiences in life, what you get out depends on what you put in. Preparation begins the moment you say “yes.” It can include setting an intention and making space to reflect on it - why this journey, why now? It can also include a deep look at where you are in life, how you got here, where you’re going, what you’d like to let go of, and what you’d like to change.
Preparation is a key to safety and to fulfilling the transformative potential of psychedelics.
Integration is the process of exploring what arose during your journey and applying what you learned. It can mean letting go of old habits and developing new ones, falling in love with every part of yourself, or re-imagining your place in your community, relationships, and the wider world. Integration is also an important part of reducing the risks of your psychedelic experience.
No. Our coaches support people who have already decided to journey or have had one in the past. Their role doesn’t include helping you decide whether to journey, which substance to take, at which dose, or where to go.
No. Coaches are with you before and after - for preparation and integration - but not during. You’re welcome to call our free, confidential Psychedelic Support Line during your journey at 62-FIRESIDE (623-473-7433).
Coaching is a paid service providing long-term, scheduled support by video to clients preparing for or integrating psychedelic experiences. Clients select their coach from a database of photos and profiles, and all coaches are Fireside-Certified™ employees.
The Psychedelic Support Line offers free emotional support via one-off, inbound, unscheduled conversations by phone and text between anonymous volunteers and callers in the midst of psychedelic experiences or integrating past ones.
You may be able to use pre-tax dollars from your HSA or FSA to pay for coaching. While our services are classified to accept HSA/FSA funds, we recommend confirming eligibility with your carrier or a tax professional. A note from your medical or behavioral health provider outlining how coaching is part of your care plan can help.
Fireside Coaching differs substantially from psychedelic-assisted therapy, but pairs well with therapy - especially if you’re working with a mental-health professional who isn’t familiar with psychedelics. Our coaches have had their own psychedelic experiences and have spent over 300 hours supporting people navigating them.
Coaching is also often more future-focused and goal-oriented than therapy. It can serve as a complement to root-cause-focused therapeutic work.
We appreciate your interest. Just fill out the form below and let us know when you’re free - we’ll do our best to make it work.
