About Me
Education AND Areas of Focus
My name is Samantha Supit, and I’m a licensed mental health therapist (#LH61096834). I received my Bachelors in Psychology from the University of Washington as well as a Masters in Counseling Psychology from Bastyr University (a university that places importance on the mind, body, and spirit for a holistic approach to wellbeing). I specialize in helping others process and integrate experiences with plant medicines and psychedelics and support them in navigating the dimensions of their inner and outer reality. I also offer preparation sessions, which aid in maximizing your experience, strengthening your integration work, and reducing harm.
Other areas of focus
Trauma
Grief and loss
Life transitions
Multicultural issues
Anxiety
Depression
Relationship difficulties
Self-esteem
Stress management
Anger management
completed Courses/training
Somatic Soul-Based Trauma Training
The River Course: An Integrative Approach to Psychedelic Therapies and Sacred Plant Medicines
Certified Psychedelic-Assisted Therapist (Teacher’s Assistant for Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Training at Integrative Psychiatry Institute)
Somatic Psychedelic Facilitator Training
Psychedelic and Spiritual Journey Experience
It was through my experience with nature as well as psychedelics that my spiritual awakening began. I believe there are many paths and catalysts that can lead to a spiritual awakening, and psychedelics/plant medicines being one of them was like the mind-expanding push that found its way into my life at the right time, when I was consciously ready and open for something more. That catalyst resulted in an internal paradigm shift that vastly changed my perspective and way of viewing my reality. I awoke to the layers of conditioning unconsciously forced upon me by authority figures, society, culture, trauma, etc. And I had awakened to a connection to something both greater than myself and within myself. Of course, it’s up to each individual whether to begin the inner work after awakening. Psychedelics had only shown me the door, but it was up to me to walk through the door and continue to discover myself more and more. This was just the beginning of my spiritual journey. I had a thirst for knowledge and understanding. I read books, articles, and watched documentaries and interviews on subjects surrounding energy, consciousness, quantum physics, sacred geometry, psychedelics/plant medicines, love, and just anything metaphysical, where science and spirituality meet. Though knowledge is important, it is through experience, application, and integration that knowledge transforms into wisdom.
Besides my own personal experiences with altered states of consciousness, I have volunteered for the Zendo Project, a psychedelic peer support organization that helps to provide compassionate care and aids in transforming difficult psychedelic experiences into valuable learning opportunities. I’ve had the privilege to be a sitter with guests who were going through these difficult psychedelic experiences at a festival. To be able to be a grounding presence, without trying to change or shape their experience, while guests go through their own inner journey was a sometimes challenging yet always an amazing and heartfelt experience.
In 2018 I was awarded a scholarship to attend the Psychedelic Psychotherapy Forum in Victoria, BC. I was able to watch and speak with some of the top researchers in the growing field of psychedelic psychotherapy, as well as gain valuable knowledge that continues to inform my work in psychedelic integration therapy.
In 2021 I was invited to be a teachers assistant for the Integrative Psychiatry Institute’s Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Certification program. It was here that I not only had the honor of holding space for others who are excited to learn and grow in this field, but I was able to earn my certification from this program and learn from many experts in the vast world of psychedelics and plant medicines.
Approach
I strive to empower clients, help to raise their consciousness, and broaden their perspectives so they may discover more opportunities for self-healing. I enjoy blending creativity, compassion, and humor in a way that allows me to connect genuinely and in a culturally competent way with my clients. Incorporating a mind, body, and spirit perspective as the foundation in my practice allows me to embrace a more integrative therapeutic method, understanding that a “one size fits all” approach is limiting. My style in therapy is informed by mindfulness and somatic-based approaches, transpersonal psychology, and Internal Family Systems (parts work), while weaving in grounded spiritual perspectives. Besides drawing upon psychological, biological, and spiritual principles, I also enjoy weaving in different systems/tools such as the Enneagram to help my clients better understand their internal psychological structures.
