Joseph Campbell

“The cave you fear to enter

holds the treasure you seek.”

Hi, I’m Debbie!

I’m a trauma-informed, somatic psychotherapist, professor of psychedelic-assisted therapy, and integrative plant-medicine facilitator.

I currently serve as a Professor of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy at the Academy of Intrinsic Studies, where I teach licensed Natural Medicine Facilitators in Colorado. My work focuses on the psychology of facilitation, trauma-informed care, preparation, integration, ethics, and relational support during psychedelic-assisted therapy.

My professional exploration of healing and alternate states of consciousness began at Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic and Consciousness Research, where I worked under notable mentors in the field, such as Dr. Roland Griffiths, Dr. William Richards, and Mary Cosimano, and contributed to clinical trials investigating the efficacy of psilocybin-assisted therapy for Major Depressive Disorder and Anorexia Nervosa.

After receiving a scientific foundation in the field of psychedelic medicine, I began facilitating high-dose psilocybin journeys at Mycomeditations Psilocybin Retreat. Working with highly trained therapists, intentional group therapy, and diverse guests, I was deeply exposed to the multi-dimensional states of trauma, healing, and collective patterns within the human condition.

My clinical work later expanded into Psychedelic Passage, one of the nation's leading legal psychedelic facilitation networks, where I have since guided more than 500 psychedelic preparation, support, and integration journeys with individuals across the United States. Through the privilege of helping hundreds of individuals cultivate highly intentional and personalized healing journeys across the United States, I have gained thousands of hours in hands-on experience in creating highly safe, conscious, and trauma-informed spaces.

I have served in other legal psychedelic treatment settings, including Mission Within, where I supported military veterans participating in ibogaine and 5-MeO-DMT-assisted treatment programs. I also co-facilitate immersive women's healing retreats in Mexico and Peru, integrating plant medicine with somatic psychotherapy, nervous system regulation, relational group process, mindfulness, and trauma-informed approaches to healing.

Previously, I worked as a psychotherapist at Inner-Tribal Treatment, a holistic rehabilitation center serving Native American communities in Southern California. Under the guidance of respected Indigenous elders, I provided psychotherapy while learning from traditional approaches to healing that emphasize community, ceremony, culture, and relationship alongside evidence-based psychological care.

I serve on the Board of Directors for the Pono Path Program, a 501(c)(3) organization based in Hawai’i, where I provide insight on the bridge between trauma, yoga, and cross-cultural insights.

I am a devoted ally to the sacred medicine of psilocybin and, more recently, a sister exploring the holy sacraments of Acacia and Syrian Rue. Deeply connected to renewal Judaic communities, I am part of a growing movement actively exploring ancestral wisdom in relation to trauma healing and the peace-building needed for the future.

Outside of my work with plant medicine, I am both a student and teacher of Ashtanga-vinyasa yoga, a multi-instrumental musician, and have traveled to over 45 countries across 6 continents. I love practicing the Spanish and Hebrew language, rock climbing, making jewelry, and most of all, laughing with my friends.

Expanding Credentials

Professional Background

  • Johns Hopkins Psychedelic Research Center - Research Aide under Dr. Roland Griffiths and Mary Cosimano

  • Academy of Intrinsic Studies - Professor of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapyfor Licensed Natural Medicine Facilitators of Colorado

  • Mycomeditations Psilocybin Retreat – Retreat Facilitator with Justin Townsend, CEO

  • Psychedelic Passage – Guide and Integration Coach

  • Inner-Tribal Treatment – Therapist; Practicum Student

  • Pono Path Project – Board of Directors

  • Fireside Project – Coaching Manager with Mary Cosimano, LCSW & Dr. Jacob Ham

  • Fireside Project – Virtual Psychedelic Peer Supporter

Education & Training

  • Master of Arts in Clinical Psychotherapy - Bastyr University School of Naturopathic Medicine

  • Somatic Experiencing Professional Training Level 1 - Somatic Experiencing International

  • Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy with Dr. Peter Levine, Dr. Pat Ogden, Dr. Arielle Schwartz, and many others – Embody Lab

  • Intergenerational Trauma Healing – Mark Wolynn

  • Somatic EMDR Therapy Program - Embody Lab with Dr. Arielle Schwartz, Dr. Scott Lyons

  • Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy – Polaris Insight Center 

  • Healing with MDMA: Facilitator Training with Jonathan Robinson, M.A., M.F.T. - Psychedelic Society

  • Psychedelic and Psycho-Spiritual Integration Coach – Being True To You 

  • Meditation Teacher Training – Ananda School of Yoga and Meditation

  • 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training – Yoga Alliance

  • Authentic Relating Training Level 1 - ART International

  • Deb Dana’s Polyvagal Informed Therapy Master Class with Stephen Porges, PhD - PolyVagal Institute

Related Experience

  • Thousands of hours of experience facilitating hundreds of individual and group therapeutic experiences with plant medicine

  • Deep personal exploration and work with 10+ entheogenic and medicinal plants

  • Facilitation of plant medicine retreats under the traditional lineage of Shipibo-Conibo 

  • Practice with the ceremonial use of psilocybin under Zapotec shamanistic tradition

  • Retreat leader on medicine + mindfulness retreats (México)

  • Zendo Project Burning Man - Psychedelic Peer Support Volunteer

  • Extensive experience traveling to more than 40 countries over 6 continents

  • Bilingual in Spanish and English

My Approach

I work at the intersection of consciousness, somatic psychology, neuroscience, trauma, attachment, ancestry, culture, and the deeper symbolic and archetypal dimensions of the psyche.

This approach brings Western psychotherapy and contemporary understandings of the nervous system into conversation with Eastern philosophy, contemplative practice, and traditional ways of understanding healing.

I draw from Somatic Experiencing, Internal Family Systems, psychodynamic and relational psychotherapy, poly-vagal theory, mindfulness, breath, yoga, and embodied contemplative practice.

At the center of this work is a respect for the innate intelligence of the body and psyche.

Symptoms are not always evidence that something within us is broken. Anxiety, vigilance, disconnection, control, or other protective patterns may once have been intelligent responses to circumstances that required them.

Rather than asking only, How do we make this go away? I am interested in asking, What has this been protecting? What is the body communicating? What becomes possible when it no longer has to protect us in the same way?

This is what I mean by healing beyond the mind. We work with the biological, emotional, relational, somatic, ancestral, cultural, and spiritual dimensions of experience as parts of an interconnected whole.