Body of a man sitting on therapist couch for Internal Family Systems therapy

Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Psychotherapy (PSIP)

in Philadelphia, PA

Embodied relational healing that meets trauma where it lives:

in the body, in the nervous system, in relationship

Why This Matters

You have done the work. You have read the books, practiced the coping strategies, engaged in talk therapy, and learned about the nervous system. Yet something still sits underneath. There are sensations that feel old, relational patterns that feel familiar but not wanted, attachment wounds that show up in the body rather than in the story.

Healing at this level requires more than insight. It requires embodied change. It requires the experience of feeling safe inside your body. It requires a relational presence that helps the nervous system unwind patterns it created for survival. When your system is supported in completing what it never had the space to complete, transformation becomes possible.

PSIP is a trauma informed, somatic, relational therapy model developed by the Psychedelic Somatic Institute. It brings together deep experiential body based work and, when appropriate and legally permitted, the option for psychedelic supported sessions, using the legal medicines of cannabis and ketamine.

Woman with the sunlight on her face, Internal Family Systems Therapy

We begin by tracking what your body feels and how your nervous system responds. We explore how relational patterns live in sensation, movement, breath, and posture. This is not symptom management. This is experiential work that honors the intelligence of the body and the relational field between therapist and client.
Therapy becomes a shared space rather than a one sided conversation. You and your therapist engage together in tracking shifts, impulses, emotions, and somatic expressions. We draw from attachment theory and developmental neuroscience to understand not only what happened in your past, but how your body carried those experiences into the present.
When it is clinically appropriate and legally permitted, we may incorporate psychedelic supported sessions into the work. These sessions are held inside a strong relational and somatic container. Your therapist remains fully present with you, helping your body and nervous system move through experiences with clarity and support. The medicine does not replace the relational work. It simply creates space for your system to access deeper levels of healing.

What happens in an IFS session?

We slow things down.
We listen inward.
We help you get curious about what’s coming up—not to judge or analyze, but to understand.

You might say, “There’s a part of me that just shut down,” and we’ll explore that together. Not to force it to go away, but to ask why it showed up—and what it’s trying to protect.

Sometimes, the work feels like memory. Sometimes, like imagination. Sometimes, it’s somatic. Often, it’s unexpectedly moving.

We don’t pressure parts to change. We build trust with them.
Because once your parts feel truly seen, they don’t have to work so hard.
That’s where healing happens.