You are the agent of your transformation, your limitless potential is within you, awaiting its awakening.
The world is awash with many practitioner titles which may confuse you. Simply put, I apply traditional and emerging evidence-based therapeutic models, combined with Entheogens to help you Unlock and Access your inner-healing wisdom.
I will be the guide for your inner healing in a process we undertake together. We will co-create a safe, integrated and embodied inner-journey, to unburden blockages and heal you from within.
The path that led me to you -
Much like you, who are seeking wholeness, a sense of purpose, clarity and freedom from physical and emotional pain, I too was once on the same path. My life was riddled by trauma, both conscious and repressed, for which I could not find any remedies.
Not only did conventional therapy and medication prove to be ineffective with symptoms of depression and anxiety, medication cocktails robbed me of feeling alive.
I discovered the world’s strongest entheogen and without education, preparation and integration from my facilitators, I underwent the most intense ceremony of my life.
The shortcomings of the ceremony that I attended became the catalysts that compelled me to study Somatic Internal Family Systems and Somatic Experiencing Therapy, modalities that seamlessly marry with Psychedelics to galvanize the healing of seekers that I work with.
Supported by a Multidisciplinary Integrative Holistic Team of practitioners, each of whom has their unique skill-set, we tailor a ceremony to meet your unique needs and facilitate an amazing healing journey.
I look forward to taking the first step with you ~
Payam
Stories of Seekers
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They say that things show up when you need them most, and meeting Payam and his supreme healing arrived in precisely this way. I had been stuck in a dark loop of grief accompanied by bouts of severe anxiety and panic, and was not responding to traditional talk therapy or other mainstream modalities. Keeping my head above water was a moment-by-moment struggle. I’m not a stranger to alternative therapies, and have found them to be extremely beneficial. However, ceremonies had always taken place within group settings which felt a personal roadblock from allowing my most vulnerable self to emerge. In group ceremony, there always exists the possibility that negative energetics from another participant can affect and detract from your own inner sanctum - I have been in that maloca. A one-on-one session with Payam had the potential to offer more profound excavations, which was what I required for a breakthrough. There is nothing to compare the level of immediate comfort and trust I had with Payam, and his commitment to my healing and wellbeing was evident with every step. Clear, detailed communications were in place during advance preparations, and continued throughout my journey. His obvious reverence and respect for the intelligence of the medicine interwoven with integrity and an innate knowing are hallmarks of a true healer, and Payam has that in spades.There was never a moment where I felt unsafe or unsupported, although my own apprehensions were often tricky to navigate. I have never felt more cared for, seen, and, yes - LOVED - by a professional than during our sessions. He listens and is compassionately direct. He offers cues and guidance - reminders to breathe, to allow, to let go, and to surrender. To go deep. Long-buried truths were safe to reveal themselves along moments of heartfelt liberation and clarity. Payam showed up when I needed him the most; the greatest gift I could have given myself. I am beyond grateful.
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— Heidi R.
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In a landscape littered with boys in costumes, Payam is a man truly dedicated to being an honest practitioner of neo-western psychedelic healing. He is a skillful navigator of the multilayered realms which encompass our current cultural, social, and interpersonal landscape. He uses this skill in full service of his clients. Very human, Payam is aware of the many roles we each play and how they interact with each other. My experience with Payam showed him to be an attuned, sensitive, and benevolent practitioner who strikes an appropriate balance between directing and allowing. During our time together, he saw deeply into who I am and customized his interactions with me in the medicine space based upon what he saw. This ended up being very healing and transformative, increasing my ability to play the true song of my heart with the instrument that is this body.
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— Clack Ickes - President, Psychedelic Club. USA
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I was honored that we spent a transformative & sacred time together! You welcomed me, so that my presence can be supportive to my partner and with open arms you trusted me as an observer & learner of your gift as a Shaman healer blending the powers of plant medicine! It was a special healing time I will always cherish!
As a trained mental health clinician with a commitment to learning and expanding my understanding and clinical practice in Trauma healing, I thank Payam for his wisdom and gift of elevating my heart and mind to the an alternative form of healing our deeper shadows that can not be to reached solely by traditional Western talk therapies! I witnessed Payam’s healing and forever thankful for expanding my knowledge. Everyday I’m still unfolding the layers of expansiveness!!
My deepest gratitude to you!
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— Glenda Danek, LCSW
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Payam has helped me with what no Western practitioner or medical professional was able to - which was uncover and heal the source of my deepest trauma; something that years of therapy alone could not accomplish. I am incredibly grateful for the opportunity to work with him, and experience his passion and love for helping others heal and find their souls again, or perhaps for the very first time. Self-love and acceptance have always been very elusive concepts to me, until Payam showed me how truly beautiful (and possible) they are. I very much look forward to continuing this journey of self-love and self-discovery, and strongly encourage others to take this very important leap towards their own self-healing.
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— Hope M.
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I cannot express enough how eternally grateful I am for Payam and his openness, strength, grace, and love. He puts his heart and soul into his work, and through his compassion and dedication, I was guided through some of the deepest work I have ever encountered in my life.
Payam created a safe space for me to dive into old wounds and trauma, meet my truest self, and learn to heal through mind, body, & soul. His willingness to meet me at every step of the way and help empower the Self that needed to come through has been completely life changing.
Since my work with Payam, I am moving through my life in deep awareness & love, knowledge of my worth, and clarity of my life path. I am forever thankful!
Again- Thank you for your bright light and deep soul.
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— Ceclili A.
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One doesn’t pick a surgeon for his personality, one picks him for their skill. I came to Payam for a chronic pain that had morphed into a sharp stabbing ache from which I could not find any relief. After two meetings he told me it was rooted somatically to my relationship to my alcoholic mother. I wanted to laugh and cry at the same time. During the earth medicine session, he extracted the somatic energy which I could not rid myself of. I cried when I realized the pain was finally gone and I had finally found freedom.
Payam empowered me to trust my own instincts, so that I could stand in my own power. to see my own strength and to listen to a higher level of energy connected to me and in me. My life shifted when was able to release my trauma, connect to my higher self and become my own inner healer.
Thank you!
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— Britt C.
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In my past, I tried traditional Western approaches to getting help for my past childhood traumas and my psychological pain of years living with depressive symptoms and addictive behaviors. In 1999, I started traditional mental health therapy for several years. Different therapists did not help with the deeper darker emotional issues and the dysfunctional behaviors associated with my depression. In 2004, The Mind Body Institute in Brookline Massachusetts taught me how to recognize the physiological shift within my body, provided tools to begin to address my needs and introduced me to the emotional pain stored in my body. Again, l knew I needed more help, but didn’t know what. In 2014, I was honored to be invited to an ancient healing ceremonial tradition in Peru in which the Shaman used Ayahuasca as their healing tool. My hope was to rid the weight of depression that no other western approaches could help me for over 15 years. During this journey, I received a lot of visions of which I did not know how to interpret, but the images remained with me. This then opened me up to searching for more alternative means to tap into what began in Peru. I then began my healing journey with Payam in 2019. He introduced me to MDMA which was when my true healing began. My recent ceremonial time with Payam was in 2021. I encountered the same physical reaction I first had with Ayahuasca as I did during Payam’s ceremony which included both MDMA and Psilocybin. I felt the medicine traveling in the body, the hot and cold sweats and full body shaking. I didn’t have to sit long with these symptoms because Payam saw what was happening. He asked if he could take my uncomfortable feeling away for me. He had me put my discomfort into a ball while laying on my back. Once I gathered up all the heat, I handed it over to him like an unwanted package. It was immediately gone. I felt no discomfort or anxiety. I had a new feeling of relief and release. After years of reflecting to the 2 vastly different healing ceremonies, I concluded that my time with Ayahuasca was a solo journey in which I was trying to navigate both my physiological feelings while trying to make sense of so many images and emotional feelings. In contrast, Payam’s ceremonial guidance during both ceremonial medicines, I was accompanied through it all so that any new thoughts and feelings were met with compassion and understanding. While on Ayahuasca I quickly learned that my mind and body were free to manifest and see what I wasn’t able on my own. I had this same depth of awareness during my MDMA experience. I set a specific intention and asked a specific question. Distractions (thoughts/surface shit) appeared throughout to deflect me during my journey. I was able to decipher the importance of that vision or feeling. Then I moved the distracting thoughts along or dive deeper with it. I found while taking MDMA that i had more ability to go really deep with my visions and thoughts that I believe were too threatening at other points in my life. One of my visions while on Ayahuasca was a woman on a bed, but I did’t know why. At that time, I remember asking to show me and tell me what I need to understand these images with love and compassion. I was gifted these images yet the depth of understanding didn’t arrive until years after my Ayahuasca journey. It wasn’t until I sat with MDMA that those images became clearer. That image of the woman was my abuser. Prior to 2014, I had no awareness I was sexually assaulted. Yet, if you asked me at 2016 I’d still say no, but I would think of my babysitter, but not know the reason. For decades, I carried a lot of pain and anger. Particularly, when it came to my partners and specifically if I experienced feelings of rejection and denial. I never understood why I would act like that until now. When on Ayahuasca I was only OBSERVING while on MDMA I was observing, experiencing and regressing to my traumatized self while releasing all at once. What took 20 years of seeking relief from my trauma and suffering, it took Payam 2 ceremonies to give me the peace and clarify I have now.
I’m eternally grateful to Payam.
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