Reclaiming the sacred in mental health
holistic guidance bridging psychiatry, SPirituality and Psychedelics
Work with Saskia
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1:1 Guidance
If you struggle with psychiatric complaints and you’re following a spiritual path, itcould be that regular psychiatric healthcare isn’t the right fit. I offer one on one guidance for navigating psychiatric and and/or spiritual complaints, that help to ground and integrate your experiences.
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Truffle Deep Dive
A guided truffle journey is a guided experience were you use a heroic dose of psilocybin truffles, and I will guide you in a one on one session exploring altered states for healing, insight, and personal growth. You will get support by preparing and integrating the experience.
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Support Group
A support group for spiritual emergencies provides a safe space for individuals navigating intense spiritual experiences, offering guidance, understanding, and community to process and integrate their challenges in a supportive and safe environment.
1:1. Guidance
NAVIGATING YOUR NEW REALITY TOGEtHER
GrouNding
While your in the midst of experiencing overwhelming sensations, complaints or you are receiving a lot of outer dimensional information, it could be that you only need someone to listen, to comfort you and secure you that you are not losing your mind. I worked 13 years in psychiatric healthcare and know how to differentiate a spiritual crisis from psychoses and also guide you in case it occurs. I could support you with grounding techniques, which can be helpful in extreme states, to feel more connected with the earth and thereby more secure, so the experience can flow trough instead to be resisted.
Integrating
I can help you make sense of the experience and see how it can enrich your personal growth and daily life. We can find practical ways together to incorporate new awareness, such as setting boundaries, allowing mindfulness, and embracing the change into your life. This process turns the crisis into a path for deeper self-understanding and transformation
Learn more in my bio about my experience and skills in healthcare.
A guided journey with truffles
A SPIRTUAL EMERGENCY SUPPORT GROUP
A Courageous deep dive into the unknown
Like in nature, mushrooms turn what is dead into new life.
I will guide you through an intake procedure to assess whether a truffle deep dive is a suitable option for your self-exploration. This includes a screening to identify any contraindications or the need for additional care. It's essential that you answer questions honestly regarding the use of medication, complex trauma, or any significant somatic or psychiatric issues, as some conditions may pose safety concerns for both of us. Together, we will explore your intentions and expectations to ensure that I can effectively support your journey.
If, after the intake process, we both feel confident and safe, we can schedule a date for the ceremony. I will explain you how to prepare yourself. We will together explore what creating space in your being means for you. The more space you create, the more chance you go deepen your journey in the ceremony.
The ceremony itself, including preparation and the grounding, will last at least 7 - 9 hours. On the day, we will again clarify and focus on your intention. We will begin with a ritual to becoming aware or release our fears, doubts, and worries. To support grounding, release tension, and foster openness, I offer rapé, followed by mindful breathwork, body awareness, and grounding techniques to help you remain receptive. I will create a sacred, safe space through prayer and remain close by to offer reassurance and support if difficult emotions arise. I will give you enough space when it feels appropriate, allowing you to fully surrender to the experience, without being disturbed. While some people find comfort in a hug or shared deep breathing, I encourage you to ask for support if needed. I may offer a hug or a hand myself when it feels right.
As the medicine wears off, I will help you ground, and we’ll share a nourishing soup together to further ground and anchor the experience.
Once the ceremony has concluded and the dust settles, we’ll work together to integrate your experience. This process helps translate the insights gained into actionable changes in your daily life. The level of support you need will vary, and it could be as simple as a follow-up call a week later, or perhaps a few meetups if the insights are difficult to process, if your mystical experience challenges your worldview, or if other needs arise. I will also provide tips to help you clarify and deepen your understanding of the experience, to give you tools to work with in daily life. You will at least need one day after free for work and activities to allow integrating.
Allow space for integrating, is a breathing process, that’s unique for everyone.
Learn more in my bio about my experience and skills in healthcare.
Connect with others to find belonging
Beginning of junuary 2026, I will be launching a donation-based support group in the center of Amsterdam (Oostenburgervoorstraat), 8 weekly evening meetings specifically designed for individuals experiencing a spiritual emergency. This group offers a compassionate and safe environment for sharing, that I will be guiding. I make sure that you will have the opportunity to share your extraordinary spiritual experiences without fear of judgment or being dismissed as “crazy”.
It does not matter if you feel you are in the midst of your proces, or you’re already integrating for sometime. As you feel the need to share about your spiritual crisis and you are able to listen to other experiences, you’re welcome.
The spiritual crisis could also be provoked by working with plant medicines. Some mystical experiences are hard to resemble with the way you live your life and the believes you carry. Sometimes people end up in a big nothingness, which can be extremely terrifying and difficult to give meaning.
Through the sharings in the group, you will gain valuable insights into the range of spiritual experiences. You’ll have the chance to connect with a supportive network of individuals who may understand what you’re going trough, because of their own awakening. We can learn from each others skills to manage the stress and anxiety that often accompany these experiences, helping you navigate this journey with confidence.
My goal is that you feel more equipped to harvest the many benefits that can emerge from a spiritual crisis, transforming potentially overwhelming experiences into opportunities for healing and self-discovery. We create safety rules together, to feel safe enough to share your experience and set boundaries. I will keep an eye on the time, so that everyone gets the chance to speak, without being disturbed by others. This group is potentially a space where you can find clarity, connection, and tools to support the integration of your spiritual experiences into your everyday life.
If you’re interested to join the group, please call to get more information and confirm your interest. I am thriving for a group of minimum 5 participants, if there is not enough interest I will cancel or postpone the group. Further details will be announced soon.