Our Team of Licensed Licensed Facilitators
Heidi Venture, Founder & Facilitator
Co-owner of Vital Reset, and 2023 graduate of Synaptic Institute, Heidi transformed her own life through psilocybin experiences. Drawing from her personal triumph over treatment-resistant depression, she compassionately guides others toward their own healing.
Heidi knows psilocybin mushrooms as gentle guides. The mushrooms can help you move past rigid patterns to unlock your inner flexibility and resilience.
Heidi creates a safe, legal, comfortable space for clients. She serves as more than a facilitator, she is a steadfast companion, offering empathetic support on your journey toward self-healing.
Matthew Wissler, Facilitator
Matt is a passionate and experienced psilocybin facilitator who has lead practicums for students completing their facilitator certification process. He is an instructor with the Changa Institute’s Psilocybin Facilitator certification program, as well as being a Certified End of Life Doula and has mentored youth as a crisis interventionist as well as being a wildlife biologist.
As a facilitator, Matt draws on his diversity of experience to provide a well-rounded and consistently supported journey that starts with the first consultation and extends through to integrating the psilocybin experience into daily life. Matts work involving trauma informed care and crisis intervention allows him to be a calm and consistent supportive presence during other people’s storms, and he recently received his end of life doula certification.
:It would be my honor to prepare and support you through your own psilocybin journey of growth, healing, and self-discovery. The phrase “psilocybin assisted therapy” gets used a lot for these services, but that only implies the self (you the client). The aim of these sessions is to connect you with your own inner healing, truth, and insight. It is this experiential nature of the practice that provides significant lasting outcomes for clients. I will work with you to give you the tools you need to gain as much from your experience as possible.”
Evelyn Cushing, Facilitator
Evelyn is a licensed Psilocybin Facilitator, Preparation, and Integration Coach, having graduated from the Changa Institute. She has 25 years of experience with psychedelics and helps people navigate their expanded consciousness while making sense of their experiences afterwards doing deep therapeutic healing work.
Evelyn studied psychology, sociology, anthropology, and philosophy and earned her degree in Social Sciences from Portland State University. This education in addition to learning from experienced guides, mentors, indigenous leaders, and her mother, a classically trained therapist, helped her develop her approach of “radical acceptance” and embracing the entirety of the human experience.
Evelyns methodology is highly influenced by eastern philosophy, evolutionary psychology, as well as overcoming personal struggles with addiction, depression, ADHD, OCD, and PTSD. from using plant medicine.
“I believe that all our feelings are sacred and important. Listening to these feelings, honoring them, and learning how to process them is an important key to unlocking our full potential while repressed and unprocessed feelings manifest as mental and physical health problems. I help you interpret the lessons your journey has taught you and how to use these lessons to become a more authentic version of yourself.”
Jarrod Franklin, Facilitator
Dr. Jarrod Franklin ND, MS (He/Him, They/Them) is a Naturopathic physician with a passion for individualized, equitable, and holistic healthcare through the healing power of nature. He emphasizes uncovering the root cause of illness and uses Ayurvedic healing principles, such as food for healing.
Dr. Franklin grew up in the southwest suburbs of Chicago and is a graduate of Vanderbilt University (BA ‘12), the National University of Natural Medicine (ND ‘18, MSc ‘20) and Synaptic Institute’s psilocybin facilitator training program (’23) becoming a licensed psilocybin facilitator in Oregon in January of 2024.
Dr. Franklin has worked as a food security advocate with Nashville Mobile Market, to address urban food deserts in the Nashville Metro Area. In addition to being an educator, student and healer, Dr. Franklin is a Healing Advocacy Fund Fellow representing the first group of diverse and licensed facilitators to participate in Oregon’s Measure 109 Psilocybin Services Initiative and address service disparities as they arise in the new program.
He is an avid dancer, traveler, music lover, and board gamer and has specific interests in serving clients who identify as BIPoC, LGBTQ2IA+, the formerly incarcerated, those seeking ancestral insights and/or have experienced racial trauma, as well as people dealing with addiction (including tobacco cessation), or substance abuse recovery.
Jadryn Ownbey, Facilitator
Meet your facilitator Jadryn, he specializes in crafting personalized, nuanced, and cathartic experiences that delve deep into the psyche, helping you to unblock emotions, bypass expectations, and uncover your true self. His approach is grounded in music, empathy, a profound respect for the power of psychedelics and our own inner healer. With extensive experience in working with Trauma, ADD, PTSD, Treatment-Resistant Depression, Anxiety, OCD, Addiction, major life transitions or just “being stuck.” Jadryn brings a wealth of knowledge, empathy, and lived experience to his practice.
With professional experience working with Veterans, First Responders, individuals undergoing major life transitions (Career, Marriage, Divorce, Birth, Death, leaving a cult, high demand religion or group, or returning to civilian life) Jadryn’s guidance is both compassionate and trauma-informed. Furthermore, Jadryn recognizes the financial constraints that can accompany seeking healing and growth, he offers a sliding scale fee structure, helping mitigate the cost as to lessen the barrier for those in need of support.
If you’re seeking profound change and are ready to embark on a journey of self-awareness, love, and acceptance, Jadryn, with his dedication to helping others and his commitment to facilitating meaningful experiences, is the trusted ally you need on your path to healing and self actualization.
Heidi Chase, Facilitator
Heidi is a nutritional therapy practitioner, a ICF credentialed coach, a licensed psilocybin facilitator and a long time plant medicine advocate. She has deep respect that a psilocybin experience can offer a gateway to healing, and it is her honor to co-create with you a safe, confidential container, free of judgement to shape your path to healing. She specializes in mind-body connection and working with folks wanting to explore their own unique journey with body image. Wanting a kinder self-worth, self-compassion and to feel more alive, free, appreciative, and in connection.
Her approach as a coach and facilitator is that each one of us are naturally creative, resourceful and whole, able to connect with a deep innate inner healing intelligence. Her alliance with you begins before your journey, supporting you in your preparation and clarity of intentions, so that you feel secure. It continues after your journey in your integration session(s) which are a space for you to make meaning of the profound reflections you had. Her style of integration is non-directive and relational, empowering your narrative so that you can anchor the growth that comes from it.
Spring Andersen, Facilitator
With over 21 years of experience in psychedelics, Spring Andersen helps guide individuals through the healing process and releasing grief through spiritual and somatic practices.
She has years of work in plant medicines and has also studied with indigenous elders, whose teachings have informed her work as a shamanic practitioner, herbalist, and finally a psilocybin facilitator.
Spring creates a safe space for transformative self-discovery and inner healing and her empathy and connection to nature allows clients to explore their inner psyche and unlock repressed trauma.
For those seeking a healing journey, Spring is here to help them find peace, renewal, a true Vital Reset.
Springs specialties include Anxiety, depression, grief, ancestral or religious trauma, spiritual re-awakening, and end-of-life issues. She works with individuals, couples, and groups of all types as well as supporting those with disabilities on her sliding scale.
Danilo Isai Escobar, Facilitator
I am a Licensed Psilocybin Facilitator and graduate of the Alma Training Institute. With a background in healthcare administration, my approach is holistic, person-centered, and focused on bridging the gap between modern research and traditional uses of Psilocybin. My role as a facilitator is to create a legal, safe, confidential, and non-judgmental space that empowers each individual.
My relationship with Psilocybin has been fundamental in my healing journey and deepened my understanding of myself and the world around me. I view Psilocybin not as a quick fix or cure-all but as one part of a larger, complex, deeply personal story.
I work with anyone drawn to this journey, bringing an understanding that each person’s experience is unique and deserves individualized attention. I believe healing comes in many forms, and we each have what we need within us to make meaningful change.
Libby Volgyes, Facilitator
Libby Volgyes believes that even in our most profound moments of brokenness and vulnerability, there is tremendous potential for healing, growth, and insight.
Libby is a licensed facilitator, a first-generation immigrant, a graduate of Synaptic Institute’s Entheogenic Medicine Program and a current student in Gabor Mate’s Compassionate Inquiry program.
Her deep commitment to her clients is informed and fueled by her own healing journey. Libby experienced intense, unresolved grief following her father’s tragic death; It was only through psychedelic therapy that she experienced profound healing and self-discovery. Libby’s mission is to support individuals navigating complex grief and profound loss as well as those experiencing depression and anxiety. Her expertise and interest have also extended to working with individuals coping with Traumatic Brain Injuries as well as caregivers who need support.
Healing from trauma and the wounds of our world calls for someone to hold your experience as a witness, to partner with you, and create a safe space for you to do the hard work that you are being called to do. Libby Volgyes is ready to be that compassionate guide, offering a sanctuary where healing and growth can flourish.
Arlo Vorhees, Facilitator
A farm kid from the dirt roads of New England, Arlo approaches his work in plant medicine with radical humility and empathy.
In his 42 years on the planet, Arlo has been a professor, journalist, translator, farmhand, creative director, counselor and case manager, semi-professional soccer player. This spectrum of experience helps him connect with people from all walks of life, regardless of class, race or gender. He received his facilitator certificate from Innertrek in Portland, OR and holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Oregon as well. Outside of the psychedelic sphere, he leads workshops that dwell at the intersection of wellness and art and actively mentors writers, musicians and visual artists.
Arlo’s a strong proponent of deliberate and comprehensive preparation and he considers this process just as sacred as the medicine session itself. After the journey, you’ll work together to uncover and focus the lessons from the trip—through a creative and artistic lens—and craft a plan to integrate this experience into your daily routine.
Psychedelics profoundly shape how Arlo views the world, helping him to redefine his depression and anxiety as sources of strength and wonder. He is particularly drawn to working with athletes, folks with treatment-resistant depression, people burdened by grief and skeptics who are new to the world of plant medicine.
Mike Hauty, Facilitator
I completed my facilitator training with SubtleWinds Cohort #1 and serve as lead instructor for their Neuroscience & Pharmacology modules. My relationship with the psychedelic movement began in the late 1960s. Over the decades, these experiences have “made me who I am today”.
I received an MD degree in 1983 and spent twenty years practicing general & trauma surgery and six years as an emergency physician. I assisted patients from all walks of life and countries. My preference is to remain a generalist as a facilitator and therefore serve all clients regardless of demographic background.
My work in harm reduction at festivals and mass gatherings has exposed me to the range of adverse outcomes from the unregulated use of psychedelics. I have supported the goals of Measure #109 since its inception. The opportunity to participate in the Oregon “experiment” with facilitated psilocybin journeys is both thrilling and humbling.
The client and the medicine do the necessary work. I feel the role of facilitator is to provide a safe container for the client’s journey. Music, color, breath & movement all offer deeper journeys. The importance of proper preparation prior and nonjudgemental integration following a session cannot be overstated.
Ann Chatterton, Facilitator
I am a health and consciousness enthusiast who has worked with the medicine for eight years. Professionally, I’ve been a registered nurse for 30 years, mainly in Level 1 trauma centers. I’m an experienced LENS neurofeedback practitioner, trained spiritual director, and former chaplain for Unity of Portland. I’m skilled in the art of holding space for clients who seek deeper levels of knowing.
After graduating from the University of Maryland in Baltimore in 2022 with a Master of Science in Medical Cannabis Science and Therapeutics, I began writing the curriculum to train psilocybin facilitators. I spent the first half of 2023 educating facilitators in a private school, including the first licensed graduate in the state. I specialize in the pharmacology of psilocybin and am often asked to consult on those with complicated pharmaceutical regimens who wish to use the medicine. Clients who are drawn to working with me include those with anxiety and depression, and in particular adults who are new to the world of psychedelics. My values are to educate and provide a supportive, comfortable, and safe presence while you take the steps to change your life.
Henry Fields, Facilitator
Hi, I’m Henry. I am a musician, yogi, mystic and intuitive counselor. If you and I work together, I will support you in preparing for your journey, and teach you the basics of a shamanic journey to be used to craft your intention statement. During the ceremony, you will be held within a safe container of non-judgment. And, on the other side of your journey, I will lead you through a psychedelic integration session, which I view as the most essential part of your journey. I will support you in implementing into your daily life the themes, directives, and body awareness received in non-ordinary reality.
I began my journey with psychedelics in high school, to heighten my explorations into musical improvisation and consciousness. I am also a diagnosed narcoleptic. I regularly experienced lucid dreaming and astral travel as a child—experiences I now view as shamanic initiations awakening in me a deep calling to explore the mystery.
Much like the figures of the Summer of Love I so deeply admired, I rode my consciousness exploration train into the substance abuse station. After years of struggling to shed addiction’s chains on my soul (and bouts of depression), my moment of clarity came at thirty-four. I reached towards spirit through various mediums and came to understand and embody the wisdom that I was receiving from my sponsors, yoga teachers and pastors. With their insights and grace, I was able to pivot and embrace a different path—one where I learned to trust and have faith.
After thirteen years of complete sobriety, and a full year of deliberation in advance of the journey, I found myself on a plane to Peru to experience Ayahuasca. On a soul level, I was being called to the medicine. Ayahuasca gave me deep insights into the generational trauma I was carrying, revealed my choices that did not support my soul’s purpose, and showed me just how much love and light was within and around me. I was also given clear, specific directives for changing my life—but never acted on most of them. This is one of the reasons why I have become such a proponent of psychedelic integration. Yes, there are great gifts in the healing experienced through the journey itself, and the truth of interconnectedness it sparks, but the circle is completed during the integration session. This is where the true alchemy occurs, as your higher self leads you to take action steps that bring your life into alignment.
The magic continues as we realize that we are enough and begin sharing our true gifts with our community. Along those lines, my journey led me to transition from a thirty-year restaurant career into doing psilocybin facilitation, psychedelic integration, hypnosis, and shamanic counseling. I bring my music, humor, intuition and vast experience to each journey. I greatly look forward to connecting with you.
Aaron Arvidson, Facilitator
Aaron is a kind and caring facilitator who empathizes with people who have endured trauma and mental illnesses and are dealing with anxiety and depression. Being a part of a military family, he has a deep respect and specializes in clients who have served in the military as well as first responders. His experience as an athlete who has suffered traumatic brain injuries (TBI) as well as being physically assaulted, has taught him valuable lessons about patience, diligence, and forgiveness as well as the 13 years of holistic wellness practices he has followed on his personal journey.
Aaron has a medical science background, graduating with a B.A. in Bioengineering from Oregon State University, and contributed to peer-reviewed journal articles in health and wellness. He uses a combination of eastern and western medicine in his practice that has a strong basis in medical research and regularly seeks new psilocybin studies, mindfulness techniques, and opportunities to improve as a facilitator.
Aaron is also a Level 1 Certified Recovery Coach and helps those dealing with addictions that range from behavioral, impulsivity, and substances.
He is a strong believer of science, and also practices meditation, yoga, and breathwork These techniques can be crucial during a journey to help ground the mind and alleviate any anxiety or stress of the unknown.
Aaron is committed to supporting his clients for the best possible experience, which starts with the preparation work and continues long after their session. He offers three integration sessions after the journey and is happy to schedule as many preparation meetings as needed before the journey so that clients feel supported, respected, and confident at each step of the process.
Dain Miller, Facilitator
My name is Dain Miller, and I became a licensed facilitator because I felt the world needed a better approach to mental health. I’m offering my services to those who wish to explore their minds, learn about themselves more deeply, and heal their past traumas. Currently my main focus is on helping clients with anxiety and depression. I’ve lived in Hillsboro, Oregon most of my life and I want to see our community flourish. I’m proud of our state for being the first in the country to legalize psilocybin services and I want to share the healing power of psilocybin with all who are interested!
Tracey Tirét, Facilitator
Hi! I’m Tracey, originally a nor cal gal; I’m a clinical herbalist, wildcrafter, plant medicine maker, mycophile/ grower, cranial-sacral therapist, vitalist, teacher, wife & mother of two teens. My now husband and I found ourselves in ayahuasca ceremonies in the jungle of Manus, Brazil over 20 years ago. It was there that I learned it was my calling to hold space for psychedelic medicine ceremonies. I have facilitated several clients and groups since graduating from Innertrek, the first psilocybin facilitator school in the country. Part-time I teach Preparation, Journeying, and Integration at The Changa Institute, a psilocybin facilitator certification program in Lake Oswego, OR.
Esa Hall, Facilitator
Esa, a seasoned psychonaut, dedicated to facilitating personal journeys of growth, compassion, and exploration. He also works with people dealing with deep seeded trauma and addictions.
For nearly a decade, he has sat in Ayahuasca ceremonies, under the tutelage of wise shamans which gave him unique insights into the psychedelic realm. Esa is also a graduate of the Alma Institute in psilocybin facilitation.
Mushrooms are compassionate, mystical helpers, and they work with us at every level of our being. They help us connect with ourselves biochemically, spiritually, archetypally, and intuitively.
Esa creates an intentional space of support, comfort, and safety. Drawing from profound personal experiences, he understands the challenges associated with restoring one’s sense of self, especially in relation to trauma.
Both grounded and lighthearted, Esa will provide the preparation, tools, and resources to help you in this journey and aid in your continued growth. He is honored to be your trusted guide and companion on this journey.
I also do well with couples doing relationship work. I made psychedelic machine-art available for people to connect authentically with each other.