Isabel Santis

I like to work with people who are committed to intentional work with psychedelics. Usually, we meet for 2-4 sessions in preparation for their journey; more if this is their first time and they need to learn tools and techniques for navigating the unbound psyche. During the integration phase, we meet a minimum of two times, depending on what needs integrating, and the extent of the changes they want to make in their lives.  I support people’s process of unfolding, aligning their values and priorities, and creating lives full of meaning, purpose, and joy.

The approach I use is customized for each client but it draws on my expertise in ecopsychology, energy work, somatic practices, and Internal Family Systems among other modalities. As a person of mixed race, I integrate teachings from various ancestral wisdom traditions, as well as from Western psychospiritual and intellectual lineages.

Academic

• Ph.D.(C), East-West Psychology, California Institute of Integral Studies.  Expected graduation Spring 2024.
  Currently completing my dissertation research on:​
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  - Expanded States of Consciousness
  - Ecopsychology
  - Depth Psychology
  - Psychospiritual Resilience

• MA, Transformative Leadership (2013)  California Institute of Integral Studies​

Coach Training

• Trauma-Informed Coaching Certification, Healing the Human Spirit (2021)
• The Call of the Self: Psychosynthesis Coaching, Didi Furman and Susan J.Allen, The Synthesis Center (2020)
• Positive Psychology Coaching Skill Building Intensive, Phoebe Atkinson & Jennifer Hanawald, Wholebeing Institute (2019)
• Taming the Inner Critic, Sarita Chawla, New Ventures West (2015)
• Positive Psychology Coaching, Wholebeing Institute (2014)
• The Enneagram, Inner Work for Outer Change, Helen Palmer and Sharon Berbower, CIIS (2014)
• Positive Psychology Coaching Certification, Robert Biswas-Diener, Positive Acorn (2014)

Psychedelics and Expanded States of Consciousness

• Consciousness Medicine Training (incomplete), School of Consciousness Medicine (2021-2022)
• Ancestral Healing, Daniel Foor, Ancestral Medicine, (2022)
• Dream Study Program, International Association for the Study of Dreams, (2021-2022)
• Trauma-Informed Plant Medicine Facilitation Training (Modules 2 & 3), Atira Tan (2001)
• Integration of Expanded States of Consciousness, Susana Bustos, CIIS (2020)
• Psychedelic Guide Training, The Guiding Presence, 2020
• Peer Integration Facilitator Training, Larry Norris, Ph.D. and Julie Megler, N.P., ERIE (2019)
• Exploring Psychedelics and Ethnopharmacology, Dennis McKenna, (2019)
• Mindfulness and the Medicine, Sean Chiddy, Temple of The Way of Light, Iquitos, Peru (2019)
• Depth Psychology and Dreamwork, Helge Osterhold, CIIS (2019)
• Ayahuasca, Spirituality and Science, Bia Labate, CIIS (2018)
• Integrating Psychedelic Experiences, Ingmar Gorman M.A., Katherine MacLean, Ph.D., Julie Megler, N.P., and Tanya Maté, N.D., Psychedelic Science Conference, (2017)
• The Art and Science of Lucid Dreaming, Fariba Bogzaran (2017)
• Holotropic Breathwork, Stan Grof, (2013, 2015, 2016)
• Psychedelic Harm Reduction Training, Zendo Project, MAPS (2012)
• Shamanic Dreamwork, Michael Harner and Susan Mokelke, Foundation for Shamanic Studies (2011)
• Power Soul Retrieval, Michael Harner and Susan Mokelke, Foundation for Shamanic Studies (2010)
• Core Shamanism, Michael Harner and Susan Mokelke, Foundation for Shamanic Studies (2009)​​

Internal Family Systems

• Integrated Somatic Parts Work Certificate, with Fran Booth, The Embody Lab (2023)
• Stepping Through: 16 Week comprehensive IFS Course for Psychedelic Practitioners, IFS Canada, with Derek Scott (2023)
• IFS and Psychedelics, with Rober Falconer, Richard Schwartz, Michael Mithoefer and Robert Grant, Life Architect (2022)

Somatics

• Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy Certification, The Embody Lab (2022)
• Somatic Practices for Healing Trauma, Manuela Mischke-Reeds, CIIS (2021)
• The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel van der Kolk, CIIS (2019)
• The Power of Embodied Presence, John Welwood (2010)​

Ecopsychology

• Accredited EcoTuner, International Ecopsychology Society (2020)
• Certificate in Ecopsychology, Pacifica Graduate Institute (2020)
• Work that Reconnects Facilitator Development Program, Lydia Hartoonian (2019)
• Permaculture Design Certification, Occidental Arts and Ecology Center (2016)​​

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