No. 8779CounselorListed 2021Claimed

Grace & PJ

Kaneohe, Hawaii, United States

Akasa Journeys - Trip Sitters/Facilitators/Guides

Rate$1250–$1850 per session

At a glance

Specialty · Practice · Access

What they treat

Conditions
AnxietyDepressionDevelopmental DisordersGriefHarm reductionHolistic approachLife TransitionsPTSDRelationship IssuesSelf EsteemStressTraumaTerminal Illness Depression
Modalities
Individual
Types of therapy
Attachment-basedCompassion FocusedRelationalSomaticTrauma Focused
Medicines
CannabisMDMAPsilocybin Mushrooms

Who they see

Populations
AdultsElders
Languages
English
Communities
Bixsexual AlliedGay AlliedLesbian AlliedNon-Binary AlliedOpen Relationships Non-MonogamyQueer AlliedRacial Justice AlliedSex-Positive; Kink AlliedTransgender Allied
Session formats
In Person

Accepted payment

Payment methods
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About

Discover your life from a new perspective with experienced and compassionate trip sitter Paul Antico.  I am Los Angeles and Bay Area California, as well as O’ahu, Hawaii based psychedelic trip sitter/facilitator/guide since 2018.  I create a safe, comfortable, accepting, and non-judgmental space, in a framework of growth, trauma healing, exploration and harm reduction for those I work with. I’ve been Compassionate Inquiry Certified (Gabor Mate’s modality) as well as Rosen Method Bodywork certified. I support your intention.

How I work with clients

I come to you at your location as a sitter, guide, and facilitator.

Experience a psychedelic journey supported by an experienced, trauma-informed guide who holds a safe, sacred space for your process. Akasa Journeys is based in O'ahu, Hawaiʻi and Los Angeles, California.

What I bring:

-Trained in Rosen Method Bodywork, Compassionate Inquiry, Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Psychotherapy (PSIP), and Polyvagal Theory

-Personally experienced with a range of psychedelics

-Focused on optimal set and setting, ceremony, and presence throughout the full 6–8 hour journey

-Music available from established study protocols, Akasa's special playlist, your own, or co-created with you

-Pre-session meeting in the days before your journey; post-session support in the days following — additional pre and post sessions available

-Available by email, text, or phone during the first two weeks for integration support

We do not provide or procure medicines. We work with what you bring, in a framework of harm reduction and support.

Serving Los Angeles and O'ahu; other locations by arrangement.

Featured in Vice Magazine, 2018 (google tripsitters and Vice Magazine)

Treatment approach

A pre session, typically the day before, where we go over your intentions, tune you into the power of somatic attention and process through paying attention to your body sensations as a navigation strategy, discuss any past traumas and how they are affecting your current situation, discuss music choices and dosage. This is one to two hours.

The session day where we start with a simple ceremony to enhance the set and setting, a brief sound bath & somatic based meditation, and then send you on your journey fully present and supporting you in whatever comes up. We don't leave until you are comfortable with us leaving. We have no time limit on your process. Typically this is six to ten hours.

The post session, typically the day after, where we go over your experience, help you integrate and provide resources for continued integration and support. This is one to two hours.

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