An Invitation to Transform
This six-week group experience weaves together three virtual preparation sessions, one in-person ketamine-assisted psychotherapy experience, and three virtual integration sessions.
We begin by building safety, trust, and relational grounding, clarifying intentions, exploring internal landscapes, and preparing your body and nervous system for expanded states of consciousness.
On medicine day, you will be supported within a small, queer-centered therapeutic container designed to foster safety, inward exploration, and emotional processing.
In the weeks that follow, integration sessions support you in making meaning of your experience and weaving insight into daily life, relationships, and embodied self-experience.
Queering psychedelic therapy means bringing the resilience, relational wisdom, and creativity of queer community into the healing process. This group is designed not only to support individual healing, but to cultivate a sense of shared humanity, belonging, and possibility. Together, we create a space where healing can unfold with care, where pleasure and grief can coexist, and where transformation is supported at the pace your nervous system can truly integrate.
Over 6 weeks, you will:
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Complete a comprehensive medical intake with Nurse practitioner Rick Clark to review health history, medications, and safety considerations and determine the most appropriate route of administration.
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Build safety and trust during three virtual preparation sessions, where we clarify intentions, explore internal landscapes, and prepare your nervous system for expanded states of consciousness.
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Learn skills to support pleasure, embodiment, and emotional openness, including somatic grounding, breath awareness, and tools to increase safety and pleasure in altered states.
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Participate in a small, in-person ketamine-assisted psychotherapy session held in a queer-centered container designed to support emotional processing, self-connection, and the return of aliveness and joy.
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Integrate insights through three virtual integration sessions, translating your experience into daily life, relationships, and a deeper capacity for presence, self-trust, and liberation.
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Experience healing in queer community, strengthening belonging, resilience, and the shared joy of being fully seen and supported with your journey.
Your Psychedelic Providers
All workshop facilitators identify as queer and bring lived experience, clinical training, and community care into this work.
Dr. Nicole Thompson (She/her), Psy.D, MA.
Sex and Relationship Psychotherapist
Host of Modern Anarchy Podcast
Author of The Psychedelic Jealousy Guide
Founder of The Pleasure Practice
Meggie Twible (She/her), LCSW, SEP
Rick Clark (He/Him),
CRNA, APRN
Board Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy Provider
Founder of Ayafusion Ketamine Clinic
This Group is for you if
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You identify as queer or LGBTQIA+ and want to explore healing in a space where your identity is affirmed and your aliveness is welcomed
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You feel curious about psychedelic-assisted therapy and want a supported, intentional, clinical experience that honors both safety and the possibility of joy
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You want to heal in queer community where you can be witnessed, understood, and experience the warmth and joy of our shared humanity
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You are ready to move beyond survival mode and reconnect with pleasure, vitality, and trust in your body
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You are navigating grief, transition, burnout, or internalized shame and long to reclaim ease, softness, and a fuller range of feeling
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You feel called toward deeper embodiment, authentic self-expression, and the kind of queer joy that comes from living more fully as yourself
What's Included
Medical Intake & Safety Screening
A comprehensive consultation with Nurse Practitioner Rick Clark to review health history, ensure medical safety, and determine the most supportive route of administration.
Three Preparation Sessions
Guided virtual gatherings with Dr. Nicole, Meggie, and Rick Clark to build trust, clarify intentions, and prepare your nervous system for expanded states of awareness.
Somatic Tools for Safety & Pleasure
Practical practices to support regulation, deepen embodiment, and increase your capacity for openness, comfort, and pleasure during altered states.
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy
A carefully held, small-group medicine session in a queer-centered container in Chicago, IL designed to support emotional processing, self-connection, and the return of aliveness.
Three Integration Sessions
Structured support to help you make meaning of your experience and translate insight into daily life, relationships, and embodied self-trust.
Queer Community Healing Space
An affirming environment where you can be witnessed, understood, and experience the warmth, belonging, and shared joy of healing together.
Timing and Process
Screening Window:
To join the Queer Joy: Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy Group, begin by scheduling a discovery call with Dr. Nicole or Meggie. This one-on-one conversation is an opportunity to explore your desires for this journey and ask any questions you may have about the group experience. During the call, we will take time to understand your unique intentions, goals, and the kind of support you’re seeking, ensuring that this space feels like an aligned, nourishing fit for your growth.
Reserve Your Discovery Call Now to See if You are a Good Fit: Reserve My Discovery Call
Space is limited to 10 participants to maintain depth, safety, and relational care.
Session Dates:
This six-week experience includes:
Three Virtual Preparation SessionsTuesdays from 7-9pm CST
May 26, June 2, and June 9th, 2026
Build trust, clarify intentions, and prepare your nervous system for expanded states.
In-Person Medicine Session
June 13th, 2026 from 9-1 pm CST
Chicago, IL
A small-group ketamine-assisted psychotherapy experience held in a queer-centered therapeutic container.
Three Virtual Integration SessionsTuesdays from 7-9pm CST
June 16th, 23rd, and 30th, 2026
Support emotional processing, insight integration, and embodied change.
Group Size:
This is a high-support space capped at 10 participants to ensure intimacy, safety, and personalized support.
Discovery Call:
Your 30-minute discovery call is an opportunity to:
• ask questions and learn more about the process
• share what is bringing you to this work
• review safety considerations and readiness
• explore whether this group feels aligned for you
You can reserve your Discovery Call Here: Reserve My Call
Investment:
Details about group cost and payment options are discussed during the Discovery Call, which is also a space to explore fit, readiness, and what kind of support would be most aligned for you at this point in your journey. If you are feeling drawn to this work, you are warmly invited to begin that conversation.
Dr. Nicole and Meggie are deeply committed to making this work accessible and to supporting the liberation of our community. 30% of group positions are reserved for sliding scale support through the Community Care Fund, which operates as a form of community resourcing and mutual aid. Those who are able to contribute at higher levels are not only investing in their own healing, but also helping to make this work available to others who may have fewer financial resources. In this way, individual transformation and collective liberation are not separate paths, but intertwined, each sustaining and strengthening the other.
Ready to Begin?
You don’t have to navigate healing, identity, or expanded states of consciousness alone. You deserve support that honors your complexity, celebrates your aliveness, and makes space for both your pain and your joy.
Queer Joy: Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy is a space to reconnect with yourself in community, to soften old survival patterns, to deepen embodiment, and to rediscover pleasure, vitality, and belonging. Through preparation, medicine work, and integration, you will be supported in exploring new ways of relating to your body, your emotions, and your life.
If you feel drawn toward healing that is both deeply personal and held in queer community, healing that honors safety, integration, and the possibility of joy, this is the space for you.
Only 10 participants will be invited to join this intimate circle
This circle welcomes those ready to reclaim pleasure, reconnect with their bodies, and experience the shared joy of healing in community.