Karin Calde

5.0 (1 review)

Portland, Oregon

Karin Calde, PhD – Oregon Licensed Psilocybin Facilitator & Psychologist Resident: By midlife, many of us have spent years trying to understand ourselves, work through old patterns, and feel better. Sometimes we have a lot of insight into why we feel or behave the way we do, yet still find ourselves stuck. Psilocybin can offer another way of accessing what we already know, what we’ve pushed aside, and what may be ready to change. I work with adults in midlife and beyond who want to understand their inner world more clearly and shift the patterns shaping their emotional lives and relationships. Before entering psychedelic facilitation, I spent nearly 20 years as a psychotherapist and relationship coach supporting individuals and couples navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship challenges. My approach is warm, grounded, and collaborative. I draw from my background in psychology, relationship work, Internal Family Systems, mindfulness, and somatic experiencing, while making plenty of room for curiosity and for whatever emerges during the experience. Clients often tell me they appreciate my calm presence, practical perspective, and the occasional moment of humor that reminds us that being human is complicated. Alongside formal training and professional experience, I also bring lived experience to this work. My own life has included divorce, the loss of a sibling, chronic disease, parenting a child through cancer and chemotherapy, rebuilding after a natural disaster, and more. My family also includes people who are Black, transgender, and living with intellectual disabilities, which has given me a close-up view of some of the challenges people with marginalized identities can face, while recognizing that their experiences are their own. Together, these experiences have deepened my respect for human resilience, difference, and the many ways people find their way through the challenges of life. Supervised by Dr. Carol Marcus