Ali McKleroy, LMFT
Integration Specialist
Sebastopol CA
My work is grounded, creative, and collaborative. I meet you exactly where you are—whether you're preparing for a ceremony, integrating a challenging experience, or navigating spiritual awakening sparked by psychedelics or plant medicine. Together, we translate your insights into meaningful, lasting change.
Using a blend of evidence-based therapy, neuroscience, expressive arts, and somatic tools, I help you process what emerged, untangle what may feel confusing or overwhelming, and anchor the experience in your daily life. We'll explore your values, clarify your direction, and identify what needs to shift—internally and externally.
I work through the lens of the C.R.E.A.T.E. model I developed, a six-part process that guides integration through: Centering, Reckoning, Expressing, Aligning, Tending, and Embodying. This approach combines art therapy, CBT, somatic therapy, mindfulness, neuroscience, and spiritual practices to support you emotionally, mentally, physically, and spiritually.
Integration isn’t about fixing—it’s about making meaning, embodying your truth, and living with greater clarity, connection, and authenticity. Whether you’re seeking support pre-journey, post-journey, or during a time of spiritual reorientation, I offer a space that’s warm, nonjudgmental, and deeply honoring of your path.
Are you seeking support to make sense of a powerful plant medicine or psychedelic experience? I’m here to help you translate insight into lasting transformation.
I’m a licensed therapist (LMFT) with 20 years of experience and the founder of The Creative Psychonaut, a platform devoted to integration support through expressive arts, mindfulness, and neuroscience-backed tools. I’ve been working with psychedelics and sacred plant medicines for over 30 years and bring a deep respect for the healing power of ceremony and altered states of consciousness.
Whether you’re preparing for an upcoming journey or integrating one you’ve already had, I offer personalized 1:1 coaching and therapeutic support to help you ground, reflect, and move forward in alignment with your values. My unique C.R.E.A.T.E. model supports you in:
Centering and regulating your nervous system
Reckoning with insights and emotional content that surfaced
Expressing what’s been revealed through art, movement, and writing
Aligning with your core values and soul vision
Tending to your emotional and spiritual wellbeing
Embodying your growth through action and habit change
You’ll receive integration tools tailored to your process: creative rituals, journal and art prompts, values-based decision-making support, and somatic and mindfulness practices. Together, we’ll weave what you discovered into the fabric of your daily life—so you can live more freely, powerfully, and authentically.
I work with individuals across all stages of the journey—from the first call to ceremony through the long arc of integration. My clients often describe feeling more self-expressed, grounded, and guided after our work.
Let’s honor your experience and unlock the wisdom it holds. You don’t have to walk this path alone.
I offer in-person integration sessions and creative integration groups in Sonoma County, CA, as well as virtual 6-week group programs on Zoom. I also provide 1:1 teletherapy for California residents seeking support before or after psychedelic experiences.