Alison K. McQueen, MA, LPC, ATR-BC, ACS
Licensed Professional Counselor, Board Certified Art Therapist & Approved Clinical Supervisor
Boulder CO
With a foundation in psychedelic harm reduction, my work with clients weaves together somatic (body-centered), trauma-informed and mindfulness-based approaches for personal transformation. As a transpersonal therapist, I welcome all aspects of clients and their inner experiences to the room. I trust in their innate goodness as humans, and work from a nonjudgmental and non-pathologizing perspective.
My work is in alignment with the Natural Medicine Health Act and subsequent legislation which was passed in Colorado in 2022. I genuinely honor my ancestors, and I honor the ancestors of the lands I live on (the Cheyenne, Ute & Arapahoe). With a Masters degree in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology (with an emphasis in Art Therapy) from Naropa University, my work bridges clinical psychology training with spirituality, mindfulness, art, meditation, and an exploration of each client’s own soul language and personal connection to what is sacred and meaningful for them. When requested by clients, I bring spiritual ceremony, ritual, ancestor work and prayer into session work. Psychedelic sessions are often innately spiritual and mystical in nature for many of my clients and I am professionally trained to navigate these realms with them. My own personal spiritual practice integrates intentional, safe and sacred medicine use practices with art, ancestral work, meditation, and somatic journeywork. I believe the states that can be reached through supported and ceremonial psychedelic experiences are each person’s birthright and I am called to make these spiritual (though non-dogmatic) practices accessible to my clients.
Alison McQueen, MA, LPC, ATR-BC, ACS
-Licensed Professional Counselor, Board Certified Art Therapist and Approved Clinical Supervisor serving as a Lead Instructor of Medicinal Mindfulness Academy (a Licensed Psilocybin Mushroom Facilitator Training Program approved by the Department of Regulatory Agencies) and Mindfulness-Based Psychedelic Guide Training (Psychedelic Sitters School)
-Center Director, Co-Founder & Psychedelic Therapist at the Center for Medicinal Mindfulness
-Board Member and Natural Medicine Personal Use Support Practitioner with Medicinal Mindfulness Foundation non-profit
Specialties:
-Cannabis-Assisted Psychedelic Therapy
-Psilocybin Mushroom Support Services
-Ketamine-Assisted Psychedelic Therapy
-Art Therapy, Art-Based Psychedelic Preparation & Integration, & Arts-Integrated Psychedelic Education & Training
-Somatic (body-centered) Trauma & Depth Work
-Conscious Parenting
-Post-Traumatic Growth & Radical Personal Transformation
-Psychedelic Harm Reduction & Integration
-Women’s Groups (Myth, Art & Medicine: Bilingual Psychedelic-Assisted Group Retreats for Women)
-Supervision & Consulting Services for Psychedelic Professionals
-Mentorship for new and established psychedelic facilitators
-Expertise for mental health professionals transitioning into legal psychedelic therapy
-Coaching in moving your vision into vocation ™
-Coaching for international activists, leaders, and entrepreneurs in the psychedelic space
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Educational Background
Alison holds a Master of Transpersonal Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Art Therapy from Naropa University (2012) and over three years of training in somatic trauma work with Katie Asmus and the Somatic Training Institute. She is professionally trained in MDMA-assisted, Cannabis-Assisted, and Ketamine-Assisted Psychedelic Therapies, as well as Psilocybin Mushroom Support Services and Harm Reduction. Alison served as Sub-Investigator and MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapist/Researcher in the Phase 2 MAPS sponsored and FDA-approved study for the treatment of complex post-traumatic stress disorder (2011-2014). In 2019 she completed Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy training with Dr. Philip Wolfson and the prestigious Ketamine Training Center, and since 2014 she has been co-developing Psychedelic Cannabis protocols and trainings with her husband Daniel McQueen.
Medicinal Mindfulness Academy (Natural Medicine Facilitator Training Approved by Colorado's Department of Regulator Agencies)
https://medicinalmindfulness.academy
Mindfulness-Based Psychedelic Guide Training (professional education and credentialing in legal psychedelic therapy: psychedelic cannabis, ketamine, supported personal use of psilocybin mushrooms & DMT)
https://psychedelicsittersschool.org
Myth, Art & Medicine: Bilingual Psychedelic-Assisted Retreats for Women
https://psychedelicshine.com/myth-art-medicine/
Consulting & Supervision for Psychedelic Professionals
https://medicinalmindfulness.org/professional-trainings-consulting-and-supervision/