Nicolette Bautista, PsyD, MBA
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Grass Valley CA
Nicoletteās work is shaped by both professional training and rich lived experience. Her path with plant medicine began over twenty years ago while serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in the West African rainforest, where she lived alongside an Indigenous community and witnessed ceremonial iboga practices. This early exposure to ancestral healing traditions profoundly informed her understanding of expanded states work as both sacred and transformative. She later continued her studies in Brazil, training in energy healing within a shamanic lineage, further expanding her perspective and approach. Nicolette is an IPI (Integrative Psychiatry Institute) certified psychedelic-assisted therapist/facilitator.
Nicolette is a clinical psychologist and psychedelic-trained harm reduction facilitator with extensive experience guiding individuals through deep healing, insight, and meaningful transformation.
Based in Sacramento and Grass Valley, CA, with over two thousand ketamine-assisted therapy sessions facilitated, along with hundreds of integrative ceremonies facilitated, Nicolette brings both depth and precision to her work. She supports clients in both individual and expanded-state settings, offering an approach that is intuitive, relational, and highly attuned to each personās inner world. Rather than viewing symptoms as problems to be fixed, she understands them as meaningful signals: expressions of deeper, often unintegrated processes seeking attention and care.
Nicolette offers a serene, forested space and a beautiful, arched cabin tucked on private acres near the Tahoe National Forest. This is a secluded setting designed for intentional experiential retreats and integration. The cabin includes a full kitchen, bath, a loft bedroom, an expansive deck for viewing deer, turkey, hawks, and other wildlife, a meditation pond, and a reflection garden.
šæ Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP): This structured program is designed to support deep healing through the intentional use of ketamine in a therapeutic setting. It includes:
Preparation sessions to establish safety, intention, and readiness
Coordination with a medical prescriber for consultation and prescription (pending medical clearance)
Preparation Sessions
In-session journey work with oral ketamine, administered in my presence.
Integration sessions to process insights and support lasting transformation
š Psychedelic-Assisted Guidance
This offering is designed for clients engaging with other psychedelic medicines in a ceremonial or retreat context. It includes:
Consultation and safety planning
Two Preparation Sessions
Day-of journey support, including ceremonial guidance and presence throughout the experience
Two integration sessions to help translate insights into meaningful change
Clients also receive curated preparation and integration materials to support their process throughout the healing relationship, both before and after a ceremony. This is a harm-reduction service and does not include the provision of illegal medicines.