Providing Psychedelic Care and Emotional Support
Supportive and specialized care for people experiencing non-ordinary states of consciousness
This year, millions of people will use psychedelics—many of them for the first time.
Taking psychedelics can result in overwhelming and uncomfortable experiences—particularly for first-time users, at high doses, or without adequate preparation and setting. Psychedelic harm reduction includes a variety of methods to help prevent and transform difficult experiences while in a non-ordinary state of consciousness.
Zendo Project provides education on how to support someone experiencing a non-ordinary state of consciousness. We also provide care services at events around the country, helping anyone in need of emotional support.
How We Help
Psychedelic Care and Emotional Support
Mission
Zendo Project offers professional harm reduction education to communities and organizations, and provides peer support services at events to help transform difficult psychedelic experiences – and other complex emotions – into opportunities for learning and growth.
Vision
We envision a world where communities are educated, resourced, and engaged in applying harm reduction principles to support individuals exploring psychedelic states; recognizing that challenging experiences can be opportunities for self-exploration and healing.
Receive Updates via the Zendo Project Newsletter
Stay up-to-date on our volunteer opportunities, EntheoGeneration multigenerational psychedelic speaker series, virtual trainings, and other offerings and resources.
Zendo SIT Course
Sitting and Integration Training
Psychedelic Care and Harm Reduction Live Course
An expert-led course about psychedelic support and compassionate, ethical care.
Volunteer With Us
Zendo Project volunteers serve at music festivals, conferences, and other events to offer psychedelic care and emotional support. All volunteers receive specialized training before the event.
Zendo Project in the Media
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November Newsletter
After nearly a decade as a psychiatrist running a psychiatric emergency room in the San Francisco Bay Area, I’ve come to recognize that one of the most radical ways we can offer support to a fellow human is through the decision to simply be present in a profoundly kind, patient, non-judgmental manner: to pause in
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Zendo Lab Update: APHA 2025
At the American Public Health Association’s annual conference on November 4, Zendo Project Research Fellow Nima Veiseh presented new research alongside Missi Wooldridge from the Center for Psychedelic Public Health. Nima introduced his Theory of Altered State Compassionate Integration (ASCI), which states that empathic and emotionally attuned support during transitions into or out of altered
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Psychedelics Go Mainstream: Why Sitter Training Matters
When I watched Dr. Rachel Yehuda’s recent CBS Mornings interview on the rise of psychedelic-assisted therapy, I felt both inspired and deeply affirmed. She said, “For many people what comes up can be very overwhelming, and if they don’t have somebody there to talk them through it, then some things can happen that would be