The Support Center The Lighthouse from ICEERS

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  Marc Aixalà

  Founder | Psychologist

  Marc Aixalà

  Marc Aixalà coordinates support and integration services at ICEERS. In this role he provides integration psychotherapy sessions for people in challenging situations after experiencing non-ordinary states of consciousness. He is a Telecommunication Engineer and Psychologist with post degree studies in Integrative Psychotherapy, and Strategic Therapy, and is trained in the therapeutic use of Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness, and in MDMA assisted-psychotherapy for PTSD. Marc works as a psychotherapist in Barcelona, is a Holotropic Breathwork facilitator, and a member of the staff for Grof Transpersonal Training. He has facilitated Holotropic Breathwork workshops in Barcelona, Switzerland, Romania, Israel and Slovenia and is conducting research into its therapeutic applications. He has also been a Team Leader and Trainer at the Kosmicare psychedelic harm reduction service at the Boom Festival.

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  Cristina Sánchez

  Lighthouse Director | Psychologist

  Cristina Sánchez

  Cristina has a master degree in Psychology and postgraduate degrees in Community Mental Health and Development Studies. She is passionate about exploring and promoting the role of civil society in constructing fair health systems and human rights. She has extensive experience as a project manager in the fields of health and education. At ICEERS, she has coordinated various projects related to local drug policy advocacy, accompanying community building processes with vulnerable groups, and promoting capacity building initiatives. She is currently responsible for the ICEERS Support Center, where she monitors risk reduction and crisis integration services relating to psychedelic plants.

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  David Londoño

  Coordinator | Psychologist / Integrator

  David Londoño

  David Londoño is a Colombian psychologist, psychotherapist, and integration specialist with 20 years of experience in traditional Indigenous medicines. He lived in the Peruvian Amazon for six years as part of his training to deepen his knowledge of psychotherapy, traditional medicine, and the bridge between the two. He has worked in various contexts and cultures throughout his career in Colombia, Argentina, Peru, and Spain. He has coordinated therapeutic teams in treatment centers that work with master plants and has trained staff in integration practices. As part of the ICEERS team, he coordinates the Support Center that offers integration sessions to people from across the world who have challenging psychedelic experiences. He also teaches courses on integration, ethics, safety, and good practice in the therapeutic application of master plants in non-traditional contexts.

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  Mijal Schmidt

  Psychologist | Integrator

  Mijal Schmidt

  Mijal Schmidt has over 15 years of experience as a clinical psychologist specializing in psychoanalysis. She has a Master's degree in musicology from the University of Amsterdam, where her thesis focused on the therapeutic applications of ceremonial icaros chants. She works with individuals diagnosed with complex and mixed conditions, including psychotic disorders, autism spectrum disorders, PTSD, and affective disorders. Mijal is currently an integrative psychotherapist and has extensive experience with psychoactive plants. Her work is rooted in the foundations of tradition coupled with the clinical rigor necessary for deep exploration. Mijal founded and directed the Lazo y Voz organization that focused on clinical intervention. She also has coordinated diverse interdisciplinary teams involving patient and family treatment. She does consulting for organizations and mentors in training and develops courses on psychedelics in clinical practice.

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  Gerónimo Tejedor

  Psychologist | Integrator

  Gerónimo Tejedor

  Gerónimo Tejedor is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist with 20 years of clinical experience and 15 years working in hospital settings. He specializes in family psychology in children and adolescents. He completed several postgraduate programs focusing on trauma and dissociation. His Master's degree looked at the connections between humans and ayahuasca from a decolonized perspective and explored interspecies relationships and integration methods. He also supervises therapists and psychedelic integrators. Gerónimo has been connected to ayahuasca since his first encounter with Traditional Indigenous Medicine as a child in northern Argentina 28 years ago. He has maintained a close relationship with Andean-Amazonian medicines in various capacities ever since. The regeneration and revaluation of South American Indigenous peoples' knowledge is central to his work. With this as the foundation, Gerónimo tries to create possibilities for transdisciplinary work and knowledge exchange incorporating other forms of wisdom.

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  José Carlos Bouso

  Psychologist | Pharmacologist

  José Carlos Bouso

  José Carlos Bouso is a Clinical Psychologist with a PhD in Pharmacology. He developed his scientific actitives while at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, the Instituto de Investigación Biomédica IIB-Sant Pau de Barcelona, and the Instituto Hospital del Mar de Investigaciones Médicas de Barcelona (IMIM). During this time, he developed studies about the therapeutic effects of MDMA (“ecstacy”) and psychopharmacological studies on the acute and neuropsychiatric long-term effects of many substances, both synthetic and plant origin. As the Scientific Director at ICEERS, José Carlos coordinates studies on the potential benefits of psychoactive plants, principally cannabis, ayahuasca, and ibogaine, with the goal of improving public health. He is co-author of numerous scientific papers and several book chapters. He is also a member of the MARC (Medical Anthropology Research Center) at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona, visiting professor in the mental health program at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo in Riberão Preto, Brazil, and vice-president of the Society of Clinical Endocannabinology (SEC).

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  Jerónimo Mazarrasa

  Project Mentor

  Jerónimo Mazarrasa

  Jerónimo Mazarrasa is a documentary filmmaker, independent researcher, and interaction designer with extensive knowledge of the world of ayahuasca. In the past decade he has produced, written and directed two documentaries about ayahuasca. The first about the Brazilian Ayahuasca churches, the second about the use of Ayahuasca in the treatment of drug addiction. He has traveled extensively through South America, researching a broad range of Ayahuasca practices, and has lectured internationally on Ayahuasca tourism and the appropriation of indigenous knowledge. He keeps a blog, curates a page of ayahuasca related news, and is currently preparing a book about his experiences.

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