NEST Harm Reduction Presents: An Ethical Journey Through Altered States

NEST Harm Reduction presents a hybrid (in-person & virtual) conference at The Saguaro Hotel in Palm Springs, CA November 17th &18th, 2022.  

We are bringing together thought leaders, mental health professionals, physicians, students and intellectually curious people looking to learn, think and ideate on topics surrounding ethics in altered states of consciousness. 

Join us on An Ethical Journey Through Altered States as we explore how to keep our clients and communities informed, resourced and safe.  Learning from multiple modalities and perspectives on altered states work including psychedelic-assisted therapies, harm reduction, pranayama, shamanic sound healing and sex and intimacy work, we look at ways we can create safer containers for healing.  Providing space to address safety concerns and ethical considerations as psychedelic access increases and psychedelic medicines become mainstream, we will explore ways to implement harm reducing measures to move into the future with care.

Agenda

Wednesday, November 16th 

7:00pm - 9:30pm - Welcome Dinner for speakers, panelists and VIP ticket holders - limited space available

Thursday, November 17th

7:30am - 8:45am - Full Breakfast Provided in Sago Foyer

8:45am - 10:00am - Welcome & Opening Panel: Exploring the Potential for Harm When Working with Altered States of Consciousness (Erica Siegal, LCSW; Katherine MacLean, PhD; Leia Friedwoman, MS; Kristin Nash, MPH)

10:00am - 11:00am - Working with Meaning: Ethical Considerations for Practitioners (Joseph Holcomb Adams, MA)

11:00am - 12:30pm - Full Lunch Provided on Sago Terrace

12:30pm - 1:30pm - Core Shamanic & Christian Altered-States Practices for Healing & Guidance (Rev. Dr. Daniel L Prechtel & Fawn Miller, LMFT, LPCC)

1:30pm - 2:30pm - An Introduction to Reiki Energy Healing (Julianna Davis & Catherine Edelstein, AMFT)

2:30pm - 3:00pm - Snack Break in Sago Foyer

3:00pm - 4:00pm - Ketamine for Non-Anesthetic Indications: A New Paradigm in Medicine (Dr. Samuel Ko, MD)

4:00pm - 5:00pm - Mind=Blown: Transformation through Altered States of Consciousness (Cassandra Vieten, PhD)

End of Day One

7:30pm - 9:00pm - Zendo Stereo Sound Experience -limited space available - additional ticket required

Friday, November 18th

7:30am - 8:45am - Full Breakfast Provided in Sago Foyer

8:45am - 10:00am - Exposing Abuse: A Q&A with David Nickles from New York Magazine's Cover Story: Power Trip Podcast (moderated by Setareh Vatan, AMFT)

10:00am - 11:00am - Conscious Kink: Engaging in Altered States without Medicine (Kimi Inch & Kayce Neill)

11:00am - 12:30pm - Full Lunch Provided on Sago Terrace

12:30pm - 1:30pm - Clients Experimenting with Therapeutic Psychedelics: A Harm Reduction Approach (Elizabeth Jane Oatz, RD, Jacob Tobey)

1:30pm - 2:30pm - Breathing Space: Connecting Mind, Body & Breath for Wellness (Lauren McLaren & Catherine Edelstein, AMFT)

2:30pm - 3:00pm - Snack Break in Sago Foyer

3:00pm - 4:00pm - Navigating Turbulent Ecstatic Experiences (Jules Evans)

4:00pm - 5:00pm - Panel on Psychedelic Ethical Care: Moving Forward into the Psychedelic Renaissance (Allison Feduccia, PhD; Sandra Dreisbach, PhD; Leia Friedwoman, MA; Joseph Holcomb Adams, MA; Dr. Wesley Ryan, MD)

End of Day Two

7:30pm - 9:00pm - Zendo Stereo Sound Experience - limited space available - additional ticket required

Registration & Ticketing

Conference tickets include admission to all sessions, breakfast, brunch, and afternoon snacks and access to recorded content post-conference. Ticket does not include hotel accommodations.  

2-Day In-Person Conference - $500 

2-Day In-Person Conference w/ CE Credits - $550

2-Day In-Person VIP Package - $650 (includes welcome dinner and Zendo Stereo Experience)

2-Day Virtual Conference - $300

Zendo Stereo Sound Experience - $50 add-on 

$100 OFF Early Bird Registration ends August 15th, 2022

Work/Trade Opportunities, Student Pricing and Scholarships Available- email info@nestharmreduction.com for details

ABOUT NEST 

We believe compassionate, trauma-informed care should be integrated into all levels of society; the individual, the community and the organization.  NEST is dedicated to building, teaching, and implementing sustainable harm reduction principles and practices across communities and industries worldwide. 

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Originally started in 2016 by Wesley Ryan, MD, we have grown to include two psychiatrists and a psychotherapist, with various specializations and experience, offering adult psychiatry, child/adolescent psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, consultations on psychedelics (HPPD, etc), as well as ketamine-assisted psychotherapy.

Our Mission at Reset Ketamine is to provide an innovative and rapid treatment for depression, anxiety, PTSD, & chronic pain so you can go back to living a whole, healthy life. Reset Ketamine is the first ketamine infusion clinic in Palm Springs, California & serves the entire Coachella Valley.

Psychedelic Support offers connection to licensed health professionals and community groups that provide mental health services related to psychedelic medicine and integration. We advance psychedelic knowledge and practical skills through our education platform featuring on-demand courses, workshops, and clinician training programs.

Psychedelic Survivors is a peer support group for anyone who has been harmed by a psychedelic therapist, ceremony leader or guide.

This is a not for profit organization dedicated to researching and reducing the risk from challenging psychedelic experiences. On our website, you can find a survey—we’re collecting data to inform our first study, which will be published next year. Please consider completing and sharing the survey.

The William G. Nash Foundation works to facilitate honest discussion and advocate for programs and policies to reduce drug-related harms among young people.

A safe place for deep healing.

This is a private practice offering spiritual guidance and core shamanism services to the general public. Various, healing and discernment modalities are available to clients.