Alessia Chiappino

Overview

Physis Integration is a London-based psychotherapy practice offering depth-relational psychotherapy alongside harm-reduction-oriented preparation and integration for people working with psychedelic-assisted therapies, plant medicine ceremonies, and other expanded-state practices. The service emphasizes grounding, containment, and relational therapeutic work to help clients make sustained meaning of material that emerges in expanded states.

The practice frames entheogens and practices such as Holotropic Breathwork as catalysts rather than replacements for psychotherapy, and supports clients in integrating insights from these experiences into everyday life through ongoing therapeutic work.

Best for

Physis Integration is best suited for adults seeking relational, depth-oriented psychotherapy and specialist support before and after psychedelic or plant-medicine experiences.

• People preparing for psychedelic-assisted therapy or plant-medicine ceremonies
• Those seeking harm-reduction guidance around entheogenic experiences
• Clients wanting depth-relational psychotherapy and integrative follow-up

Approach

The practice uses a depth-relational approach focused on building a strong therapeutic alliance and attending to unconscious material that may arise during expanded-state experiences. Integration is treated as part of an ongoing therapeutic process that combines psychotherapy with practical containment, harm-reduction planning, and lifestyle work to support lasting change.

Services are framed as trauma-informed and non-appropriative, with attention to ethical engagement with Indigenous plant-medicine traditions and an emphasis on avoiding shortcuts or quick fixes. The work combines clinical reflection with creative and somatic sensibilities to help clients situate and embody insights from psychedelic or breathwork sessions.

Education and Training

The lead practitioner is trained as an Integrative and Depth Relational psychotherapist (MBACP) and holds an MA in visual art. Additional clinical training includes advanced training at the Institute of Psychedelic Therapy (UK), Somatic Attachment Therapy, and Psychedelic Harm Reduction and Integration (PHRI) with NUMINUS (Canada). The practitioner maintains professional memberships with relevant UK and international organisations.

Support

Physis Integration provides harm-reduction-oriented preparation and integration services for people before and after psychedelic experiences, offering containment, expectation management, and therapeutic follow-up to help translate insights into meaningful life changes. Support is relational and tailored to the individual’s process, including attention to somatic material and ongoing psychotherapy where appropriate.

The practice also engages in group facilitation and community-oriented work, and aligns with conservation and ethical engagement efforts related to plant-medicine traditions.

Practical details

The practice is based in Hackney (E5), London, United Kingdom, and lists an email contact of [email protected] for enquiries. Information about bookings, fees, and specific formats (in-person vs. remote) should be confirmed directly via the contact page or by email.

This description was generated based on information from the official website and other materials provided by the provider. Professional, warm tone; no first person.