Transition coaching · Psychedelic preparation & integration
I’m glad you’ve found your way here.
I work with people who feel stuck, who are searching for something more, or who find themselves quietly asking, “Is there more to life than this?” I also support people preparing for or integrating meaningful experiences, including those involving psychedelic medicine.
As I approach 60 years on this wondrous planet, I’ve lived through my share of life’s challenges. I’ve loved, lost, struggled, and found my way through some difficult places. Along the way, I’ve learned that healing isn’t about fixing what’s broken or becoming someone entirely new. Sometimes it’s about finding our way back to ourselves.
I’ve also come to believe that we have an extraordinary capacity to move from hurting, to healing, to helping. Much of my own journey has followed that path, and it’s a big part of what has brought me to this work.
I don’t pretend to have all the answers, nor do I believe you need to have yours before we begin. What I offer is a safe, compassionate space to explore what’s unfolding in your life, make meaning of your experiences, and discover what might be waiting on the other side.
If any of this resonates with you, I’d love to hear your story and explore how I might support you.
It would be my honor to walk alongside you.
Schedule a discovery conversationA free, 20-minute conversation to get to know each other.
“From the beginning, I felt that David created a safe space where I could be honest about what I was feeling without having to perform or pretend. I felt supported and cared for while still being given the space to have my own experience and arrive at my own understanding.
The preparation and integration were just as meaningful and important to me as the journey itself. David was thoughtful, attentive, and genuinely present through every step.”
C.K. — Coaching Client (Austin, TX)
“David held an unshakably accepting and welcoming space and helped me work through very old pains with grace, kindness, and gentleness.
With his support, my relationship with difficult emotions—and with myself—changed profoundly. For the first time, self-compassion feels truly genuine and deserved.”
I.B. — Coaching Client (Austin, TX)
Two places we can begin
Life at a threshold
You may have built a capable life and still sense that an old identity, direction, or way of living no longer fits.
Psychedelic preparation & integration
Grounded, consent-centered support for preparing carefully, understanding what arose, and carrying what matters into ordinary life.
The approach
You don’t need to arrive with clear answers. Together, we’ll make room for what you’re going through, explore what matters to you, and find small steps that feel right for your life.
Take a breath and begin where you are. We’ll explore what’s happening in your life, what feels difficult, and what might help you feel more steady and supported.
Make space for what you feel, even when it’s confusing or hard to put into words. I’ll listen and ask questions to help you understand yourself more clearly, at your own pace.
Bring what you’re learning into everyday life. That might mean an honest conversation, a clearer boundary, or making time for something that matters to you.
Life at a threshold
For capable, reflective people who have built a life that works—and are beginning to sense that it no longer feels fully like their own.
You might be questioning a role that once defined you, leaving a relationship, career, community, or worldview, reconsidering what success means, or trying to trust yourself after rupture or disillusionment. We begin with what is actually here—not with a predetermined destination.
Psychedelic preparation & integration
Psychedelic experiences can bring clarity, uncertainty, beauty, disruption, or very little of what you expected. Careful support can help you approach the experience with intention and meet what follows without pressure to call it transformational.
Before the experience
You're new, curious, and want an ethical container—not hype, pressure, or someone else's agenda.
After the experience
You may feel opened, changed, overwhelmed, disappointed, or unsure what to do with what happened. We begin with what was real and help you carry it into ordinary life.
About Me
I know what it is to build a successful life and still feel far from yourself.
For decades, I worked as a technology leader. I learned how easily competence, responsibility, and achievement can become an identity—and how disorienting it can be when the life you have successfully built no longer feels fully your own.
My own path has taken me through altered states, parts work, somatic practice, meditation, men's work, and sustained integration. It has also taught me that healing spaces are not automatically safe—and that good intentions are no substitute for consent, humility, clear boundaries, and accountability.
My role is not to position myself as a healer or tell you what your experience means. It is to offer grounded, ethical support as you listen to yourself, rebuild trust in what you know, and decide what becoming more fully yourself means for you.
Training & commitments
I have completed Tam Integration's six-month Psychedelic Coaching Program and Fractal Inquiry training with Daniel Shankin. The training emphasized thoughtful preparation and integration, mindful and somatic practice, ethical space-holding, and questions that help clients discover their own meaning.
Fireside Project Fall 2026 Volunteer Cohort member.
Clear scope is part of safety
This work is coaching—not psychotherapy, psychiatric or medical care, crisis intervention, or substance facilitation. If you are in acute distress, experiencing persistent severe symptoms, or need clinical treatment, a licensed or emergency provider is the right place to begin. When something falls outside my scope, I will say so and help identify a more appropriate level of support.
Start where you are
If this feels like a place to begin, let’s make time for a conversation.
Schedule a discovery conversation