Licensed Psilocybin Facilitator

Susie Corcoran

Licensed Psilocybin Facilitator
FNP-C., CNM., MN., RN.

I was raised in a small wheat farming town in Eastern Washington and have always thought of myself as a country girl. I moved to Portland in the early 1980s to go to art school. Over the next few years I met my first husband, had babies and became a midwife. As I began attending births, I was fascinated by the profound transformation that women and families go through in the course of that process. And each time, completely uniquely. Being a witness to those awe inspiring journeys was a the blessing of lifetime. During that time I also acquired a family nurse practitioner certificate and provided holistic clinical care for family practice patients, and for maternity patients for 20 years. During that time I could see how the current healthcare system was not serving patients or providers, and how the rates of depression and anxiety in both the general population and among healthcare providers has skyrocketed. In western medicine we approach patients as compartmentalized organisms. As if the part I happen to be treating today doesn’t have an affect on the rest of the being.

So when I began to look into psilocybin therapy as a remedy for so many of the troubling mental, emotional and spiritual challenges of our time, I was stunned to see the research, and that psilocybin was showing itself to have neuroplastic effects. That it is helping the brain to ‘rewire’ itself, to form new neural pathways and connections. So, I decided to look into becoming a Psilocybin Assisted Therapist, and when I did  I immediately recognized the similarities between psilocybin assistance, and midwifery. From the moment that someone makes the decision to pursue this medicine, things begin to move and change in their life. Things start coming up, remembering, old knowings. Often times difficult things, pain, past hurts, questions.  Relationships start to shift, and often open. New doors begin to open. It is almost………..… magic.

I am so excited to have embarked on this new dimension of midwifery, to once again have the sacred opportunity to be a witness to what is for some, a spiritually transformative process, and the movement of spirit, and life which is so needed today. My three plus decades of spiritual practice has helped me to deepen my listening skills, and become more sensitive to the energies of those in need. I strive to bring the highest quality of attention to each client interaction. I wish for this medicine to be available to everyone who wishes or needs it. And I am all in for this next chapter: I am calling it, Psychedelic Midwifery.