Laura Northrup

LAURA MAE NORTHRUP, MFT is a practicing psychotherapist and educator. She obtained her master’s degree in Somatic Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies and is trained in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy for the treatment of trauma. Northrup also trained with Janina Fisher, a well respected and internationally recognized trauma expert and completed a year long training in the spiritual aspects of trauma at Pacifica Graduate Institute. Northrup’s work focuses on defining sexual violence through a spiritual and politicized lens, mentoring healing practitioners in creating a meaningful path, and supporting the spiritual integrity of our collective humanity. She is the creator and host of the podcast Inside Eyes, a series that explores the use of entheogens and psychedelics to heal sexual trauma and supervises junior clinicians at both the Sage Institute, a psychedelic therapy clinic, and the Grateful Heart Holistic Therapy Center. Northrup has lectured and taught workshops on the subjects of treating survivors of sexual trauma, psychedelics and entheogens, and how to build a sustainable healing practice. This is her first book.