A Clinically Grounded, Trauma-Informed Guided Mushroom Group Experience
Healing happens in relationship.
What makes a psilocybin experience meaningful is not simply the medicine itself. The environment in which it takes place, the people who support it, the preparation beforehand, and the work that follows all matter.
At OUR HOUSE, we offer a clinically grounded, trauma-informed psilocybin-assisted group therapy program in Colorado. Co-founded and facilitated by licensed psychotherapists Nikki Fall, LCSW, and Camila Pastor, LCSW, our approach brings together clinical psychotherapy, somatic practices, nervous system preparation, and the healing potential of community.
Rather than focusing exclusively on the medicine experience, we attend to the entire therapeutic process: preparing the mind and body, building trust and connection within the group, supporting participants through two guided psilocybin journeys, and helping integrate what emerges into daily life.
What Makes the OUR HOUSE Approach Different?
Psychedelic research often emphasizes the importance of set and setting: a person's mindset going into an experience and the physical, emotional, and relational environment in which it takes place.
We have developed a group therapy model in which these psychedelic safety and success factors are tended to, and where the therapeutic container extends well beyond the dosing sessions. Therefore, maximizing the application of insight into everyday life. Participants are entering a structured therapeutic process, supported by licensed psychotherapists and facilitators who get to know them and their individual needs.
Our Approach
Clinical screening and individual attention: Each participant completes an individual intake, behavioral health screening, and medical assessment to help determine whether the program is an appropriate fit.
Relational preparation: Participants spend time getting to know one another, building trust, developing intentions, and preparing emotionally and physically.
Trauma-informed facilitation: Our team brings clinical psychotherapy experience, somatic approaches, and an understanding of how trauma and the nervous system can shape a person's experience.
Supportive psilocybin journeys: Participants take part in two in-person experiences at a licensed healing center in Downtown Denver, with a lower-dose journey followed by a higher-dose journey. At times, Nikki and Camila collaborate with an additional licensed facilitator and a registered nurse for high-dose (and low-dose) sessions.
Meaningful integration: The work continues after the medicine sessions, with dedicated time to reflect on experiences and explore how to bring new insights into everyday life.
Clinical care & insight: We dedicate approximately 30 hours of clinical support time to the program, in addition to individual support, community support, and group process management.
Why Experience Psilocybin in a Group?
We understand that the idea of group therapy can bring up hesitation. Many people initially wonder whether they will receive enough individual attention or feel comfortable being vulnerable around others.
Yet participants often discover that the group becomes an unexpected and meaningful part of their healing journey.
Within a carefully facilitated group, people have opportunities to experience connection, vulnerability, compassion, and mutual support. They can begin to see themselves and others with greater openness and understanding.
Experiencing ourselves in relationship can also offer opportunities to practice trust, connection, and co-regulation. The steady, reassuring presence of others may help participants feel more grounded and supported as they encounter difficult emotions or personal material.
For us, this is one of the most meaningful possibilities of group psychedelic therapy: the opportunity to explore our inner worlds while remaining connected to other people.
What Does the Research Tell Us?
Emerging clinical research is beginning to examine what happens when psilocybin therapy takes place in a group setting. One particularly meaningful study for OUR HOUSE is the research led by Dr. Anthony (Tony) L. Back at the University of Washington. Here, they examined psilocybin-assisted group therapy for people living with metastatic cancer.
Published in 2026, the Phase 1/2 study included 52 participants who attended group retreats combining preparation, a shared psilocybin experience, and follow-up integration.
The findings were encouraging. Participants experienced an average 7.3-point reduction in combined anxiety and depression scores four weeks after treatment. Improvements remained evident at six months. Researchers also observed reduced distress surrounding thoughts of death and dying, alongside improvements in measures of psychosocial wellbeing.
Equally significant for our work at OUR HOUSE were the findings about the group experience itself. All participants reported receiving the attention and support they needed from the facilitation team. This result reflects our experiences at OUR HOUSE, where clients receive the individual support before, during, and after the experience to work towards their healing goals. Clients do not need to fear getting lost in a group experience.
For OUR HOUSE, it is meaningful to see research exploring a model that reflects something we have come to value deeply in our own work: the potential for individual healing and human connection to happen alongside one another.
The OUR HOUSE Clinical Team
Nikki Fall, LCSW, and Camila Pastor, LCSW, co-founded OUR HOUSE as licensed psychotherapists and Colorado Natural Medicine Clinical Facilitators.
Together, they bring experience in psychotherapy, trauma-informed care, EMDR, somatic approaches, ketamine-assisted therapy, and psychedelic facilitation. They have led more than 15 psychedelic group experiences involving ketamine and psilocybin and completed 150-hour facilitator training and supervised practice with Fluence Training.
They partner with Christine Pateros, MS, RN, a registered nurse and Licensed Natural Medicine Facilitator with decades of experience in healthcare and clinical research. Chris is the owner of Natural Medicine Home, the DORA-approved healing center in Downtown Denver where the OUR HOUSE program takes place.
“Nikki and Camila have developed a warm and welcoming space for sitting with psilocybin in a group setting. They are gifted healers and kind souls, and create a container that supports profound growth and connection through this medicine and the power of community. This was a seminal healing experience in my grief journey, and I am grateful for having been a part of it.”
— Former Client
Experience the OUR HOUSE Approach in Denver
The OUR HOUSE psilocybin group therapy program is designed as a continuous therapeutic process rather than a stand-alone psychedelic retreat.
The six-week program includes:
A free 20-minute consultation
Individual intake, behavioral health screening, and medical assessment
Three weeks of online preparation
Two in-person psilocybin journeys at a licensed healing center in Downtown Denver
Three integration sessions
Ongoing opportunities for community connection through OUR HOUSE integration circles
Unlike most retreat models in Colorado or beyond, OUR HOUSE developed clinically grounded psilocybin group therapy in healing community environments for individuals and couples, offering options that are clinically safe, beneficial, and more financially accessible than other local healing centers.
This program meaningfully weaves in therapy tools for calmer minds, knowledge of the impact of trauma on mind and body, and behavior change.
Interested in learning more?
We offer free, 20-minute consultations by Zoom to help you understand the program, ask questions, and explore whether this experience may be a good fit: Book now
Learn how to join us for the next psilocybin therapy program
Next program begins: January 19, 2027
