WORK EXPERIENCE

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• Co-founder/Metaprogrammer at 8-Circuit Ascension (January 2023 – present)

• Psychedelic Integration Coach at Eleusia Psychedelic Integration Coaching (Self-Employed; 2020 – present

• Adherence Rater for Phases 2 and 3 Clinical Trials on MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for PTSD at the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS; 2017 – present)  Copyeditor (Self-Employed; 2016 – present)

• Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy with Journey Clinical (January 2023 – April 2023)

• Postdoctoral Fellow at Brighter Life Therapy (October 2022 – April 2023) 

• Copy writer/Copyeditor at Inaura (April 2022 – September 2022)

• Registered Psychological Assistant/Psychedelic-Assisted Therapist and Researcher at Sage Institute (2019 – 2020)

• Clinical Psychology Pre-Doctoral Internship at Puget Sound Psychiatric Center (2017 – 2018)

• Research Assistant/Clinician for insomnia studies at Puget Sound Psychiatric Center  (2017 – 2018)

• APA Student Ambassador: Division 32 (2019)

• Clinical Psychology Pre-Doctoral Practicum at Alvarado Parkway Institute (2015 – 2016)

• Peer Reviewer for the New School Psychology Bulletin (NSPB; 2013 – 2014)

• Video Coder on doctoral candidate Ingmar Gorman's research (supervised by Dr. McWelling Todman at The New School for Social Research) on MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for PTSD by  sponsored by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) 

• Research Assistant at The New School working on entrainment and empathy (Dr. Marcel Kinsbourne lab)

• Research Assistant at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City working on fMRI studies on obsessive-compulsive disorder and self-esteem (Dr. Heather Berlin lab)

• Undergraduate research assistant in a psycholinguistics lab at Stony Brook University (Dr. Richard Gerrig lab; 2006)

• Teaching assistant at:
    -Nassau Community College (Human Sexuality, Dr. Valerie Pinhas; 2009, 2010)
    -Stony Brook University (Survey in Cognition & Perception, Dr. Susan Brennan; 2006)​​

 

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EDUCATION

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• PhD in Clinical Psychology with an Emphasis in Depth Psychology, Pacifica Graduate Institute (2022)

• MA in Psychology, The New School for Social Research (2014)

• BA in Psychology, Stony Brook University (2006)

• AA in Liberal Arts, Nassau Community College (2003)

 

LICENCES & CERTIFICATIONS

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• Registered Psychological Assistant, CA-#PSB94025272 (January 2020 - January 2021)

• Integrative Wellness and Life Coach Certification, Integrative Wellness Academy (2018)

• Mental Health Counselor Associate License (LMHC-A; Washington State), MC60788366 (September 2017 - September 2018)

• Yoga Instructor Certification, Marianne Wells Yoga School (2017)

• Reiki I and II Certification, The Usui System of Natural Healing - Mariko Zervos, Reiki Master (2017, 2019)

• HIV/AIDS Training, ATrain Education, Inc. (2017 - present)

• Protecting Human Research Subjects, National Institutes of Health (2016 - present)

• HIPAA Awareness Training, HIPAA Training (2005 - present)

• Human Subjects Training, Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI; 2006–2017)

 

PUBLICATIONS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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• Turetzky, R. L. (2021). A hermeneutic phenomenology of the N,N-dimethyltryptamine experience (Doctoral dissertation). Available from ProQuest Dissertation and Theses Database.

• Berlin, H.A., Ng, J., Stern, E., Zhang, S., Rosenthal, D.,Turetzky, R., Tang, C., & 
  Goodman, W. (2017). Altered Olfactory Processing and Increased Insula Activity in Patients with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: An fMRI Study. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 262, 15-24.

• Berlin, H. A., Schultz, K., Zhang, S., Turetzky, R., Rosenthal, D., & Goodman, W. (2015).
  Neural correlates of emotional response inhibition in obsessive-compulsive disorder: A preliminary study. Psychiatry Research:       Neuroimaging, 234 (2), 259—264.

• Berlin, H. A., Montgomery, J. (2017). Neural Basis of Intrapsychic and Unconscious Conflict and Repetition Compulsion. In: Reassessment of Intrapsychic Conflict in Psychoanalytic Theories. Eagle, M., & Christian, C. (editors), Routledge.

 

HONOURS

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• Pacifica Graduate Institute merit-based scholarship (2014-2017)

• The New School for Social Research merit-based scholarship (2012-2014)

• Golden Key International Honour Society (December 2006)

• Invitation to join Phi Beta Kappa (December 2006)

• Eligible to join Psi Chi (December 2006)

• Magna Cum Laude, Stony Brook University (December 2006)

• Magna Cum Laude, Nassau Community College (May 2003)

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RESEARCH INTERESTS

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• Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy

• The 8-Circuit Model of Consciousness

• Altered states of consciousness: dreams; psychedelics; hypnosis; meditation

• Spirituality/metaphysics

• Synaesthesia

• Mind-body relationships

• Belief systems

• Cetacean, cephalopod, and avian consciousness, intelligence, and communication

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ART

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The visual and symbolic can be of great importance to the psychedelic experience, so I find that my background in art supplements my work as a psychedelic therapist and coach.  I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to take several art classes at:
 

• Fashion Institute of Technology

• SUNY at Stony Brook University

• SUNY College at Old Westbury

• Nassau Community College

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