WORK EXPERIENCE
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Co-founder/Metaprogrammer at 8-Circuit Ascension (January 2023 – present)
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Psychedelic Integration Coach at Eleusia Psychedelic Integration Coaching (Self-Employed; 2020 – present
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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)
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Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy with Journey Clinical (January 2023 – April 2023)
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Postdoctoral Fellow at Brighter Life Therapy (October 2022 – April 2023)
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Copy writer/Copyeditor at Inaura (April 2022 – September 2022)
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Registered Psychological Assistant/Psychedelic-Assisted Therapist and Researcher at Sage Institute (2019 – 2020)
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Clinical Psychology Pre-Doctoral Internship at Puget Sound Psychiatric Center (2017 – 2018)
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Research Assistant/Clinician for insomnia studies at Puget Sound Psychiatric Center (2017 – 2018)
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APA Student Ambassador: Division 32 (2019)
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Clinical Psychology Pre-Doctoral Practicum at Alvarado Parkway Institute (2015 – 2016)
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Peer Reviewer for the New School Psychology Bulletin (NSPB; 2013 – 2014)
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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)
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Research Assistant at The New School working on entrainment and empathy (Dr. Marcel Kinsbourne lab)
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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)
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Undergraduate research assistant in a psycholinguistics lab at Stony Brook University (Dr. Richard Gerrig lab; 2006)
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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)
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MA in Psychology, The New School for Social Research (2014)
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BA in Psychology, Stony Brook University (2006)
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AA in Liberal Arts, Nassau Community College (2003)
LICENCES & CERTIFICATIONS
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Registered Psychological Assistant, CA-#PSB94025272 (January 2020 - January 2021)
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Integrative Wellness and Life Coach Certification, Integrative Wellness Academy (2018)
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Mental Health Counselor Associate License (LMHC-A; Washington State), MC60788366 (September 2017 - September 2018)
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Yoga Instructor Certification, Marianne Wells Yoga School (2017)
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Reiki I and II Certification, The Usui System of Natural Healing - Mariko Zervos, Reiki Master (2017, 2019)
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HIV/AIDS Training, ATrain Education, Inc. (2017 - present)
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Protecting Human Research Subjects, National Institutes of Health (2016 - present)
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HIPAA Awareness Training, HIPAA Training (2005 - present)
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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.
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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)
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The New School for Social Research merit-based scholarship (2012-2014)
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Golden Key International Honour Society (December 2006)
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Invitation to join Phi Beta Kappa (December 2006)
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Eligible to join Psi Chi (December 2006)
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Magna Cum Laude, Stony Brook University (December 2006)
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Magna Cum Laude, Nassau Community College (May 2003)
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
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Psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy
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The 8-Circuit Model of Consciousness
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Altered states of consciousness: dreams; psychedelics; hypnosis; meditation
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Spirituality/metaphysics
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Synaesthesia
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Mind-body relationships
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Belief systems
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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:
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