Lauren Casalino, MA, LPC is an Associate Professor and former Chair of the Contemplative Psychotherapy and Buddhist Psychology Program at Naropa University. Her private psychotherapy practice includes individuals, couples, and groups. Due to her expertise in group facilitation, she is called upon by public and private organizations struggling with intractable group dynamics.  Lauren Co-Founded Windhorse Elder Care. She authored “Psychotherapy and the Paramitas: Walking the Bodhisattva’s Path” in Brilliant Sanity: Buddhist Approaches to Psychotherapy. Lauren’s fundamental commitment is to personal growth and professional mastery in service of health individually, relationally, societally, and globally. Right use of psychedelic medicines to promote social justice and the furtherance of an ecologically sustainable planet is an area of passion for Lauren.