Claudia Sencer, NP-CNM, MS
Claudia has focused her work on psychedelic medicine since 2020. She came to psychedelic therapy through the very powerful, though not typical, path of being a nurse-midwife. In attending births, Claudia developed deep skills guiding women to work through the challenges of the intensity of labor and the inevitable emotional blocks that are encountered in the process of birth. Holding space, acknowledging challenges, creating trust, and maintaining safety are some of her hard-won skills.
Claudia brings over 40 years of client-centered clinical care and 20 years of life counseling experience to her psychedelic care. Her approach is culturally sensitive, welcoming, and respectful to all. She is a certified practitioner of Compassionate Inquiry. This is a newly developed approach, created by Gabor Maté and was refined into a therapeutic method by Sat Durham Kaur, N.D. It is an elegantly effective tool for understanding how our past challenging experiences manifests in our daily lives. It provides clients with effective means of fuller self-understanding and offers possibilities for deep healing.
With a supportive and caring intention, Claudia helps guide her clients in exploring their inner world through the expanded consciousness experienced with ketamine therapy. Together, these understandings are integrated upon the return to normal consciousness. Claudia holds a strong belief that healing comes from within, when the environment is safe, the time is right, and the intention is clear.
Claudia Holds Certificates in:
- Psychedelic Therapies and Research from The California Institute of Integral Studies
- Ketamine Therapy from Rainfall Medicine
- MDMA Therapy from MAPS: Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies
Training: Being with Dying: Professional training in the Compassionate care of the seriously ill and dying. Roshi Joan Halifax, Upaya Zen Center.
She holds Degrees from:
-Georgetown University, M.S. Nurse Midwifery
-New York University, B.S. Nursing
-Hamilton College, B.A. Film and Photography
Claudia shares the KAP practice with Mark Farrington, her co-worker and husband. Together, they have three children, three grandchildren, and an abundance of love, learning, and belief in our deep healing potential.