Mary McDermott
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Mary McDermott

Teacher

Center for Psychedelic Therapies and Research

Biography

Mary McDermott, M.S., MFT, LPCC, RYT, is a licensed marriage and family therapist and professional clinical counselor, a Yin Yoga teacher, and certified as a psychedelic-assisted therapist through CIIS. She is a 2016 graduate of the CPTR program and now serves as a mentor. Ms. McDermott studies meditation, spiritual practice, and psycho-spiritual integration with her teacher Jennifer Welwood, and gained her knowledge, training, and expertise in the Shipibo tradition from her teachers from the Temple of The Way of Light, in Iquitos, Peru. She will shortly be publishing a book, Invitation to Integration, co-authored with Ms. Julie Megler, whom she met while consulting at the Temple.