Our Speakers
Heather Lee
Heather is uniquely qualified in the intersection of transformational travel, psychedelic wellness and integrative mental health. Heather is one of the Nations first Certified Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapists. Her groundbreaking work with women and psilocybin was the feature of Lisa Ling's CBS special on the Psychedelic Renaissance.
Heather's background includes training in Mind/Body Medicine from the Harvard Mind/Body Medical Institute and a position as the past Director of Women’s Health Education at the University of Virginia Medical Center. She has developed and taught courses on stress physiology and mind/body health for several Universities and is a recognized wellness and psychedelic industry consultant.
Heather designs and delivers retreats in Colorado, Costa Rica, Portugal and Mexico. She is a pioneer in psilocybin applications with eco-anxiety, ecotherapy for integration ,cancer and end of life distress. Currently developing first to market psychedelic palliative care programs and retreats for women with breast cancer and creating plant medicine rituals as a midlife rite of passage.
Past consulting and retreat clients include Chenot Palace Switzerland, the Four Seasons Hualalai, Golden Door Spa and the One & Only Maldives. She is a leading consultant for those seeking to elevate their ability to respond safely and effectively to the growing consumer demand for psychedelic wellness experience
Lucy da Silva Msc
Lucy is the CEO & Co Founder of Silva Wellness and Psychedelic Psychotherapist. Lucy is a Masters qualified Psychotherapist specialising in addictive behaviours and the treatment of trauma. Her specialties range from working with clients with PTSD, eating disorders, addictions, depression, anxiety and OCD.
A recovering addict, and now 10 years clean, Lucy's passion was ignited to explore working with psychedelics after her own profound and mystical experience with psychedelics in a healing capacity 5 years ago. She went on to train delivering psychedelic therapy in a traditional shamanic setting as well as a clinical assisted therapy capacity. After gaining valuable experience working at a clinic providing Ketamine Assisted Therapy Lucy achieved her full certification in Ketamine Assisted therapy in early 2023.
Lucy truly believes that psychedelic assisted therapy is the future in the mental health field. She feels particularly passionate about the integration piece related to psychedelic therapy, which is the main motivation behind her building Silva Wellness with all other holistic therapies to complement and aid the healing process when working with psychedelic medicine.
She has particular intrigue in the group modality of psychedelic healing and is pioneering the leading of group ketamine lozenge therapy in her centre in Farringdon. She also has future plans to conduct landmark trials in this area in the future.