Ground Up Psychotherapy
Ground Up Psychotherapy provides Psychedelic Informed Psychotherapy (PIP) training for Mental Health Professionals ~ go to our Trainings page
We also offer preparation and integration groups, workshops, and retreats for individuals who feel called to explore psychedelic experiences, and seek to do so with greater psychological readiness and care ~ more information coming soon.
Psychedelic medicine experiences are consistently experienced as:
Emergent
Emergent ~ arising within the broader whole of existence; an ecological interplay in which one’s experience emerges organically.
Inter- & Intra- Relational
Inter- and Intra- relational ~ a process of relating interpersonally and internally with alive aspects of ourselves and with others.
Felt
Felt ~ visceral and somatic information becomes infinitely more accessible and interpretable. The psychedelic experience is sensation lead.
Here and Now
Here and Now ~ present.
A deeper capacity to be in and with what is happening now, Presence also becomes an organising force of the unfolding experience.
When preparation is guided in alignment with these qualities, individuals are better able to meet psychedelic experiences with steadiness, awareness, and relational presence. This creates greater cohesion between non-ordinary states of consciousness and everyday life — allowing insight to become integrated, rather than overwhelming or fragmented.
This forms the foundation of all our work.
Top-down and bottom-up processing
To simplify,
- top-down processing sounds like “research suggests 8 glasses of water a day are important”.
- Bottom-up processing sounds like “I feel thirsty, and I am going to get a glass of water”.
The latter is the expression of an internally lived and organismic regulated truth. These kinds of truths match the phenomenological truths which emerge in non-ordinary states of consciousness, and is why bottom-up processing is so important to support.
Robi Moore
With over 19 years’ experience in clinical private practice, and 25 years dedicated to personally exploring non-ordinary states of consciousness through yogic, meditative and plant medicine practices, Robi stands as a seasoned professional in utilising psychotherapy to integrate trans-personal/psychedelic experiences into meaningful change and healing.
With over 7000 clinical hours, working legally with clients who have embarked on psychedelic journeys for their own growth and healing, Robbie has acquired a deep understanding of the healing movements that these psychedelic medicines have on people.
Robi is sought after by psychologists, doctors, and psychiatrists seeking guidance on aligning psychotherapy to the healing movements of psychedelic medicines with their own clients; and in their own lives.
Dr Michael de Manincor
Michael is a registered psychologist and has been working in clinical practice for 25 years. He is also a senior yoga teacher, yoga therapist, adult trainer and educator, and holds a PhD in the area of mind-body integrative medicine.
Through academic, professional and personal interest, Michael continues to explore the world of non-ordinary states of consciousness, including psychedelic and plant medicines, and has supported many clients in the preparation and integration of their own explorations of psychedelic experiences. Michael brings a wealth of experience in adult training and education, as well clinical practice as a psychotherapist.