BOARD MEMBERS
PAUL ANTICO
Paul is Psychedelia Integration’s Managing Director, one of Psychedelia’s Circle Facilitators and Board President. He is also a Certified Compassionate Inquiry Practitioner, Dr. Gabor Maté’s elegant and insightful approach to healing our triggers and traumas, a somatic style of working is very complimentary to psychedelic and plant medicine work.
Paul brings diverse viewpoints to the table for a unique and insightful perspective gleaned from many modalities employed on his own healing journey from psychedelics to Jungian therapy and dreamwork, Somatic Experiencing, Rosen Method bodywork, Family Constellations, Internal Family Systems, Medicine Dance, and more. He honors the essence-tial part of ourselves that is leading us with courage toward our own healing, facilitated with presence, safety, non-judgement, acceptance and compassion.
Paul is a very active member in the Los Angeles psychedelic community. In addition to Psychedelia Integration, he co-produced the Los Angeles Psychedelic Science Symposium (June 2018 at UCLA), works with Decriminalize California on their Board, as well as a team member of the Aware Project. He has studied Rosen Method Bodywork, Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Therapy, as well as being a provider of Stephen Porges’ Polyvagal Theory based Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP). An avid sailor and mindful ecstatic dancer, Paul is constantly striving to expand his knowledge, education, and training to enhance his work in the service of others.
CELISA FLORES, Psy.D.
Celisa found herself drawn into integration while reconnecting with her family lineage of plant medicine healers. Drawing upon formal and experiential training as a mother, therapist, yoga and mindfulness instructor, birth and end-of-life doula, she has found holding space for difficult transitions to come naturally. An advocate for body autonomy and safe and sacred exploration of consciousness, Dr. Flores has supported healing, recovery and transformation from challenging experiences. She is now also trained by MAPS to facilitate MDMA-assisted therapy once it becomes accessible in the United States. Dr. Flores generously expanded community integration circles to Orange County on the fourth Sunday of each month (adjustments for holiday weekends). Dr. Flores supports individual online and/or in-person coaching for personal growth and development, integration, and harm reduction.
Sarah Schwarcz
Born in Odessa, Ukraine, Sarah likens the breadth of her life to one long, rich ceremony saved by the healing she found in the psychedelic space. She is currently in the process of becoming a licensed psychedelic psychotherapist. As a grassroots member of PsychedeLiA Integration, she took on the role of Operations Secretary in April 2019 and was elected to the organization’s Board for her unwavering and dedicated contribution to our organization and the Greater Los Angeles psychedelic community that it serves.
Special Advisor to the Board
BEN MALCOLM, PharmD, MPH, BCPP
Dr. Ben Malcolm earned his bachelor’s degree (BS) in pharmacology at the University of California at Santa Barbara, prior to his Masters in Public Health (MPH) and Doctorate of Pharmacy (PharmD) at Touro University California. He then completed post-graduate residencies in Acute Care at Scripps Mercy Hospital and Psychiatric Pharmacy at the University of California at San Diego Health. After residency training he began his career as an Academician at Western University of Health Sciences (WUHS), College of Pharmacy and obtained Board Certification in Psychiatric Pharmacy (BCPP).
Currently he provides psychopharmacology consulting services and a resource and support membership relating to the use psychedelic and psychotropic medications at spiritpharmacist.com
Dr. Malcolm envisions a society in which access to psychedelic drugs in a variety of safe and supported settings is available for purposes of psychospiritual well-being, personal development, ceremonial sacraments, and treatment of mental illness. His vision guides his scholarship, education, and service-related professional activity.
