Jem Stone is a First Nations woman of the Bundjalung Nation whose work bridges Indigenous knowledge systems, trauma-informed care, and integrative therapeutic modalities within the field of psychedelic therapy. She is the Co-founder and Director of Indigenous Psychedelic Assisted Therapies (IPAT), where she leads pioneering approaches that weave Indigenous wisdom into psychedelic-assisted care through cultural training, consultancy, and a trauma-integrated, culturally informed healing approach.
Jem is involved in Australian psychedelic trials and has contributed as a member of the Australian Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee, helping to shape culturally inclusive frameworks for psychedelic-assisted therapies in Australia.
Her contributions extend into research and academia, including published work in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health on cultural responsiveness in psychedelic medicine, as well as a co-authored study with Deakin University, Weaving Wayapa with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, published in the Australian Psychology Journal (2024).
Grounded in Indigenous wisdom and committed to creating safe, inclusive, and transformative healing environments, Jem is dedicated to advancing the field of psychedelic therapy through culturally responsive, trauma-informed, and integrative approaches.
Citlali Rodríguez Venegas lives between Mexico City and the Mazateca Highlands in Oaxaca, Mexico. She holds a PhD in Mesoamerican Studies from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). She works as a cultural advisor and collaborator on projects developed within Mazateca communities, such as Memoria Mazateca, dedicated to activating the historical memory of the Mazateca territory, and Casa Adobe, an art gallery and cultural center.
For more than a decade, she has conducted research in the Mazateca Highlands, an Indigenous territory renowned for its shamanic knowledge related to psilocybin mushrooms. She is the author of the book Mazatecos, niños santos y güeros en Huautla de Jiménez, Oaxaca (2017).
Since 2022, she has collaborated with the collective Chá kjoa tsja kjoa naxó, Gente de Alegría Florida (Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón, Oaxaca) and the Indigenous Conservation Fund. She has also taught a Regional History certification program for Mazateca-rooted teachers in the highlands.
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