Our commitment to clients safety, comfort & support:

NewWest Encounters works with experienced (license-pending)

Colorado-based consultants, guides and community integration experts.  

Our founders worked extensively on the two-year development for

psilocybin safety guidelines, best practices for “set and setting” and

are committed to continuing multi-year research initiatives at our

permanent offices in West Denver.

New West extensive safety plan includes:

— All transportation is provided by host hotel shuttle, Lite Rail train

to/from Denver International Airport is included with all registrants.

—Staff has enrolled enroll and receive certificate in BLS(Basic Life

Support)

—– Confidentiality and privacy contract with client-accesible

audio  recording of all sessions.

— NWE staff and management refrain from any substance use during

supported client experiences

—- Emergency Room only 2.5 Miles away– Swedish Medical Center 200

So.Wadsworth

  —  On site stock of activated charcoal (and/or client accessed

benzodeazipines)

to provide 30-40 minute end of any/all psilocybin trips and gentle

return to “normal

function”;

— Client access to live Fireside Project phone support and strategic

care- Noon to Midnite(MDT) daily at 623-473-7433

—Client recorded Note to self (phone or audio) to  explain current

state and CBG re-entry

— Colorado United Services hotline for  pre-psilo/CBG information:  

888-210-3553

NewEst 24/7 message and text line is at 970-200-2221.

— Colorado United Services hotline for  pre-psilo/CBG information:  

888-210-3553

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Please see the biographies of our key guides/sitters.  Lauren

Harris-Rodriquez holds her masters in psychology from University of

Denver and has hosted more than 20 journeys.  Also Sakar Pudlasini has

more than 12 years experience both in the US and his native Nepal.

Two years in Colorado.  We have more than 16.  Our offerings are geared

toward one guide and two clients venturing together.  For instance, for

end-of-life issues, we invite the unwell client to be joined by a family

member and/or loved one for a joint experience.  And we hope married or

committed couples will take advantage of “clearing power” when venturing

together.

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Open to North Americans aged 26 to 66, and from selected states. NWE is  

incorporating the extensive Oregon inventory of challenging mental

conditions which would generally pre-clude accepting a possible client

seeking psilocybin therapy.  We can incorporate the full list, but they

would included history of extreme psychosis, recurring suicide ideation,

intractable depression and most bi-polar conditions.

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No, we have not.  One of our key 4 courses which require completion

before any psilo-therapy access is the Ethics-Privacy-Touching course

which includes a statement on NWE staff responsibility pledge– and a

comprehensive consent agreement completed by client.  A client directed

procedure for accessing (audio) taping on all sessions is provided,

along with a day-of journey- client input form for all comments,

including any touching/consent issues.

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No, we have not had any adverse complaints.  One of our key 3 courses

which require completion before any psilo-therapy access is the

Ethics-Privacy-Touching course which includes a statement on NWE staff

responsibility pledge– and a comprehensive consent agreement completed

by client.  A client directed procedure for accessing (audio) taping on

all sessions is provided, along with a day-of journey- client input form

for all comments, including any touching/consent issues.

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Only psilocin.  Working with our Colorado  team, NWE has sourced a set

of six leading strains for addressing various expected intentions.  They

include Golden Teacher, TidalWave/APE, SkiBum and low/microdose level

dosing as needed.  In addition to psilocybin– we provide clients with

CBG/CBD drinkable formulations with under 0.3%THC.

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All Colorado venues are certified with full compliance of healing center

guidance.  No home retreats are authorized, and we will generally

provide a (psilocybin-free) return to a nearby host hotel for the

day-before and day-of journeys.  Attention to client safety is

paramount, including a careful transportation plan following admin.

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Our emergency clinic (2.4 miles) is an affiliate of Swedish Medical

Center, Englewood, Colorado. As noted above, we are in direct contact

with both FIRESIDE and the Colorado WANA helpline.  An emergency supply

of “activated charcoal” is standard to help any need for a 30-40 minute

client “return to sober state” if needed.  We are setting up a support

line with RN’s/LPNs who are members of the national “Cannabis Nurses

Association” who provide live, online support.

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Generally our ratio is 1 guide/sitter for each two individuals.  The

Colorado guidance calls for no larger than a 4:1(guide) ratio.  Also, we

also maintain NWE support from non-guides present for admin.

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      We have an extensive screening and pre-interview sessions for

client

background and intentions.  In total, all clients are expected to

complete 3-pre-visit courses (safety plans/ intentions and mechanism of

effects/ ethics-consent and prep/integration data. For 2025, our

retreats will require pre-journey day-ahead arrival, and another

one-night stay at our host hotel, which includes a qualified staff

member also staying at the local hotel.

Following the client journey, our staff support “re-etnry” with client

an outdoor nature “walk and talk”–and a nutritional meal, before

heading back to the hotel.  During the three day Urban Retreat, NWE

offers a number of group and solo non-psilo activities (ie., the

Saturday frisbee golf tourney for everyone.    An continuous research

initiative hosts our weekly online integration community gathering

offered each Thursday and/or Saturday.

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All our natural medicines are grown in Colorado,  are screened and

cleaned for all molds, bacteria, e-coli, pesticides and heavy metals

with our technology partner’s DeToxer (Milerd-Poland) technology.  Per

best practice guidance, no “dung” is used for fungi/mycelium

development, and the initial supply of psilocybin medicines are from the

“psilocybe cubensis” genus.

All our natural medicines are grown in Colorado,  are screened and

cleaned for all molds, bacteria, e-coli, and heavy metals with our

technology partner’s DeToxer (Milerd-Poland) technology.

Coloradans will soon have legal access to psychedelic-assisted therapy

with the first licensed psilocybin businesses expected to open this

spring. This novel type of mental health treatment involves ingesting

large doses of “magic mushrooms” under the supervision of a licensed

guide.

People who are interested in trying a therapeutic dose in Colorado will

need to go to licensed businesses known as healing centers and connect

with accredited guides called facilitators.

In Oregon, the only other state where psychedelic-assisted therapy is

legal, patients typically take a large dose of mushrooms before putting

on an eye mask and headphones and lying down to experience the trip —

which can take up to six or eight hours. The facilitators are there to

help their patients navigate intense or challenging emotions and to

assist should they need to move around while under the influence.

Sessions can be costly since individuals pay for a facilitator’s time

and the drugs provided onsite. In Oregon, a psilocybin session costs

upward of $1,000.

But some of Colorado’s prospective healing center owners have ideas

about other ways to offer their services. That includes one who hopes to

build a space for microdosing, as well as others seeking to pair

psychedelic-assisted therapy with other wellness techniques like yoga.