Summit Presentation Topic
“Psychedelics and Shadow Work for a Sacred Life ”
Dr. Angela “Andy” Taylor
Dr. Angela “Andy” Taylor, PhD, LCSW
EMDR Therapist
Spiritual and Integration Coach
Holder of Ceremony, Ritual, and Initiation Rites
Forever student of Love and Truth
Practitioner of Nature-based Spirituality
Angela Taylor, Ph.D., LCSW has dance/performance training in the “Life/Art Process” from Tamalpa institute, a PhD is the Philosophy of Psychology from Meridian University, and a Master’s in Social Welfare from UCLA. She is a licensed psychotherapist, a certified EMDR practitioner, and a certified yoga instructor. Angela was born in southern Oregon into a long legacy of blue-collar workers, strict religious expression, artistic repression, substance abuse, heart and lung disease, and…very importantly…love for each other and the outdoors. Although she chose a life path distinct in many ways from her immediate ancestors, the imprint of love on her heart remains the thread through her work, play, and partnership.
Angela practices a nature-based spirituality and is a lifelong student of the plants, herbs, trees, animals, fire, winds, water, sun, and moon. She currently maintains a private practice in Ojai, California where she supports people in finding the meaning, embracing the growth, and stepping into the initiations that can accompany challenging life encounters, altered states, and dark states of consciousness. She facilitates and teaches ritual, ceremony, and other wonderful witchery to help people recognize the presence of the Sacred and bring magick to the mundane.
Angela is particularly supported by Spirit in introducing men and women to the goddess way, in reminding her witchsters of their power and beauty, and in healing the split between light and shadow, self and spirit, masculine and feminine, “us” and “them.” She stands respectfully on the shoulders of Carl Jung, Clarissa Pinkola-Estes, R.D. Laing, Anna Halprin, Starhawk, yoga teachers, nature, meditators, intuitives, dancers, poets, musicians, and numerous other artists.
Angela’s happy place is barefoot in her sacred Ojai home with her plant friends, living alongside her medicine man partner, Brian, and their medicine dog, Luna. Together with Brian, they create healing space and hold ceremony for individuals and couples working to move from the chains of shame, through a place of deep listening and sharing, and into the freedom of embodied love.
Angela’s naturopathic and holistic approach to soul reclamation has been featured in O Magazine and on MTV, the Style Network, and the Discovery Health Channel. She served as a consultant for the New York Time’s bestseller, The Life You Want, and has been a literary contributor and speaker for several organizations and conferences promoting body-mind health and spiritual emergence.
Dr. Angela Taylor, PhD, LCSW
Sent in love, light, and the perfect amount of divine dark.
