Sara Gael, MA, LPC is a psychedelic therapist, educator, and mentor. She brings expertise in organizational leadership, strategic development, and community movement-building. She graduated from Naropa University in 2012 with a Master’s degree in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology with a concentration in Nature-Based Therapy. While at Naropa she co-founded the student group, Naropa Alliance for Psychedelic Studies (NAPS). 

Sara worked at the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) from 2013-2023, overseeing the work of the Zendo Project and spearheading the MAPS city of Denver First Responder Psychedelic Crisis Assessment and Intervention Training. She was an appointed representative on the Denver Psilocybin Mushroom Policy Review Panel from 2019-2024. 

Sara was an Investigator/therapist for Lykos MDMA-Assisted Therapy for PTSD Clinical Trials and serves as a Lykos Lead Educator, Training Consultant and Associate Supervisor. She was the founding Course Director for the Integrative Psychiatry Institute’s Psychedelic Assisted Therapy Training, overseeing a global faculty of over 30+ esteemed mental health experts and developing over 300 hours of curriculum, impacting over 2,000 students.

Sara comes from mixed white/hispanic ancestry and was raised in Northern New Mexico. Central to her own healing journey has been connection to land and the natural world. She has held a relationship with psychedelics for over 25 years and they have supported her in navigating her own personal and transgenerational trauma. She believes in the potential of psychedelics as catalysts for individual, community, and collective healing and is committed to equitable access for historically and currently marginalized communities.