About
The Story Behind Integrated Psychedelics
Matt Xavier CADC-II, CPDJ
Gestalt Therapist, Addiction Counselor, Psychedelic Therapist, Professional DJ
Who I Am
I am a counselor, psychedelic guide, and therapeutic DJ with over 30 years of musical immersion and 15 years of clinical experience in addiction and mental health counseling. My work bridges the worlds of electronic music, experiential psychotherapy, and psychedelic-assisted healing, blending intuition, structure, and care.
My Path to Psychedelic Therapy
My path began in the early 1990s electronic music underground of New York City, where I performed and produced under the name Matthew Magic. As co-founder of Tsunami Productions, I helped introduce psychedelic trance culture to the North American East Coast and later went on to run the techno label Railyard Recordings.
For decades, I witnessed how music could open emotional doors, dissolve barriers, and guide people into altered states of connection and catharsis. Over time, I felt called to work with those same states in a deeper, more intentional way.
I eventually stepped away from nightlife to pursue professional training in counseling at Loyola Marymount University, becoming CADC-II certified through CCAPP. Over the following decade, I provided individual and group counseling for people navigating addiction, trauma, grief, and co-occurring disorders, learning firsthand how resilience and vulnerability often exist side by side.
The Return to Psychedelics
In 2015, after many years away from psychedelic use, I had a profound healing experience with psilocybin mushrooms. That moment catalyzed a full integration of my two worlds: music and therapy.
Since then, I’ve dedicated my work to supporting others through psychedelic preparation, journey facilitation, and post-experience integration. What began as a personal exploration gradually evolved into a full-time practice.
What Is Integrated Psychedelics?
Integrated Psychedelics is a harm-reduction–based counseling practice focused on helping individuals process and integrate the emotional, psychological, and spiritual material that can arise from psychedelic experiences. The work is grounded in compassion, safety, and attunement, with the belief that healing unfolds when our inner experiences are expressed rather than suppressed, and explored rather than pushed aside.
This practice supports individuals in turning moments of expanded awareness into grounded insight. Sometimes that means integrating a difficult or confusing journey. Other times it means preparing for a future one with mindfulness and intention.
Whether we are working with sober states or altered ones, my role is to listen deeply, help regulate the nervous system — sometimes through language, sometimes through silence, sometimes through music and sound — and support the translation of experience into lasting change at a pace your system can truly digest.
While much of this work involves psychedelic preparation and integration, I also offer ongoing therapeutic counseling for those seeking similar depth and support without the use of medicine. Different paths, same commitment to awareness and transformation.
The Psychedelic DJ Approach
Through Integrated Psychedelics, I developed Therapeutic DJing, a distinct therapeutic methodology that integrates music, psychology, and altered states into an intentional pathway for healing. Drawing from decades of DJ practice and clinical counseling experience, this approach combines structured music curation, real-time soundtracking, and integration counseling to support transformative psychedelic experiences. It includes:
Therapeutic Music Curation
Designing intentional playlists that align with the emotional and energetic phases of a journey and the needs of each client.
Psychedelic Soundtracking
Adjusting those playlists in real time to support a client’s inner landscape, emotional processing, and spiritual emergence.
Integration Counseling
Applying Gestalt and somatic-based techniques to help translate insights into grounded, lasting change.
My book, The Psychedelic DJ: A Practical Guide to Therapeutic Music Curation and Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy, explores this methodology in depth.
Attunement as a Core Value
Whether I’m holding space as a counselor or guiding someone through music, my role is one of attunement. I see myself as one prong of a tuning fork and the client or listener as the other — listening, adjusting, and resonating until harmony emerges between what is felt, needed, and expressed.
Even in music selection, I’m not just choosing tracks; I’m listening for frequency, pacing, and emotional resonance. Techniques like harmonic mixing may be considered advanced in DJ culture, but to me they’re essential in therapy and in life. When two keys align, the nervous system relaxes. The mind and body open. Something shifts.
Attunement, whether verbal or vibrational, is what makes the process safe enough for people to soften, surrender, and change.
My Commitment to Safety & Integrity
My work is grounded in harm reduction, awareness, and deep respect for the psychedelic process. I do not glamorize these experiences or treat them as cures. Instead, I approach them as powerful and transformative when supported with preparation, intention, and integrity.
I believe music can serve as co-therapist, guide, and mirror, and that healing happens not only in peak moments, but in how we return afterward.
Services & Pricing
What I Offer
Psychedelic Preparation, Guidance & Integration
• Individual pre- and post-journey integration counseling
• Psychedelic-assisted therapy, counseling, and real-time journey facilitation
• Group psychedelic sitting and ceremonial support
• Traditional counseling and psychedelic-assisted therapy
Counseling & Mental Health Support
• Traditional non-psychedelic counseling (weekly or monthly)
• Couples counseling
• Psychedelics for recovery: harm-reduction addiction counseling
• Psychoactive drug education and safety planning
Professional Consultation & Training
• Clinical supervision for counselors and psychedelic guides
• Therapeutic DJ training and therapeutic music curation support
Session Format
• Confidential encrypted remote sessions or in-person sessions (when available)
Current Rates
Traditional Counseling & Guided Work:*
$150 / hour
Couples & Joint Sessions:
$250 / hour
Professional Consultation / Training:
$300 / hour
*Session length and structure may vary depending on the type of support provided.
Journey Fund
Partial and full scholarships are available through the Journey Fund, with priority given to veterans and first responders.
Who I Support
Individuals preparing for their first intentional psychedelic journey
Therapists, facilitators, and guides seeking consultation or support in psychedelic work
Experienced psychonauts seeking deeper integration and ongoing inner work
People navigating grief, anxiety, trauma, or spiritual emergence
Those working through confusion, fragmentation, or challenging psychedelic experiences
Clients committed to self-awareness, personal healing, and responsible psychedelic use
Individuals who value therapy-style support without clinical coldness
The Process
My approach is:
Nonjudgmental and trauma-informed
Your experience is met with care and curiosity, not scrutiny.
Therapeutic, not dogmatic
No rigid models, ideology, or spiritual bypassing, only what genuinely supports your process.
Grounded in both abstinence-based and harm-reduction counseling
I work with people across a wide spectrum of relationships to substances and recovery.
Curious, collaborative, and embodied
We work with what actually arises in the moment, not just what theory suggests should happen.
Contact
If my path resonates with yours, I’d be honored to connect and explore how this work might support your healing and growth.
Free 10-minute consultation available.
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