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I feel much more at peace, much more relaxed and I have a feeling of oneness with all.
have been dealing with OCD since my 20s (I'm now 70 years old). During my 40s and 50s, my counselors and I tried talk therapy and multiple medications. Unfortunately nothing helped.
So I have been searching. I found Confluence because of an article published on CNN about a woman dealing with depression and how a trip to Confluence in Ashland, Oregon, and the use of Psilocybin was a life changer.
I had researched psilocybin therapy over the years at John Hopkins, also by Paul Stamets and Michael Pollan and had found they were having great success with depression, PTSD and other problems such as OCD.
I reached out to Confluence. They scheduled a personal interview via zoom and after I was accepted into the program we had many pre-retreat zoom meetings with others who would be participating with me at the retreat. They did a great job preparing me.
I flew to Medford, Oregon in June of 2026, where the staff picked us up and took us to their retreat in the beautiful Siskiyou mountain range outside of Ashland, Oregon. The facilities were beautiful. Big cabins, beautifully furnished in a lush green forest. There were lots of hiking trails - the perfect setting for our journey. The meals were cooked specially for us and the cook was very accommodating. I have been a whole food plant based person for 17 years and she and her helper prepared delicious, healthy meals for me. I was very grateful.
The retreat lasted 5 days. We arrived on a Wednesday and had an individual counseling session and multiple group sessions preparing us for our first low dose psilocybin journey the next morning. In Oregon, psilocybin journeys are closely supervised at designated centers. On Thursday, the 8 of us traveled down the mountain (about a 30 minute drive) to Ashland where the center was located. The owners and our own counselors did a great job of making us feel welcome, safe and comfortable. The psilocybin is administered via a beautiful tea ceremony. We had comfortable "beds" to lie in with meditative music. The staff stayed with us through the journey. The next day - Friday, was an integration day in which we had individual and group counseling sessions with plenty of free time for hiking and contemplation.
On Saturday we returned to the psilocybin center for our second higher concentration journey. Again we felt secure and safe and the tea ceremony was beautiful.
On the final day - Sunday - we had integration meetings in the morning and then after lunch were driven back to the airport in Medford.
The individual sessions were great for me to help with my intentions before and between the journeys and to help me integrate after the psilocybin journeys. The group sessions were also great - we got to share our experiences with each other (as much as you wanted) and to learn about each other. We all became great friends.
I recommend Confluence wholeheartedly, it has started me on a better path towards recovery. I feel much more at peace, much more relaxed and I have a feeling of oneness with all. Thank you.
So I have been searching. I found Confluence because of an article published on CNN about a woman dealing with depression and how a trip to Confluence in Ashland, Oregon, and the use of Psilocybin was a life changer.
I had researched psilocybin therapy over the years at John Hopkins, also by Paul Stamets and Michael Pollan and had found they were having great success with depression, PTSD and other problems such as OCD.
I reached out to Confluence. They scheduled a personal interview via zoom and after I was accepted into the program we had many pre-retreat zoom meetings with others who would be participating with me at the retreat. They did a great job preparing me.
I flew to Medford, Oregon in June of 2026, where the staff picked us up and took us to their retreat in the beautiful Siskiyou mountain range outside of Ashland, Oregon. The facilities were beautiful. Big cabins, beautifully furnished in a lush green forest. There were lots of hiking trails - the perfect setting for our journey. The meals were cooked specially for us and the cook was very accommodating. I have been a whole food plant based person for 17 years and she and her helper prepared delicious, healthy meals for me. I was very grateful.
The retreat lasted 5 days. We arrived on a Wednesday and had an individual counseling session and multiple group sessions preparing us for our first low dose psilocybin journey the next morning. In Oregon, psilocybin journeys are closely supervised at designated centers. On Thursday, the 8 of us traveled down the mountain (about a 30 minute drive) to Ashland where the center was located. The owners and our own counselors did a great job of making us feel welcome, safe and comfortable. The psilocybin is administered via a beautiful tea ceremony. We had comfortable "beds" to lie in with meditative music. The staff stayed with us through the journey. The next day - Friday, was an integration day in which we had individual and group counseling sessions with plenty of free time for hiking and contemplation.
On Saturday we returned to the psilocybin center for our second higher concentration journey. Again we felt secure and safe and the tea ceremony was beautiful.
On the final day - Sunday - we had integration meetings in the morning and then after lunch were driven back to the airport in Medford.
The individual sessions were great for me to help with my intentions before and between the journeys and to help me integrate after the psilocybin journeys. The group sessions were also great - we got to share our experiences with each other (as much as you wanted) and to learn about each other. We all became great friends.
I recommend Confluence wholeheartedly, it has started me on a better path towards recovery. I feel much more at peace, much more relaxed and I have a feeling of oneness with all. Thank you.
