Brian Stafford

Brian Stafford MD, MPH is a licensed pediatrician, adult, adolescent, child, infant, and perinatal psychiatrist, having trained at the Tulane School of Medicine, the University of Kentucky Triple Board Program, and the Tulane Infant Institute. He practiced as an academic psychiatrist for 20 years at the Tulane School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital Colorado where he was the Anschutz Family Chair in Early Childhood Psychiatry. He also trained in Eco-depth psychotherapy and Soul Initiation Guiding through the Soulcraft Apprenticeship and Initiation Program at the Animas Valley Institute where he is now a Senior Guide, Trainer, Board Member, and Director of the holistic eco-depth psychotherapy Wild Mind Training Program. He more recently trained in Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy and Research at the combined California Institute of Integral Studies / Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies CPTR program, and practices as a Ketamine physician for Journey Clinical and as a preparation and integration specialist.  An expert in human development, eco-therapy, depth psychology, and non-ordinary states of consciousness, Brian weaves his time between guiding vision fasts and other nature-based and soul-oriented programs, running psychedelic preparation and integration groups, offering personal soul-guiding and mentoring to graduate students. He is also a prolific poet as also composes academic articles, chapters, and essays on eco-therapy, eco-and depth psychology, and psychedelic topics.