Survivorship Collective

Facilitator Private Coaching Guide (OHA-aligned)

Purpose

SC coaching provides private non-clinical, non-therapeutic support before and after retreat experiences. Coaching is not therapy, not medical or behavioral health care, and not psilocybin facilitation as defined by the Oregon Health Authority (OHA).

Coaching supports:

  • Choice and consent

  • Nervous-system awareness

  • Personal meaning-making

  • Integration into ordinary life

Facilitators do not interpret experiences or direct outcomes.

Roles and Boundaries

Different hats, clear scope.

When acting as a coach, facilitators operate outside OHA-regulated psilocybin services and clinical care.

SC Coaching does not include:

  • Therapy or counseling

  • Medical or psychological treatment

  • Psilocybin dosage, administration, or protocols

  • Interpretation of symbols or experiences

  • Framing experiences as success or failure

One person may hold multiple roles, but only one role at a time.

Participant Support Context

Participants are encouraged to maintain an ongoing relationship with a therapist, social worker, or counselor. SC coaching is adjunctive and supportive, not a substitute for licensed behavioral health care.

Coaches should normalize referrals to additional support when appropriate.

Structure and Continuity

  • Four total coaching sessions

  • 50 minutes each

  • Sessions may be flexibly divided between preparation and integration

  • All sessions must be completed within three weeks of the final retreat day

This structure is designed to complement, not duplicate, OHA-regulated services.

Boundary Script

“In this session, I’m acting as a coach, not as a licensed psilocybin facilitator or therapist. This space is non-clinical. We won’t discuss dosage or interpret your experience. My role is to support you in noticing what feels meaningful to you and how it may show up in your life, at your own pace.”

Participation and Session Use

Participants are encouraged to complete at least one preparation session and one integration session.

Additional sessions are optional and based on participant needs.

Survivorship Collective covers the cost of up to four private coaching sessions total.

All sessions are non-clinical and distinct from OHA-regulated services.

Session Frameworks

Examples, not scripts. Use your own language, pacing, and style. Respond to participant needs while staying within coaching scope.

Preparation I

Focus: Orientation, rapport, agency

  • Personal context and support systems

  • Coaching scope and boundaries

  • Intentions vs. expectations

  • Consent, choice, ability to pause or opt out

Stance: Non-directive, slow, regulating

Preparation II

Focus: Readiness and nervous-system support

  • Anxiety, uncertainty, anticipation

  • Control, surrender, over-efforting

  • Activation vs. settling

  • Simple grounding tools

  • Reinforcing self-trust

Stance: Normalize uncertainty, emphasize choice

Integration I

Focus: Settling and initial reflection

  • Post-retreat nervous-system responses

  • Normalize disorientation, flatness, or intensity

  • Participant-led storytelling

  • Content vs. impact

  • Respect ambiguity

Stance: Reflective, not interpretive

Integration II

Focus: Carrying forward

  • What feels lasting or tender

  • Highs and lows

  • Simple personal rituals

  • Translation into daily life

  • Letting go of pressure to resolve

  • Identifying when additional support may help

Stance: Emphasize autonomy, gentle application