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Vilmarie Narloch

Vilmarie Narloch

she/her/ella

Sana Healing Collective

EducatorTherapistHarm Reduction WorkerPublic SpeakerConsultantOrganizerCommunity EducatorSupervisor
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Credentials: Sana consists of a group of multiple providers, including psychologists, psychiatrists, art therapists, and Harm Reductionists who are all graduates of the Certificate in Psychedelic Therapy and Research program of the California Institute of Integral Studies, the Integrative Psychiatry Institute's Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Training, or Alchemy Community Therapy Center's Ketamine Therapy Provider Training. https://sanahealingcollective.org/about

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About

Sana Healing Collective is a Chicago-based non-profit organization committed to individualized, client-led approaches promoting the well-being of the whole person and community. We are committed to the development of psychedelic-assisted therapy, including ketamine-assisted therapy, along with other integrative practices that support healing, resilience, and connection.

Services offered

Services

Individual therapyGroup therapyPeer supportCommunity educationAdvocacyOutreachProgram developmentClinical supervisionProfessional trainingsOrganizational consultationWorkshopsGuest lecturesPublic speaking

Available for

Speaking engagementsConferencesAll of the above

Speaking topics, trainings & workshops

Harm Reduction, reality-based drug education, psychedelic harm reduction, psychedelic-assisted therapy, psychedelic preparation and integration, ketamine-assisted therapy, drug policy reform, and more.

Focus areas & populations

Focus areas

Substance useAlcohol useTobacco/nicotineTraumaChronic illnessGriefReligious traumaDisabilityMutual aidPeople in active substance use

Communities served

Mental healthCommunity careAdults (18–64)Elders (65+)LGBTQIA+ communitiesBIPOC communitiesDisabled communitiesSurvivors of violenceFormerly incarceratedUndocumented communitiesIndigenous communitiesImmigrant communitiesNeurodivergent communities

Identity & values

Values & commitments

Harm reductionAll of the above

Lived experience

Substance useMental healthDisabilityChronic illnessRecoveryMigration

Practice & approach

Psychodynamic approachesMotivational Interviewing

Harm Reduction, Humanistic approaches, IFS, art therapy, somatic approaches, CBT, and more.

What harm reduction means in practice

We honor each individual's journey by meeting them where they are with compassion and dignity, recognizing that all behaviors hold meaning, and working together to minimize harm and maximize well-being, autonomy, and informed choice. We view Harm Reduction as a movement which shifts resources and power to the people who are most vulnerable to structural violence, building community for and empowering directly impacted people, and disrupting systems of oppression.

Communities, movements & lineages that shaped this work

Dan Bigg, Kathie Kane-Willis, Chicago Recovery Alliance, SSDP, NHRC and many more.

Publications, media & written work

Selected media: https://sanahealingcollective.org/expertise — videos, podcasts, presentations: https://linktr.ee/SanaCollective