Teachers and Guest Speakers

Essence Education

Teachers

Our teachers/trainers are affiliated with the Essence Institute. Founded in 2019 by experienced mental healthcare professionals, our organization bridges the gap between psychological interventions and plant medicine. The Essence Institute has been a pioneer in offering personal and spiritual growth experiences in the Netherlands. We have supported about a thousand participants in their process of transformation and self-realisation, with profound results. Our psychedelic Retreats are 100% safe, legal and sacred.

Willem Fontijn (MSc)

Working in the Mental Health field for over 40 years and co-founder of Essence Institute. Headteacher for this entire Training. He is an experienced trainer of psychotherapy, author of peer-reviewed articles on psychotherapy, awareness, intimacy, and mindfulness.

Paul Soons (Dr.)

Part of the Essence Team as Clinical Psychologist and Psychotherapist. His contribution to this Training is the topic on Integration Psychedelic Experiences. He works for more than 35 years in mental health and is specialized in mindfulness and non-dual oriented therapies.

Sanne de Burger

Working as a therapist/coach/trainer with a background as psychiatric nurse with over 17 years of experience in complex Mental Healthcare. In this Training she will be joining as Leadfacilitator. She started her own practise to support people in discovering and remembering their deepest, natural, primordial ground of being.

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Staff

To develop and organize this experiential learning program there is a team we call our Essence Education Staff Members. Because this Training is a complex program with different live-Modules, online activities, e-learning community platform etc. we need quite some organization, coordination and support.

William Wilson (MSc)

Founder of the Essence Institute (since 2019) William decided to bring with Essence Education this best practice to you. His contribution to this Training is Journeyleader, coordination for the complete program (development, intakes and the teachers) and facilitating the guest speakers.

Priscilla Knip (1985)

Part of the Essence Team as Facilitator and in the Back-office team. Her contribution to this program is facilitating the Psychedelic Experience and she is part of the Education Team.

Felicia Fabriek (BA)

Part of the Essence Team as Facilitator and in the Back-office team. Her contribution to this program is the topic on indigenous cultures/ mystical experiences and she is part of the Education Team.

Fardijah Treacher-Morley (MSc)

Fardijah is a practising psychedelic psychotherapist and assisting as Facilitator at the Essence Institute. Her contribution to this program is program development, content planning and she is part of the Education Team.

Hannah Wilson (MSc)

Part of the Essence team as Back-Office. With a Master degree in Climate Studies, she is responsible for all the (e-) communication (on our platform Circle).

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Guest Speakers

We are privileged to work together with some of the influential people in the field of this psychedelic renaissance. Together they are a multidisciplinary contribution to our program to equip you with the state of the art knowledge and experience you need to move your existing practice forward with psychedelics.

Teachers and Guest Speakers

Essence Education

Teachers

Willem Fontijn (MSc)

Paul Soons (Dr.)

Sanne de Burger

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Staff

William Wilson (MSc)

Priscilla Knip (1985)

Felicia Fabriek (BA)

Fardijah Treacher-Morley (MSc)

Hannah Wilson (MSc)

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Guest Speakers

Rick Doblin (Ph.D.)

Ben Sessa (Dr.)

Jan Ramaekers (Prof. Dr.)

Celia Morgan (Prof.)

David Luke (Dr)

Mary-Jayne Rust

Maria Papaspyrou (MSc)

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