Bring back the spark: Psilocybin Session for Couples
Bring back the spark: Psilocybin Session for Couples
Eerste Laurierdwarsstraat 2, 1016 NN Amsterdam, Netherlands
Up to 8 in group
Jan 16, 2027
Retreat Highlights
- Guided Psilocybin session for couples
- Emphasis on safety, ethics, and clinical integrity
- In-depth preparation sessions
- Supported psilocybin experience in a supportive group setting
- Structured post-session integration
- Calm, carefully chosen therapeutic setting
- Focus on sustainable, embodied change
About this Retreat
I am an ACT therapist with a master’s degree in sociology, working at the intersection of behavioral therapy, somatic awareness and psychedelic-assisted healing. My background includes somatic practices, neo-tantra and non-violent communication.
As a guide, I am here to serve: to support your inner knowing, sit with you in discomfort, and hold space for what is often avoided. Together with Evelien Hekkelman—anesthesiologist and psychedelic therapist—I co-run a practice in Amsterdam where we combine therapy with psilocybin-assisted sessions using truffles.
I support people in reconnecting with their bodies, restoring their life force, and deepening alignment with their values, relationships and sense of meaning.
Hello, I'm Evelien. I bridge medicine and spirituality, to rediscover the deeper meaning of health. In other words what it means to be alive.
From a young age I am curious about ways to relieve human suffering. This led me into the world of anesthesiology and pain medicine. Starting my career at the far end of life, treating life-threatening illnesses, taught me that health is far more than the absence of disease.
Over time, this path opened into a wider exploration of what it means to live fully. Alongside my medical training, I immersed myself in yoga, breathwork, psychedelics, and shamanic practices. These experiences opened my heart to the wholeness of life.
I'd love to get to know you, and explore health in the broadest sense together.
Details of this retreat
Do you recognize this?
- You make a great team, but most of your conversations are about who’s doing what this week.
- You miss the curiosity and playfulness you had in the beginning.
- Intimacy has become routine or rare, and neither of you quite knows how to bring it up.
- You want to feel closer, but you don’t know where to start, and the timing is never right.
- You have a lovely time together, and you sense there’s a deeper layer you haven’t reached yet.
What psilocybin may open up for you:
Psilocybin can loosen familiar patterns of thinking and feeling for a while. Many people describe seeing themselves and the people they love with fresh eyes.
- Feeling more: emotions that routine has muted can come closer again.
- Seeing your partner anew: a renewed sense of wonder about this person in front of you.
- Seeing your own part: what you do, avoid or hold back in your relationship.
- Easier conversations: we will guide you in saying what’s true and listening without defending yourself.
We offer a program for couples with a one day psilocybin session, embedded in a therapeutic framework with careful preparation and integration.
Here is how it works:
1. PERSONAL INTAKE
We get to know you and your relationship, talk through what you’re longing for, and make sure this is the right step for you.
2. CONSENT
We will send you an online form to check for contra-indications and other important markers for the session.
3. GROUP PREPARATION
Meet the other couples online, set your intentions, and find out exactly what to expect from the day.
4. JOURNEY
A full day to go inward on your own guided truffle journey, and come back to each other.
5. CHECK-IN
While everything is still fresh, we check in to make sense of what came up and what it means for the two of you.
6. GROUP INTEGRATION
Share what has shifted, explore how it weaves into your daily life, and anchor the changes.
Note: this is not therapy or medical treatment, nor is it a replacement for therapy or treatment.
This program is not for you if you are in an acute relationship crisis, or if you don't feel safe with each other. Both of you should feel excited and good about this journey.
- You make a great team, but most of your conversations are about who’s doing what this week.
- You miss the curiosity and playfulness you had in the beginning.
- Intimacy has become routine or rare, and neither of you quite knows how to bring it up.
- You want to feel closer, but you don’t know where to start, and the timing is never right.
- You have a lovely time together, and you sense there’s a deeper layer you haven’t reached yet.
What psilocybin may open up for you:
Psilocybin can loosen familiar patterns of thinking and feeling for a while. Many people describe seeing themselves and the people they love with fresh eyes.
- Feeling more: emotions that routine has muted can come closer again.
- Seeing your partner anew: a renewed sense of wonder about this person in front of you.
- Seeing your own part: what you do, avoid or hold back in your relationship.
- Easier conversations: we will guide you in saying what’s true and listening without defending yourself.
We offer a program for couples with a one day psilocybin session, embedded in a therapeutic framework with careful preparation and integration.
Here is how it works:
1. PERSONAL INTAKE
We get to know you and your relationship, talk through what you’re longing for, and make sure this is the right step for you.
2. CONSENT
We will send you an online form to check for contra-indications and other important markers for the session.
3. GROUP PREPARATION
Meet the other couples online, set your intentions, and find out exactly what to expect from the day.
4. JOURNEY
A full day to go inward on your own guided truffle journey, and come back to each other.
5. CHECK-IN
While everything is still fresh, we check in to make sense of what came up and what it means for the two of you.
6. GROUP INTEGRATION
Share what has shifted, explore how it weaves into your daily life, and anchor the changes.
Note: this is not therapy or medical treatment, nor is it a replacement for therapy or treatment.
This program is not for you if you are in an acute relationship crisis, or if you don't feel safe with each other. Both of you should feel excited and good about this journey.
Schedule
Program overview:
- Intake session (online or in person) 1 hour, to be planned with couple
- Group preparation session (online ) January 11, 4pm - 5.30pm
- Psilocybin session (on site in Amsterdam) January 16, 10am - 7pm
- Integration session with couple (online) January 17, time to be planned with couple
- Group integration session (online) January 21, 4pm - 5.30pm
We have space for 4 couples.
Our work together begins with a two-on-two preparation session (online or in person) designed to get to know you, and where you are as a couple. We conduct a medical screening and explore your intention. This session is a space to connect, reflect, and set the stage for a safe and meaningful journey together.
The group preparation will take you deeper into connecting as a couple, as well as building report with the group. We will also go over some exercises as well as practicalities for journey day.
On journey day we come together as a group to safely land in the space. We will practice some nervous system regulation techniques and share intentions in the group. The focus will then return to you and your partner and you will start the journey together. During the psilocybin journey itself you will be encouraged to go within and stay as much introspective as possible. As the effect of the psilocybin wears off, there is room for the couples to integrate together, before the final sharing in the group. there is room for creative forms of integration. Arts materials are supplied. We will end the day with a healthy soup and we will make sure you are safe to go back to your accommodation.
We recommend you to keep the rest of the day and at least one day after the experience free to fully be with your partner, allowing the insights and experiences to gently unfold. The first integration session will take place the day after journey day (online) with just you and your partner. We will go over each of your journeys, make sense of what came up, and make a first start of integration work you can do together.
The second integration session will take place in the group on January 21st.
- Intake session (online or in person) 1 hour, to be planned with couple
- Group preparation session (online ) January 11, 4pm - 5.30pm
- Psilocybin session (on site in Amsterdam) January 16, 10am - 7pm
- Integration session with couple (online) January 17, time to be planned with couple
- Group integration session (online) January 21, 4pm - 5.30pm
We have space for 4 couples.
Our work together begins with a two-on-two preparation session (online or in person) designed to get to know you, and where you are as a couple. We conduct a medical screening and explore your intention. This session is a space to connect, reflect, and set the stage for a safe and meaningful journey together.
The group preparation will take you deeper into connecting as a couple, as well as building report with the group. We will also go over some exercises as well as practicalities for journey day.
On journey day we come together as a group to safely land in the space. We will practice some nervous system regulation techniques and share intentions in the group. The focus will then return to you and your partner and you will start the journey together. During the psilocybin journey itself you will be encouraged to go within and stay as much introspective as possible. As the effect of the psilocybin wears off, there is room for the couples to integrate together, before the final sharing in the group. there is room for creative forms of integration. Arts materials are supplied. We will end the day with a healthy soup and we will make sure you are safe to go back to your accommodation.
We recommend you to keep the rest of the day and at least one day after the experience free to fully be with your partner, allowing the insights and experiences to gently unfold. The first integration session will take place the day after journey day (online) with just you and your partner. We will go over each of your journeys, make sense of what came up, and make a first start of integration work you can do together.
The second integration session will take place in the group on January 21st.
Note: Schedule is approximate and may change
Getting Here
The Aliveness Practice, Eerste Laurierdwarsstraat 2, 1016 NN Amsterdam, Netherlands
Directions
1,7 km from Amsterdam Central Station. Short stroll from tram stop Westermarkt.
Accommodation
Program Price
What's Included
- Two preparation sessions
- One guided psilocybin group session
- Two integration sessions
- A warm, healthy vegetarian soup on the day of the psilocybin session
- Professional therapeutic guidance throughout the process
- A safe, calm, and intentionally held therapeutic setting
What's Not Included
- Accommodation
- Flights or other transportation
- Airport or local pickups
- Any meals outside of the provided dose day vegetarian meal
- Additional activities or excursions not listed in the program
- Personal expenses
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