The retreat industry sells the experience. Almost nobody sells the work around it — and the work is where the good comes from, or gets lost. We do the work: before, during and after a journey that takes place where it is lawful.
A journey is a few hours. What decides whether it helps is the months on either side of it — what you bring in, and what you do with what you saw. That is the therapy, and it is the only thing we offer.
Weeks, not a form. A logotherapist and a licensed Thai psychologist work with you until you know what you are going for, whether you should go at all, and who will be waiting when you come back.
A Thai facilitator travels with you to a place where the journey is legal and licensed, and is the safe person in the room. They do not supply anything. They are there for you, and for nothing else.
The weeks after. The experience is not the point; what you do on an ordinary Tuesday is. Frankl's method is built for exactly this — turning what was seen into what is done.
If you are still deciding whether to do this at all, we will talk with you about that too — and one of the honest outcomes of preparation is not going. Screening exists because this is not for everyone: a personal or family history of psychosis or bipolar disorder, certain heart conditions and certain medications are reasons to stop, and a good preparation finds them before a plane ticket does. The risks, plainly.
If you want the experience and not the work, we are the wrong people, and we will say so.
Ben Cunningham leads the therapeutic work. Logotherapy is Viktor Frankl's school: meaning is found in the world, in what you do and whom you love and how you stand — not in an experience, however large. What a logotherapist does, and does not ↗
A licensed Thai psychologist is assigned to every client, from screening through integration. She is the clinical judgment in the room: the one who can say not now, and be right.
A Thai facilitator who travels to be present with you on the day. Trained for that day and nothing else — not a guide, not a shaman, not a supplier. A person whose only job is you.
Say three things: what you are hoping for, what you have already tried, and whether you have ever been told you have a psychiatric or heart condition. That is enough for us to tell you honestly whether a conversation is worth both our time. We reply to every message ourselves.
Sell, supply, hold or point you to a substance, in Thailand or anywhere. Send you somewhere it is not lawful. Take a client the psychologist has said no to. Tell you what your journey meant — that is yours to find, and our job is to help you find it.