About

Hello, I'm Heather.

I did not find this work. This work found me.

Heather McCan

There's a moment many people reach when the life they've been living stops being livable. The coping stops working, and the pain underneath gets louder than everything they've used to quiet it.

I know that moment. I lived it.

I grew up with childhood trauma I didn't choose and didn't understand, and it shaped everything: how I saw myself, who I loved, what I believed I deserved. It pulled me into addiction and into patterns I couldn't break on willpower alone. Finding my way out meant going all the way to the root, through ten years of sobriety, deep therapeutic work, and the healing that plant medicine made possible. That's how I came home to myself.

What I found on the other side wasn't just recovery. It was a wholeness I didn't know was possible. That's the work I now walk through with others. Whether you're carrying trauma, in addiction or recovery, healing from abuse, or simply sensing that something underneath has never truly been met, you belong here. I don't guide this from a textbook. I guide it from experience.

Everything I offer grows from that foundation: trauma-informed coaching, psychedelic integration, addiction recovery support, and somatic healing. It's grounded in nearly two decades of ceremonial practice, 15+ years of therapeutic bodywork, and graduate training in psychedelic therapy. All of it in service of one thing: helping you heal at the root and return to who you've always been.

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How I work

What shapes our time together

Root cause, not symptom management

We go to what is actually underneath. The patterns, the survival strategies, the unconscious wounds that have been running the show. That is where lasting change lives.

Nervous system first

Real transformation cannot be forced or rushed. We work at the pace your body can actually integrate. Safety is not a luxury in this work. It is the condition for it.

Trauma-informed, always

Consent, choice, and your own authority over your experience are foundational. Nothing is imposed. You set the pace. I hold the space.

Direct and deeply compassionate

I will not soften the work into something more comfortable than it needs to be. And I will hold you with genuine care while we do it. Both are true at once.

Training and background

The professional foundation

Education

  • Master's Degree in Psychedelic Therapy through AWE Ecstatic Mysticism and Ubiquity University (in progress)
  • Certified Transformational Addiction Recovery Coach, Being True to You
  • Ongoing advanced training in trauma-informed care, somatic healing, and integration practice

Somatic and bodywork

  • Licensed Massage Therapist since 2011
  • 15+ years specializing in deep tissue, somatic bodywork, and trauma-informed touch
  • Advanced work with the nervous system, body-stored trauma, and physical-emotional integration

Psychedelic and ceremonial

  • 18+ years as a Daimista within the Santo Daime tradition
  • Deep personal experience with psilocybin, ibogaine, bufo, kambo, ketamine, and Vipassana meditation
  • Ongoing study in transpersonal psychology, comparative mysticism, and integrative healing

Areas of focus

  • Trauma, abuse, and complex PTSD
  • Addiction and recovery
  • Betrayal trauma and love addiction
  • Shadow work and inner-child healing
  • Psychedelic preparation and integration
  • Anxiety, depression, and emotional dysregulation

Begin

If something in you recognizes this work, trust that.

I offer a complimentary 20-minute discovery call. Come as you are. There is no wrong way to begin.

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