Sandra Newes, PhD

Dr. Sandra Newes, aka Sandy, is a Licensed Psychologist with over 25 years of clinical experience. She is a highly experienced psychedelic-assisted psychotherapist and specializes in anxiety, chronic stress, trauma, and recovery. She has provided Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy through Concierge Medicine and Psychiatry since 2019 and brings a deeply trauma-informed and resiliency-focused approach to the work. She was originally certified through the Living Medicine Institute’s Certificate program, and she is the co-founder of the current training program. She has also participated in training through the Polaris Institute, Chacruna Institute, the PRATI institute, MAPS, and others and is a member of the Boston Psychedelic Research Group.

Dr. Newes participates in speaking engagements, publications, training workshops, and educational training on the intersection of nature connection, trauma, and mental health nationally and internationally. She is past Chair of the Therapeutic Adventure Professional Group (TAPG) of the Association for Experiential Education (AEE) and also offers training to staff at therapeutic and experiential programs. She also studies earth-based medicine traditions, ancestral medicine, rites of passage, and has a deep appreciation for how ceremony and ritual, nature connection, and ancient wisdom traditions support healing.