Psychedelic Medicine and the Healing Power of Nature: A Conversation with Tiffany Sauls, MD

Join us for a web conversation with Tiffany Sauls, MD, a child/adolescent and adult psychiatrist specializing in psychedelic medicine and nature-based therapies. Dr. Saul’s path to psychedelic medicine came from an early curiosity about the healing potential of plants and nature, and she is the founder of Asheville Integrative Psychiatry, a nature-based integrative psychiatry and ketamine therapy center in Asheville, North Carolina. In this webinar, Dr. Saul will join Jamie Harvie, PRATI Executive Director and nationally-recognized environmental health leader, in a conversation about her work. She will share images from her innovative nature-based clinical practice, nestled in a wooded, 16-acre retreat in the foothills of Mount Pisgah. Together, they will explore nature-relatedness, nature connection, and holistic health and healing.

About the Hosts

Tiffany Sauls, MD

Tiffany Sauls, MD (she/her) is a board-certified child/adolescent and adult psychiatrist who specializes in integrative treatments for mental health.  Originally from Atlanta, GA, she attended undergraduate at Davidson College in Davidson, NC, and medical school at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, GA.  She completed a residency in Triple Board (Pediatrics, Adult Psychiatry, and Child/Adolescent Psychiatry) at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY, and is a Diplomate with the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine (ABIHM).  Dr. Sauls’ research includes the use of wilderness therapy as a treatment modality for at-risk adolescents.  She has served on a healthcare providers advisory committee for the Children and Nature Network and led a Prescribing Nature program for pediatricians across the United States. She has subsequently worked in both residential and outpatient settings with a continued focus on experiential and nature-based therapies.  Her path to psychedelic medicine came from an early curiosity about the healing potential of plants and nature.  Dr. Sauls has completed training through the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) to provide MDMA-assisted therapy to patients with treatment-resistant PTSD.  She is also trained in the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model of therapy.  She is excited to bring psychedelic medicine combined with nature immersion both to the Southeastern United States and to the forefront of psychiatry.  ​She lives on the edge of Pisgah National Forest in Asheville with her husband, two children, and a menagerie of pets.  She makes beautiful stained glass flowers and plays outdoors when she can.

https://www.ashevilleintegrativepsychiatry.com/ 

Jamie Harvie

Jamie Harvie serves as the PRATI Executive Director and is an innovative systems thinker working at the leading edge of institutional and organizational change, policy, and advocacy. He is nationally recognized for his extensive experience at the nexus of health, community, environment and health care. Jamie led the successful coordination and passage of mercury product legislation and the phase-out of healthcare mercury nationally. His work is recognized as helping support the passage of the United Nations Minimata Treaty, the global commitment to phase out mercury. Jamie founded and directed the Healthy Food in Health Care campaign and is credited with raising the alarm and initiating the transformation of healthcare food policy and practice nationally.  In 2019, Jamie led a successful campaign to phase-out single use carry-out bags. Mr. Harvie is the recipient of the NRDC National Thought Leader award for his work on sustainable food systems and health care. He received the Paul and Sheila Wellstone Achievement Award from the Minnesota Public Health Association for his lifetime contributions to public health in Minnesota. In 2018 he was selected as a Businesses Aligned for a Local Living Economy (BALLE) fellow. His work is published widely including peer reviewed journals Stanford Social Innovation Review and The Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development (JAFSCD) and Not for Profit Quarterly.  He is a contributor to textbooks including Integrative Medicine and Health of People, Health of Planet and Our Responsibility.  Jamie is the founder of the One Sacred Earth Project working to catalyze reconnection to the more than human world. He is a trained Work that Reconnects facilitator and finds joy on mountains tops and in the natural world.