Alana Roy

Ph.D.

Founder, The Signs of Life Psychology Director, Australian Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Practitioners (AMAPP) Coordinator, the Psychedelic and Plant Medicine Mental Health Professional Network (MHPN) Research Associate, Swinburne University

https://thesignsoflife.com.au/

Dr. Alana (Lani) Roy, Founder of The Signs of Life Psychology, is a psychologist, social worker, and therapist with extensive experience in mental health, suicide prevention, trauma, sexual abuse, family violence, and the disability sector.

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Dr. Alana (Lani) Roy is a Melbourne-based psychologist, social worker, and therapist with extensive experience in mental health, suicide prevention, trauma, sexual abuse, family violence, and the disability sector. Lani provides Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy (PAP) for clients accessing ketamine treatment in Australia and is actively engaged in research trials focusing on novel molecules.   She is currently researching Australian community Ayahuasca and has a passion for co-production, co-design and harm reduction with people who have lived experience. Lani specialises in complex trauma, disabilities, and dual diagnosis, providing therapy in Auslan sign language for the Deaf community. She provides a range of psychedelic education programs in the community and with The Biomedical Institute of Yoga and Meditation; she is passionate about integrating science and the sacred. She is a board-approved psychology supervisor. Lani coordinates the psychedelic and plant medicine Mental Health Professional Network (MHPN), is an advisor for Cyberdelics Virtual Reality technologies, and Chapter Lead for Psychedelic Medicine America.   Furthermore, she has completed an Advanced Diploma in Nature Based Therapies and is committed to expanding PAT outside clinical rooms into more nature-based settings. Lani has cultivated an approach named EMPATHS Integrative Psychedelic Integrative Somatic (EISP), a transdiagnostic approach to therapy that can be utilised with cannabis and/or ketamine or as a stand-alone non-medicine process. Dr Lani Roy’s approach incorporates the somatic, relational, transpersonal, and metacognitive domains, bridging psychedelic therapy and contemplative wisdom.   Dr. Lani is the lead academic of <a href="https://biyome.com.au/course-pages/200pat/">BIYOME</a> and The Signs of Life Psychology Certificate of Psychedelics and Contemplative Practices (CPACT) endorsed by The Royal Australia and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists CPD program.