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About Afterlight · Clinical Psychedelic TherapyClinical expertise. Research rigor. Human care.

A psychedelic experience can be profound. It can shift perspective, bring difficult material into awareness and change the way we understand ourselves.

But the psychedelic is only one part of the work.

100+
Peer-reviewed papers published
20+
Years of clinical practice
13
Books authored on psychedelic science
Global
Research & institutional network

Who holds the experience matters.

How you prepare matters. What happens when an experience becomes difficult matters. And what happens afterwards matters.

Afterlight was created around this belief.

We bring together clinical psychology, rigorous psychedelic research and deeply considered human care to create a higher standard of psilocybin-assisted therapy — built around safety, trust and the person at its centre.

Why Afterlight

Because the experience deserves more than a protocol.

Psychedelic therapy is still an emerging field. Alongside its promise, there is complexity, uncertainty and responsibility.

We believe that responsibility should shape every part of the experience.

That means understanding the person before the medicine is introduced. Working with experienced clinicians who understand psychological complexity. Paying close attention to set, setting and therapeutic relationship. And being prepared when an experience becomes unexpected or difficult.

And it means continuing the work afterwards.

We are less interested in chasing the peak moment than in creating the conditions for meaningful psychological work — and having the expertise to hold whatever emerges.

Clinical Excellence

Expertise you can trust.

At Afterlight, clinical care is not an addition to the retreat experience.

It is the foundation of it.

Our clinical approach is led by experienced psychologists and informed by rigorous psychedelic research. We draw on psychological assessment, formulation, trauma-informed practice and established therapeutic modalities alongside emerging psychedelic science.

Our clinicians bring experience with the complexity of human psychology — not simply experience with psychedelics.

Because working with altered states requires more than knowing what a psychedelic does.

Research Rigor

Grounded in science. Open to what we don't yet know.

Psychedelic science is evolving rapidly.

We stay close to the evidence while recognising where the research is strong, where it is emerging and where important questions remain unanswered.

Our scientific direction is informed by Professor David Luke, whose work in psychedelic science and exceptional human experiences brings a rigorous, critical perspective to our approach.

Our Team

The people behind the standard.

Afterlight was built by people recognised internationally in their fields — clinical psychology, psychedelic science, mental health innovation and creative practice. Not generalists who added psychedelics, but specialists who have spent careers at the frontier of this work.

Portrait of Dr Crystyn Scott

Clinical Lead · Psychologist

Dr Crystyn Scott

PhD

More than 20 years in the room with people navigating psychological complexity.

Crystyn is an experienced psychologist whose career spans trauma, complex mental health and psychological care. She also supervises doctoral psychologists in training.

At Afterlight, she brings that depth of clinical judgement to the work — leading the clinical framework, therapeutic oversight and the decisions that determine whether and how psychedelic therapy is appropriate.

Her expertise is knowing the person before the psychedelic.

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Scientific Lead · Psychedelic Science

Professor David Luke

PhD

A leading voice in the study of psychedelics and exceptional human experiences.

David is a psychologist, researcher and author whose academic work spans psychedelic science, altered states of consciousness and exceptional human experiences. He has published more than 100 academic papers and authored 13 books.

His work also explores the experiences that challenge the simple narratives often told about psychedelics — including difficult and unusual experiences.

At Afterlight, David brings the scientific depth to ask not only what might work, but what the evidence actually tells us.

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Experience & Operations Lead

Kelz Bethel

MSc

Building at the intersection of technology, mental health and human experience.

Kelz has spent more than 15 years building ventures and products across technology and mental health innovation, with a particular focus on how people actually experience systems of care.

At Afterlight, she translates the clinical vision into the experience around it — from the first interaction to the systems, environment and details that shape care.

Because excellence in care should be experienced, not simply promised.

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Portrait of Noelle Rogers (Puffa), Artist in Residence and Psychedelic Guide at Afterlight, wearing an Afterlight t-shirt

Artist in Residence · Psychedelic Guide

Noelle Rogers (goes by Puffa)

Where creative expression meets psychedelic experience.

Noelle is an artist and psychedelic guide whose work brings creativity, emotional attunement and embodied awareness into the Afterlight environment.

Her artistic practice offers another language for reflection and expression — particularly when experiences reach beyond what words can easily capture.

As a guide, she brings a grounded and attentive presence to the participant experience.

Institutional Network

The wider network behind our work.

Afterlight's work is made possible through a wider network of researchers, institutions and specialist organisations. Each contributes to the clinical, scientific or experiential foundations of what we do.

One Standard Across Everything We Do

Clinical excellence is not one credential or one moment of care.

It is the standard we bring to every decision.

  • How we screen.
  • How we prepare.
  • How we work with consent.
  • How we hold the psychedelic experience.
  • How we respond when things become difficult.
  • How we support what comes afterwards.

The details matter because the person matters.

We do not promise transformation or certainty where neither can be guaranteed.

We commit to careful clinical practice, rigorous science and respect for the person at the centre of it.

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This is Afterlight

You don’t just return to life.
You return changed.

We assess before we recommend. We prepare you carefully. We hold the experience with you. And we stay with the work that follows. If you’re ready to explore what’s next, start with a conversation about you.

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