Jessalyn Maguire

Jessalyn Maguire (they/she)

LMSW | Certified Somatic Psychedelic Facilitator |

Integrative, Transpersonal Trauma Practitioner | NEDA Proficient Doula

Jess is an artist, somatic psychedelic facilitator, trauma practitioner, and doula offering integrative, relational care for seekers and practitioners. With a background in social work and training in psychodynamic, transpersonal, and somatic modalities, Jess supports people in reclaiming presence, wholeness, and connection through trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming, queer-affirming practice. Their work lives at the intersection of creative expression, body-based wisdom, and collective liberation. As a white, queer, gender-expansive practitioner, Jess is committed to anti-racist, postcolonial, and non-pathologizing approaches to healing—centering sovereignty, consent, and relational repair. In one-on-one sessions, immersive retreats, and collective learning spaces, Jess invites people into spacious, embodied exploration. They hold a vision of healing that is not linear or transactional—but is creative, co-regulated, and makes space for our complex human-ness.

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Core Commitments

Queer-affirming, neurodiversity-affirming care, rooted in trauma-awareness and grounded in consent
Anti-racist and postcolonial approaches to integration and identity
Deep respect for altered states, complexity, and the sacred unknown
Collaborative healing as creative, emergent, and relational
Community, ritual, and education as tools for transformation

Training & Foundations

My practice is shaped by a multidisciplinary background in trauma care, somatics, psychedelics, and the arts. I hold a Master of Social Work from Boston University and a BA in Theatre and English from Wellesley College, and I am a licensed LMSW in New York State.

I’m a certified Somatic Psychedelic Facilitator through The Embody Lab, and my work integrates psychodynamic, transpersonal, and postcolonial feminist frameworks. I’ve trained in Parts Work, DBT, NeuroAffective Touch, and Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy.

I’ve supported individuals and groups in clinical, retreat, and creative settings. My background as a writer, actor, and filmmaker informs how I hold story, embodiment, and relational transformation in healing work. In 2024, I published a framework on queering ketamine-assisted psychotherapy in Studies in Clinical Social Work, offering a liberatory lens on body image and eating distress.

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“Angry at the Wrong Thing:” Queering Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy for Clients Experiencing Body Image and Eating Distress

Abstract

Unlike classic serotonergic psychedelics, whose psychoactive shifts are recognized as having therapeutic value, ketamine’s perceptual effects are often overshadowed by its rapid antidepressant properties. However, within a ketamine assisted psychotherapeutic (KAP) context, ketamine’s distinct anxiolytic and dissociative features can cocreate a safe setting for client-directed psycho-spiritual exploration, including around body image and feeding disturbances. Eating disorders affect approximately 9% of Americans and present a significant concern for the LGBTQ2SIA+ community. This paper outlines a KAP framework, for further study, that is foundationally queer and grounded in postcolonial and intersectional feminist theories. This paper introduces societal body dysphoria, as a tool for clinicians to recontextualize how unrealistic ideals, identified as a societal distortion rooted in white supremacy, are individually internalized and collectively enforced through self-policing, with the belief that adherence will yield access to power and resources. Within this framework, a case report presents an example of how KAP can facilitate the deconstruction of societal constructs and alleviate distress.