Ksenia Cassidy (they, them) is a non-binary mental health academic and practitioner with a background in social justice, education, journalism, and filmmaking. Their research interests revolve around psychedelics, gender, trauma, attachment, addiction, and harm reduction. Ksenia’s training and clinical background are in substance abuse counseling, with a Master’s degree in Psychology with a Concentration in Substance Abuse Counseling at The New School for Social Research. Together with Dr Nicolas Langlitz, Ksenia co-founded The Psychedelic Humanities Lab at NSSR (2022). Ksenia is a co-author of Psychedelic Harm Reduction and Integration: A Transtheoretical model for clinical practice, and a project lead at SexTech Lab (NSSR) and Granqvist Attachment and Psychedelics Lab (Stockholm University). They currently work for Lykos Therapeutics (formely known as MAPS PBC) MDMA-Assisted Therapy Training and Education Program.