About Kyle Buller, M.S.

At the age of sixteen, I suffered a near-death experience from a snowboarding accident that almost took my life. After this traumatic accident, my life changed forever. I began seeing the world through a new lens. The world and my life did not make sense anymore, nor did the world look the same. I was catapulted into a spiritual emergence process that left me destabilized and very confused. This loss of self pushed me to seek a path of self-discovery and healing.

This path of self-discovery and healing led me to earn my B.A. in Transpersonal Psychology from Burlington College, where I focused on studying the healing potential of non-ordinary states of consciousness by exploring shamanism, Reiki, local medicinal plants and plant medicine, and Dreamshadow Transpersonal Breathwork. I’ve been studying Dreamshadow Transpersonal Breathwork since 2010 with Lenny and Elizabeth Gibson.

After I graduated, I spent a few years working with at-risk teenagers in crisis and with individuals experiencing an early episode of psychosis in residential settings. I went on to earn my M.S. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with an emphasis in Somatic Psychology from Prescott College. My capstone project was exploring breathwork as a technique for working with trauma.

In 2016, Joe Moore and I co-founded Psychedelics Today, which has grown into one of the leading psychedelic media and education platforms in the world. Through podcasts, trainings, courses, and community education, we’ve helped educate thousands of students, clinicians, facilitators, and curious seekers exploring psychedelics, consciousness, and transformation. I also co-founded and direct Vital Psychedelic Training in 2022, a training program focused on psychedelic integrative studies, ethics, harm reduction, and integration.

I live in the mountains of Colorado, and nature is a huge part of my life. Whether I’m snowboarding, mountain biking at high altitude, or hiking, I often draw from these experiences as metaphors for growth, resilience, and integration.

Training, Education, and Experience

  • M.S. Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Somatic Psychology (Prescott College - 2019)

  • BA Transpersonal Psychology (Burlington College -2013)

  • Vital Psychedelic Training - Certificate in Integrative Psychedelic Studies (Co-Founder and Director)

  • Dreamshadow Transpersonal Breathworkwith Lenny and Elizabeth Gibson(Vermont, October 2010-present)

  • Spiritual Emergence Coach(How to Effectively Help Someone in Spiritual Emergency) with Emma Bragdon

  • MAPS MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy training with Michael and Annie Mithoefer

  • Ketamine-Assisted Therapy Training with Polaris and TRIPP Arizona

  • Clinical and Professional Experience with at-risk teenagers and individuals experiencing an early-episode of psychosis (Vermont, 2013-2016) and counseling with undergraduate and graduate students (2018-2019).

  • Reiki Attunement Level 1 & Level 2 with Jennie Kristel (Burlington, VT)

  • Shamanic Healing Techniques with Michael Watson (Burlington, VT)

  • Plant Medicine: Learned basic plant medicine with a local Abenaki elder (Vermont, 2011) and with Kat Harrison (Hawaii, 2012)

  • Intentional Peer Support Training (Vermont, 2015)

  • A Harm Reduction Approach to Coming off Psych Drugs with Will Hall and Oryx Cohen (Vermont, 2015)

  • Alternatives to Suicide Trainer with Western Mass Recovery Learning (Vermont, 2015)

  • Re-visioning Madness Conference with Michael Cornwall and David Lukoff (Esalen, 2015)

  • MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy Workshop with Michael and Annie Mithoefer at the Psychedelic Science Conference (Oakland, 2013)

 Presentations/Teachings & Workshops

Course Instructor & Creator – Psychedelics Today
All courses can be found at Psychedelic Education Center

  • Vital Psychedelic Training | 150 Hour Certificate in Integrative Psychedelic Studies: Psychedelic-Informed Practitioner: Preparation, Harm Reduction, and Integration 

  • Foundations of Psychedelics & Breathwork: Tools for Psychedelic Preparation, Navigation, and Integration

  • Essentials of Psychedelic Therapy & Integration (9-week Live online course)

  • Advanced Shadow Work and Psychedelic Integration: A Jungian Path to Wholeness | Co-Instructor and co-creator with Ido Cohen, Psy.D. 

  • Navigating Psychedelics: For Clinicians and Therapists

  • Psychedelics and the Shadow: The Shadow Side of Psychedelia 

  • Spiritual Emergence or Psychosis Webinar

  • 8-Common Psychedelic Mistakes 

  • Navigating Psychedelics: For Physicians|Co-Instructor with Matthew Brown, D.O. 

  • Ketamine and Trauma Treatment Series

Spiritual Emergencies and Transpersonal Crisis: How to Create a Framework to Support Powerful Experiences | PsyCon | Denver, CO |Presentation - October 2024

Set and Setting, and Introduction to Music | Sound Mind Training |Presentation - 2022 - 2024

Moving Towards Wholeness: Exploring and Integrating Spiritual Emergencies and Extraordinary Experiences| California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) | San Francisco, CA  | Presentation  - November 18, 2015

Wanderlust Stratton: Hike leader at Wanderlust Stratton – shamanic journeywork and breathwork hikes (Vermont, 2015 & 2016) 

History of Psychedelics| Burlington College |Teaching Assistant and Co-Course Creator with Lenny Gibson, Ph.D.  - September 2014 – December 2014

Stanislav Grof’s Psychology of Extraordinary Experiences| Burlington College | TA/Course Instructor & Creator - September 2013 – December 2013

Publications 

Media and Interviews