Jamie Beachy, MDiv, PhD
Jamie Beachy, MDiv, PhD, is a spiritual health educator and ethicist working at the intersection of psychedelic and ecologically-based spiritual care. Her ethics expertise spans clinical, ceremonial, and community-based psychedelic contexts. She currently serves as a consultant for the State of New Mexico's innovative End-of-Life Psilocybin pilot study and is advancing two writing projects: Sacred Belonging: A Handbook of Earth-Based Spiritual Care and a co-edited volume examining clinical, cultural, and ethical complexities within the psychedelic therapy field.
Dr. Beachy was a sub-investigator for Lykos-sponsored Phase 3 clinical trials researching MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD. As core faculty for Naropa University's Master of Divinity program, she developed graduate-level curricula in chaplaincy and psychedelic therapies and co-founded the Psychedelic Care Research Network through the Transforming Chaplaincy initiative. She currently serves as an Advisor to the Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines.
Certified in CBCT® (Cognitively-Based Compassion Training), developed at Emory University's Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics, Dr. Beachy integrates insights from contemplative practice into emerging psychedelic therapy best practices.
Academics
- MDiv, Pacific School of Religion
- PhD, University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology
Featured Publications
- Beachy, J., Hall, W., Thomas, C., Gorman, I., & O'Donnell, K. C. (2025). Relationality and ethics in MDMA-assisted therapy. The American Journal of Bioethics, 25(1), 67–71.
- Beachy, J., Guerriero, F., & Garas, L. W. (2025). Expectancy and hope in MDMA-assisted therapy. 2025 Conference Anthology.
- Labate, B. C., Antunes, H. F., Beachy, J., Sloshower, J., & Cavnar, C. (2025). Navigating the mainstreaming of psychedelics. Journal of Psychedelic Studies.
- Humphreys, J., Glass, M., & Beachy, J. (2025). Introduction. In M. Glass (Ed.), Psychedelics in palliative care (pp. 1–11). Oxford University Press.
- Beachy, J. (2024). Dual relationships in the psychedelic community. Chacruna Chronicles.
- Brainfutures. (2022). An expert-informed introduction to the elements of psychedelic-assisted therapy.
- Rosa, W., Sager, Z., Miller, M., Bernstein, I., Doerner Rinaldi, A., Addicott, K., Ljuslin, M., Adrian, C., Back, A. L., Beachy, J., & Bossis, A. P. (2022). Top ten tips palliative care clinicians should know about psychedelic-assisted therapy in the context of serious illness. Journal of Palliative Medicine.