Steve Lewis, MA, D.Min.
Steve Lewis is a Chaplain at UC San Diego Health. In addition to offering spiritual and emotional support for patients and families across the life cycle, he actively participates in research studies in critical care and palliative care contexts. He holds an MA in Professional Counseling, a Doctor of Ministry, is board certified through the Association of Professional Chaplains, and is an ordained minister in a mainline Protestant denomination.
He is the co-convener of the Transforming Chaplaincy Psychedelic Care Network, a collective of over 300 educators, researchers, and spiritual care professionals. Through this network, he has led a working group to identify and publish professional competencies for spiritual health practitioners in psychedelic care. Steve has presented on spiritual care and psychedelics at national chaplaincy and palliative care conferences. He is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Maryland, Baltimore with a research focus on spiritual assessment in psychedelic assisted therapy. Steve lives in Encinitas, California with his spouse, Sarah.