Emma Knighton, MA, LMHC, is a white, queer, able-bodied femme with lineage rooted in Celtic Druidry. She is a somatic trauma therapist, psychedelic integration therapist, psychedelic educator, and conscious organizer and leader. In their clinical work, Emma works at the intersection of complex PTSD from childhood abuse, queer identity development, and consciousness exploration. Emma is on the leadership team of Alma Institute, and was a co-founder of the American Psychedelic Practitioners Association. Her clinical and leadership approach is grounded in queer, consent, feminist, and anti-oppression/pro-liberation theories. Emma teaches courses on integrating trauma-attuned consent practices into psychedelic-assisted therapy and strives to be in service to the psychedelic space with integrated mind, body, spirit, and community. Emma does organizing work in the psychedelic ecosystem around equity, access, and integrating liberation practices and the spirit of the medicine into organizational strategy and operations. A lifelong learner, Emma is in sacred relationship with their ancestors, tree elders, plant teachers, and the collective consciousness.