HOLISTIC PSYCHOLGIST. TRANSFORMATIONAL COACH.
PSYCHEDELIC ASSISTED GUIDE. SHAMANIC ENERGY MEDICINE.
LUMINOUS KAUAI HEALING & RETREATS
FOLLOW YOUR BLISS
Explore a deeper, expansive, more self-aware life.
AWAKENING
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TRANSFORMATION
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RADIANCE
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WHOLENESS
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RENEWAL
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AWAKENING ・ TRANSFORMATION ・ RADIANCE ・ WHOLENESS ・ RENEWAL ・
YOU HEAR THE CALL
You feel it. A whisper or a deep stirring inside that something needs to shift.
You’re ready to step fully into your power, your radiance, your highest potential. Yet, the conventional road you've been traveling isn’t taking you there.
Perhaps you’ve been navigating
◐ Burnout
◐ Major Life Transition
◐ Craving a Big Change
◐ Trauma and Mental Health Concerns
◐ Emotional, Physical, Spiritual, Relationship Stagnation
Then, you and I both know you need a way forward that traditional methods can’t chart.
Maybe you are a soul seeker, ready to step fully into your power, your radiance, and your highest potential.
This is your invitation to awaken, reclaim your energy, and align with your authentic self.
The time for waiting is over. It’s time to move beyond the familiar, release what no longer serves you, and fully step into your luminous self.
IT’S TIME TO GO THERE
Move beyond where you’ve been and step into what’s fully possible. It’s time to go beyond intension and take inspired action.
I’m a powerhouse collaborator, an expert clinician, a visionary guide.
You feeling lost, tired, and stuck doesn’t scare me. It signals you’re ready for change. This is the beginning of the heroine and warrior’s quest.
Together we will release old patterns, reclaim your energy and vitality, cultivate presence, radiance, and wholeness, and align mind, body, spirit.
You’re ready for:
◑ Holistic Transformational Coaching
◑ Psychedelic Assisted Therapy
◑ Shamanic Energy Medicine
◑ Integrative Mind Body Spirit Psychology
◑ Luminous Healing Kauai Retreat or Private Intensive
ARE YOU ABOUT TO GO ON AN EPIC TRANSFORMATIONAL QUEST?!
5 SIGNS TO LOOK OUT FOR
Feeling a stir within for change? My video '5 Signs of an Epic Transformational Quest' might just spark your journey. Dive in and discover your path to vitality.
"LIZ IS A GUARDIAN ANGEL THAT HELPED ME COME BACK TO LIFE."
COACHING CLIENT
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THERAPY OR COACHING
Virtual therapy for California residents or in-person coaching sessions in Kauai. I utilize somatic, transpersonal, internal family systems and ketamine-assisted therapies. Each session is dedicated to strategic growth and holistic mind-body-heart-soul integration.
Luminous retreat
Join me for a mind body spirit reset. Luminous Kauai Retreats or individualized intensives at Mahina Kai in Princeville. Experience transformational coaching, nature bliss outings, embodied movement, in healing community. Add on’s: ketamine assisted guided journeys, surf lessons, jet ski adventures, energy medicine, massage, intuitive guidance, organic healthy meals.
energy MEDICINE
Experience energy medicine sessions guided by a deeply mystical, wise, intuitive, lineage-initiated mesa carrier. Apprentice and trainer of shamanic energy medicine with The Four Winds Society. Sessions can be virtual, at Mahina Kai in Princeville, or in nature, water, or home on Kauai.
DR. LIZ ESALEN
am a visionary healer, psychologist, social entrepreneur, CEO, mental health program founder, trainer and consciousness guide devoted to bringing the unseen into light. My mission is to transform pain into power by illuminating hidden patterns, personal, relational, and collective, that keep people from their fullest expression. I have a highly sensitive and refined capacity to perceive beneath the surface. I often see emotional truths, unconscious patterns, or relational dynamics before they are consciously recognized. I offer these insights not as medicine, guidance to support integration, evolution, and the emergence of authentic wholeness. My work bridges psychology, shamanic wisdom, and embodied healing to cultivate transformation at both the individual and collective level.
Specialized Expertise
• Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy (Ketamine, MDMA)
• Eating Disorder & Trauma Recovery
• Level 1 Internal Family Systems, Somatic, Embodiment & Feminist Therapies
• Shamanic & Energy Medicine Practices
• Leadership, Organizational Development, Group Facilitation
• Mindfulness, Movement & Embodiment Practices
STARTING IS EASY
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Complete an inquiry form, sharing a bit about yourself and your goals. This is your first step toward transformation.
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My team and I will reach out within 48 business hours to foster further connection and understanding.
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We'll invite you to book a discovery call for direct communication or ask you to fill out a more in-depth assessment.
The official Stuff:
Credentials & Experience
Clinical Leadership & Founder Roles
• Founder & CEO, Luminous Healing Center – Santa Cruz, CA (2019) & Kauai, HI (2023)
• Founder & CEO, The Lotus Collaborative – Santa Cruz & San Francisco, CA (2011–present)
• Founder & Clinical Director, La Ventana Eating Disorder Programs – Calabasas & San Jose, CA (2008–2009)
• Clinical Director & Primary Therapist, The Eating Disorder Center of California – Brentwood, CA (2008)
Clinical Training & Fellowships
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Eating Disorders at Sheppard Pratt – Baltimore, MD (2006–2007)
• Doctoral Psychology Intern (APA Accredited), University of Massachusetts Mental Health Services – Amherst (2004)
• Southeast Regional Manager, Tri-City Mental Health, Boston Homeless Outreach Services – Boston, MA (2005–2006)
• Therapy Practicum, Kennesaw State University Counseling Advising Center – Kennesaw, GA (2002)
• Diagnostic Practicum, with Dr. Marvin Acklin, Forensic Psychologist – Honolulu, HI (1998–2002)
• Psychometrist, Cooper Psychological Services – Smyrna, GA (2001–2002)
• Therapeutic Foster Care Specialist, Jo Johnson Mental Health – Chattanooga, TN (1997–1998)
• Mental Health Technician, FHC Cumberland Hall Psychiatric Hospital – Chattanooga, TN (1997–1998)
Teaching & Training
• Assistant Lead Teacher, The Four Winds Society – Energy Medicine Training (2020–present)
• Professional Development Trainer, The Lotus Collaborative – Eating Disorder Treatment Training (2011–2020)
• Teaching Assistant, Argosy University (Atlanta & Honolulu campuses) – (2001–2004)
• Guest Lecturer, Kennesaw State University – Careers in Psychology (2002)
Research
• Program Efficacy Studies, The Lotus Collaborative – Quantitative and qualitative analyses ED treatment outcomes
• Quality of Client Services Assessment, UMass Mental Health Services (2006)
• Resiliency Factors in Children with Cancer, Tripler Army Medical Hospital – Honolulu, HI (2001)
• Personality & Relationship Research, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga (1997–1998)
Presentations & Speaking Engagements (Selected)
• Wisdom 2.0 Conference – San Francisco, Hawaii, and New York (2015–2022)
• Esalen Retreat Center – Feminine Leadership, Embodiment Journeys, Conversations on the Edge (2016–2020)
• Epic Retreats, Italy – Embodiment Journey Facilitator (2019)
• Sheppard Pratt / Dominican Hospital – Grand Rounds on Eating Disorders (2007–2010)
• National & Regional Conferences – Homelessness, trauma, feminist therapy, ED treatment innovations
MOST LOVED BLOGS
FREQUENTLY ASKED Qs
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Therapy is a great option for support when someone is experiencing emotional distress and struggling with mental health. Often, health insurance will cover a portion of the mental health treatment.
Coaching is a great option for someone who would like to dig deeper in their life, work on a specific goal, and invest in personal growth.
Both psychotherapy and coaching create significant transformation and can achieve particular goals for emotional, mental, spiritual and physical well being. I tend to think of coaching goals as joy and wellness and for psychotherapy turning mud into a Lotus flower.
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In the state of California, I offer clients psychotherapy as a licensed psychologist or coaching services. In the state of Hawaii, I offer individual and small-group intensive coaching sessions. I provide retreats in both states.
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Working with a coach or therapist, you will do several sessions to create a specific intention for the medicine session. This really prepares a client to get the most out of a session. They have questions answered and are prepared for the journey, whatever may come. With a guide's support, clients can relax and be supported to truly surrender and let go. I attend to my client's physical comfort needs as well as emotional and spiritual needs during sessions. I provide individually curated music journey lists for each of my clients. Directly after the medicine journey, we do an integration. We review the insights and realizations that help a client fully remember and embody that wisdom going forward. The sessions directly after really anchor the new wisdom into new action and ways of living. Clients have reported they get so much more support and personal growth and transformation with the assistance of a psychedelic guide.
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I offer coaching support both with and without the assistance of ketamine. My clients are the medicine. Our work together will focus on developing ongoing practices that become the very medicine you were seeking. A person doesn't need to use medication for transformation and growth.
For some of my clients, they are curious about the use of psychedelics for personal transformation and spiritual realization. Ketamine Assisted Coaching can provide profound insights and life-altering realizations. Ultimately, it is the integration, the ways in which clients put into practice the new ways of thinking, being, and doing, that become "the medicine."