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David Short, Psy.D
I enjoy helping individuals live a more meaningful and authentic life. In my practice, my approach utilizes evidence-based and trauma-informed practices including somatic and mindfulness based approaches to tailor treatment to the unique needs of each individual. I believe that everyone has within them an innate wisdom and healing intelligence that can help guide their process of healing and growth. My job is to help cultivate a space to support the individual as they learn to connect to this deep wisdom. I am committed to offering a compassionate and non-judgmental space for personal growth and healing.
Despite what brings you here, I often find that people are looking for tools to regulate their nervous system, explore how to feel and navigate their emotions, or discover and connect with different parts of themselves. My goal is to meet your needs with practical steps that bring you closer to where you want to be.
I thrive in collaboration with highly motivated individuals who are willing to engage in introspective work. I seek to connect with those who possess a deep curiosity and openness towards self-exploration—the seekers who are hungry for truth and yearn to connect with something greater within themselves. My approach incorporates practices to access and relate to the unconscious and unseen worlds, bringing awareness to hidden aspects that may provide support and guidance.
With 15 years of experience in diverse settings such as prisons, Veterans Affairs healthcare, and community health clinics, I have witnessed firsthand the vast spectrum of trauma and suffering faced by many. This deep exposure has highlighted the limitations of current standards of care in meeting the complex needs inherent in the human condition. As a result, I am passionately committed to exploring and implementing the most effective and innovative practices that foster healing and growth.
My journey has led me to integrate specific modalities in my approach that I have found significantly potent for the transformative process. Einstein said, “we cannot solve a problem in the same state of consciousness in which it was created.” To effectively address our challenges, we must seek pathways to access alternative states of being and understanding. This principle holds true across personal, collective, and ecological crises.
I enjoy exploring different approaches to emphasize an experiential state in our work. Rather than merely discussing issues, techniques like Somatic Experiencing and Internal Family Systems offer an embodied approach to our situations. These methods enable us to access the unconscious wisdom stored in the body in a different way. Furthermore, for those drawn to it, Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy presents a new paradigm for exploring the psyche. This approach embraces its complexity without fear or pathologizing it. Currently, I utilize ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, which is the only legally available option for utilizing this transformative approach.
Priscilla Short
Priscilla studied at the Hanuman School based in San Francisco & The School of Consciousness Medicine (GatherWell Psychedelics) based in Oakland, California where she was immersed in a multidisciplinary approach to working with expanded states of consciousness. Her approach is rooted in somatic therapy, holistic coaching, earth-based wisdom, ritual, expressive arts, and embodiment practices.
The lineage of her approach flows through indigenous healers and psychotherapists. Maria Sabina Estrada, Dr. Salvador Roquette, Pablo Sanchez, Julieta Casimiro of The International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers, Ralph Metzner & Francoise Bourzat. She attended Kawak Energy Medicine with a focus on Womb Wisdom, Archetypal Lunar Cycles, & Embodied Leadership. Curanderismo, the art of Mexican Folk Healing at The University of New Mexico. Innate Somatic Intelligence Trauma Therapy Approach (ISITTA) with Manuela Mischke-Reeds. Energy and Alchemy with AromaGnosis, Cathy Skipper and Florian Birkmayer. Usui Reiki Training I & II with Minka Mystery School, Aki Hirata Baker & Manu River Del Prete. She is a DONA trained Doula. She is a devoted student of Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes Reyes. Trainings: Ancient Archetypes, Creative Fire, & Heart of the Wounded Healer.
Passionate about birth equity and reclaiming ancestral birth and death ceremonies. She is always tracking the intricate ways in which birth, death and the liminal spaces between inform every threshold of our walk earthside & beyond.
She is initiated as a Sacred Medicine Guide with The Hanuman School and currently offers ceremony working with legal Earth Magik. Including Cannabis, Flower Essences, Trancework, Aromagnosis, Drum Journeys, & Breathwork.
Priscilla works under ongoing individual and group bimonthly supervision and mentorship with Elders, licensed clinicians and practitioners coast to coast in the US. This offers a beautiful web work of support for her clients and also offers her an expanded lens and accessibility to the ever transforming field of Psychedelic Therapy research and praxis. Psychedelic preparation and integration, upon request. She does not offer work with any illegal medicines.
Priscilla offers both in person and remote sessions. All Half Day and Full Day Retreats are only offered in person.
*we do not condone any illegal activities. We recognize that integrating transformative experience call for witnessing, love, and support. Find the Center takes a harm reduction approach to promote accurate information, education and safety.