Jason Butler

Jason Butler is a Professor of Integral Counseling Psychology at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS), affiliated with the School of Professional Psychology and Health. He is also a faculty member at John F. Kennedy University in Holistic and Expressive Therapies. With a Ph.D. from Pacifica Graduate Institute, Butler specializes in depth-oriented ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, focusing on archetypal, relational, somatic, and liberation frameworks. His research emphasizes social justice in psychotherapy, psychedelic medicine equity, and decolonizing imagination through poetic sensibility.

Education: Ph.D., Pacifica Graduate Institute; M.A., Saybrook University; B.A., Humboldt State University.

Research Interests: Butler’s work bridges depth psychology with social justice, trauma-informed practices, and psychedelic therapy. Key themes include addressing systemic inequities in psychedelic medicine, dream analysis, and culturally attuned therapeutic approaches. He co-authored Integral Psychedelic Therapy (2023) and Archetypal Psychotherapy (2014), emphasizing clinical legacy and ethical practice.

Publications span books, chapters, and peer-reviewed articles exploring alchemical hermeneutics, guilt and death poetics, and critical analyses of systemic racism in psychology. His clinical work at Sage Integrative Health integrates liberation frameworks with psychedelic-assisted therapies.

No explicit scientific awards are listed, though his contributions to decolonizing psychotherapy and equity in psychedelic medicine are notable. Butler teaches courses like 'Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy' and 'Transpersonal Psychotherapy,' emphasizing practical and theoretical intersections.