Our Faculty

Meet the faculty of our psychedelic therapy training program.

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Brad|Lea Foster MA

My psychedelic journey has been a long one. It started in my late teens, first as exploration, then as a tool for self actualization. I was exploring existentialism and has a background in history and education
and worked as a psychotherapist and a coach for 20 years
with a practice focused on leadership, and creativity. He
trained at the Gestalt Institute in Toronto and has a BA
from McGill/Columbia University and a Masters degree
from the University of Toronto. He founded the Toronto
Psychedelic Society in 2016 and spawned many others,
organised conferences, webinars, and meetings in the
psychedelic community. He has personally overseen the
treatment of hundreds of clients and trained 200
therapists.

With his then partner Melania Lumezanu, they co-created
many effective treatment protocols. Mela and Bradley
trained therapists in their clinic in Toronto and created the
Chiron Academy in 2020 to bring this work to others. Mela
and Bradley parted ways professionally in 2021. The result
for Bradley was Phoenix Academy, which embodies and
exemplifies Bradley’s philosophy of training and
collaboration with others. For those of you interested in
Mela’s offerings, please see Chiron Academy for her
offerings.

Bradley believes psychedelic therapy can heal our
deepest wounds when done with gentleness, safety,
awareness, and intention. Healing doesn’t have to be
painful.

His grounded spirituality, rooted in the here and now, holds space for whatever appears during treatment. His goal is to share his knowledge and learning with others so we can develop our own style and best practices. He also encourages networks for the exchange of information for his trained therapists. and has created collective channels and networks of Chiron and Phoenix graduates to support and connect them. Bradley is committed to diversity; Since beginning in 2022, over $30,000 in profits from Phoenix Academy have been disbursed in scholarships to students with few means and in underserved communities. Healing must come to all communities.

Karuna

Karuna practices a compassion based approach to working with clients and life at large. She studied global development, Indigenous studies, genders studies, and religious studies at Queens University. Through both formal and informal education and experience, she has investigated and been involved with a variety of social justice issues including those surrounding queerness, race, food security, (dis)ability, gender inequity, Indigenous rights, mental ‘illness’, and more. She completed the Phoenix training in 2022 and Toad School in 2023. Karuna believes in each individual’s ability to heal themselves when they are held in a loving and compassionate presence. As a curious individual and lifelong learner, she values continued growth and feels most authentic when helping others. Karuna is committed to being an ally with marginalized individuals and communities and creating a better world for all beings.