Our Faculty
Meet the faculty for our psychedelic therapy training program.
Bradley Foster MA
Bradley Foster 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.