Supervisors

Psychologist and Social Worker
Supervisor

Dr Alana (Lani) Roy is a Melbourne-based psychologist, social worker, and therapist with extensive experience in mental health, suicide prevention, trauma, sexual abuse, family violence, and the disability sector. Lani provides Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy (PAP) for clients accessing ketamine treatment in Australia and is actively engaged in research trials focusing on novel molecules. She is currently researching Australian community Ayahuasca and has a passion for co-production, co-design and harm reduction with people who have lived experience. She also has a special interest in Ayahuasca and dieta.

Lani specialises in complex trauma, disabilities, and dual diagnosis, providing therapy in Auslan sign language for the Deaf community. She predominantly works with a model known as EMPATHS Integrative Somatic Psychology (EISP). She provides a range of psychedelic education programs in the community and with The Biomedical Institute of Yoga and Meditation; she is passionate about integrating science and the sacred.  She is a board-approved psychology supervisor. Lani coordinates the psychedelic and plant medicine Mental Health Professional Network (MHPN), is an advisor for Cyberdelics Virtual Reality technologies, and Chapter Lead for Psychedelic Medicine America. Furthermore, she has completed an Advanced Diploma in Nature Based Therapies and is committed to expanding PAT outside clinical rooms into more nature-based settings. Lani has cultivated an approach named Integrative Psychedelic Integrative Somatic (IPSP) approach focusing on the somatic, relational, transpersonal, and metacognitive domains.

Clinical Psychotherapist
Clinical Supervisor

Lana is a Clinical Psychotherapist trained in Gestalt Therapy and Process-oriented Psychology, Mindfulness and Compassion therapies. She has worked in private practice for over 20 years and in psychiatry, facilitating inpatient and outpatient groups. She also specialises in addiction and consulted to a private residential rehab for 15 years. Lana is devoted to practising meditation and is an accredited facilitator and trainer of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy groups. She finds the combination of psychotherapy, process work including somatic work, mindfulness and compassion models effective in working with clients.

Lana is part of Monash University’s Clinical Psychedelic Lab having been trained in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). She is currently a therapist on the MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy trial for severe PTSD. Lana has also done training with Dr Justin Dwyer and Dr Margaret Ross in using Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy for Treatment Resistant Depression and is part of the 3PAP Trial at Swinburne University.

She has been a clinical supervisor for over a decade working with individual clients, psychology students and clinical groups. She facilitates Reflective Practice Clinical Supervision groups for the Trauma and ICU teams at The Alfred Hospital. As a clinical supervisor, Lana is informed by the process work model.

Counselor, Psychotherapist, Clinical Sexologist, EMDR and IFS.

Ella is an Accredited Counsellor / Psychotherapist, Clinical Sexologist and EMDR Therapist and Supervisor who has supported hundreds of individuals and couples over the last 10 years. She specialises in relationship counselling, sex therapy, EMDR and Internal Family Systems. Ella offers individual and couple counselling for a range of client concerns. Sessions are available in person in Cairns, Tropical Far North Queensland Australia, or via Zoom from wherever you are. Ella is passionate about supporting individuals and couples to thrive in all aspects of their lives. Ella can provide guidance for people wanting more fulfulling relationships and sex lives, and also offers deeper therapy for those who want to overcome the past, so that they can move through life with a sense of lightness and ease.

Dr Llew Lewis is a psychiatrist with over 25 years of experience, completing his medical degree at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, in 1994. He became a Fellow of the College of Psychiatrists (South Africa) in 2000 and completed further specialist training in the UK, earning a Postgraduate Diploma in CBT and CCST in Psychiatry in 2006. He served as a Consultant Psychiatrist with South Essex Partnership Trust, where he led significant service transformation initiatives.

Dr Lewis developed the award-winning Maintaining Adherence Programme, recognised by the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the Patient Experience Network. He held medical leadership roles including Deputy Medical Director in the UK, and later, Clinical Director for Community Mental Health at ACT Health in Australia, where he led the implementation of crisis and outreach services. He received Fellowship of the RANZCP in 2018 and helped develop Canberra’s mental health pandemic response plan.

Currently, Dr Lewis is a Senior Specialist in Canberra’s mental health crisis team, medical lead in a trial on physical and dietary interventions in antipsychotic treatment, and Principal Investigator in a psilocybin trial for treatment-resistant depression. He is an Honorary Clinical Fellow at ANU and founder of Rainbow Mandala Clinic, offering Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy and care for ADHD and complex mental health conditions. He holds certifications in Psychedelic Therapies and Medicinal Cannabis and served as Chair of AMAPP’s Educational Subcommittee (2023–2024).