Design is medicine

So are psychedelics. We teach you to work with both.

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 Every Choice Shapes the Future 

A new healing paradigm is emerging—ancient in origin, newly shaped by science and society. How we design and integrate these practices will define the future of care.

Every detail matters. From intake forms to integration protocols, from waiting room ambiance to post-journey support to equitable access—each touchpoint is a chance for conscious design.

Whether or not you realize it, you’re already designing experiences. The real question is: are they intentional?

As psychedelic medicine moves from trials to mainstream use, we can create healing systems that blend scientific rigor with the sacredness of transformation.

Our Method

Psychedelics expand consciousness. Design grounds it in structured possibility.

Our methodology, pioneered at Stanford d.school, provides practitioners with systematic frameworks for creating intentional healing experiences rather than unconsciously replicating broken medical models.

This isn’t just about beautiful spaces—it’s about designing entire ecosystems of care that serve healing at every level: individual, relational, cultural, and systemic.

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Prepare
Research, empathize, understand patient needs

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Journey
Ideate, prototype, experiment with solutions

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Integrate
Test, refine, implement in real world

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Who This Is For

Ready to Shape the Future?

You don’t need to be a “creative person” to design transformational experiences—creativity is innate to being human. Our courses unlock the creative problem-solving abilities you already possess, whether you’re analytically minded, scientifically trained, or completely new to design thinking.

Practitioners creating healing experiences

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Trial Designers working within highly regulated environments

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Professionals integrating insights into their work

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System Builders designing ethical, accessible models

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Curious Creators applying design to meaningful problems

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Featured Course

Creating Intentional Healing Spaces

Experience Design for Practitioners

$1,111 ✦ September 2025

Limited to 20 participants

Transform every touchpoint of the healing journey—from intake to integration—using the frameworks that established psychedelic design as a field. Learn to design spaces that foster safety, trust, and deep transformation through conscious choices about environment, ritual, and human connection.

This course launches when minimum enrollment of 8 participants is reached. We prioritize meaningful cohort learning over individual instruction.

Not for you? Check out our other courses.


Featured Case study

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Image Credit: Stanford Students Sam, Trinity, Jason

reimagining ibogaine treatment for veterans

how might we design delivery systems that are safe, sacred, scalable — and not sensationalized?

Students Design Sacred Medicine System That Reaches Federal Officials

Stanford students with no psychedelic experience designed safe, respectful ibogaine treatment pathways for veterans in just one week. Their work was so compelling that industry experts brought it directly to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as inspiration for emerging treatment infrastructure.


Meet the Founder

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From Life-Saving Medicine to Life-Changing Mission

In the psychedelic and healing spaces, Elysa is both grounded and wildly generative. She balances depth and intention with play and whimsy.
— Carissa Carter, Academic Director, Stanford d.school

Elysa Fenenbock’s life was saved by psychedelic medicine—but nearly destroyed by its poor design. Lying on a cold metal bed with crinkly paper, pulse ox beeping, and a doctor offering TV during her ketamine session, she knew: if she survived this, her work was to ensure no one else endured such dehumanizing ‘care.’

That personal mission led her to create the first academic framework for psychedelic design at Stanford d.school. With 15+ years applying design thinking at IDEO, Google, and in transformational practice, she now bridges world-class methodology with lived understanding of what’s truly at stake when we design healing experiences.

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