Background & Credentials

Justin Natoli, JD, LMFT

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #88839 (CA)

Over 15 years of clinical experience

Clinical Experience

Justin’s therapeutic work spans private practice, residential addiction treatment settings, and ketamine clinics.

Education

Pacifica Graduate Institute - M.A. Counseling Psychology (2013)

UCLA School of Law - J.D. (2006)

Northwestern University - B.S. Psychology & Communications (2002)

Teaching & Faculty Roles

Vancouver Island University - Psychedelic-assisted Therapy Graduate Certificate - Guest instructor (2025-present)

AWE Foundation - Psychedelic & Transpersonal Therapy Training - Guest instructor (2025-present)

Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines - Advisory committee (2021-present)

Hakomi Institute - Psychedelic Therapy & Professional Skills Trainings - Assistant faculty (2021-2024)

USC Price School of Public Policy - Guest instructor (2020)

Northwestern University - Guest instructor (2009)

Advanced Trainings

Psychedelic & Transpersonal Therapy Training - AWE Foundation (2021-2024)

Certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy and Research - CIIS (2022-2023)

MDMA-Assisted Therapy Training - MAPS (2022)

Internal Family Systems Intensive Training - IFSCA (2022)

Somatic Trauma Training - Hakomi Institute (2020-2021)

Attachment-Focused EMDR Basic Training - Parnell Institute (2019-2020)

Hakomi Professional Skills Trainings - Hakomi Institute (2016-2018)

Sexual Compulsivity Clinical Training Program - Foundry Clinical Group (2013-2016)

Speaking

Psychedelic Science - MAPS (Denver, 2023 & 2025)

Psychedelics as Medicine - Eden Foundation (Reykjavik, Iceland, 2023 & 2025)

Psychedelic Culture - Chacruna Institute (San Francisco, 2024, 2025 & 2026)

Queering Psychedelics - Chacruna Institute (San Francisco, 2023)

Retreat & Program Facilitation

Retreats and immersive experiences facilitated in the United States and internationally, including legal plant medicine programs in Costa Rica and Iceland.

Workshops and trainings led across clinical, educational, and professional settings.

Publications

Contributor to Queering Psychedelics (Synergetic Press, 2022)

Essays published in Chacruna Chronicles (2021–2024)