“Working with Ivan has been simply put, life-changing. As a Researcher, a Clinical Psychologist, and a person who has sought the healing of my own internal wounds I have worked with a range of healers that hail from a wide range of orientations, philosophies, and cultures. When thinking back on all the people I have met over the years, Ivan is one of the best, if not the best healer, I have ever worked with!

Let me provide a little background about myself so you understand my perspective. I received my Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Michigan, I then went to Harvard University to train in cardiovascular epidemiology and stayed on as a Research Faculty member. I am now an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. I consider myself a scientist and some might call me hyper-intellectual.

Before meeting Ivan, I was, an overthinker. I suffered from analysis-paralysis, a preoccupation with a whole range of scenarios about future events, and a deep anxiety about most topics. However, via numerous sessions with Ivan where he taught me central philosophical ideas that I now cherish, several meditative breathing practices, various new mindsets that helped me reconceptualize my anxieties, as well as guided psilocybin sessions - I am substantially calmer. I would say that my anxiety levels have reduced by 80%. I am deeply thankful for his ability to reduce my anxiety because if our minds are like a computer, I believe I was spending roughly 25% of my “mental RAM” managing various anxiety symptoms. Throughout my adult life, I spent a reasonable amount of time learning methods I could use to help equip my toolbox of symptom management techniques. However, as I’ve been working on the core root issues of my anxiety (perhaps it can be thought of as a “computer virus” that had infected my mind) I feel as if I have been working on the root cause of all these symptoms and finally debugging a virus which was weaved into my psychological DNA throughout childhood. Thus, even without having to use my array of anxiety management techniques or medications, various symptoms that I had to deal with before only faintly appear in my life. Thus, I am dedicating perhaps only about ~5% of my “mental RAM” to symptom management. This allows me to use a much larger portion of my mental processing power on being present in the moment when with others or enjoying life, and diving into states of deep “flow” when working.

I think Ivan is so incredibly effective at healing because he has a deep and authentic desire to help others, a vast and deep knowledge of several philosophical and spiritual traditions, an ability to create a wonderfully safe healing environment, decades of working with clients – which is a vast database of knowledge that he can draw upon to synthesize and customize a solution for the situation at hand, and a profoundly calm spirit of hope.

I am deeply grateful for having met Ivan because he helped me heal in profound ways, and I hope you also consider working with him!.”

— Eric Kim