Orlando Zuniga LMFT

Orlando Zuniga is a licensed marriage and family therapist (California LMFT 98936) and the founder of Transforma Therapy, offering psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, psychedelic preparation and integration, therapy for individuals, couples and families, and coaching. He sees clients in California and Nevada, and his listed office is in Marina del Rey.

Approach

His more than ten years of clinical work span education, community mental health, healthcare, psychedelic care and private practice, with training from the Integrative Psychiatry Institute, MAPS and Fluence and a Psychedelic Assisted Provider Certificate. His methods include relational and psychodynamic therapy, attachment-oriented work, mindfulness, somatic awareness, harm reduction and, where clients find them meaningful, symbolic practices such as dreamwork and archetypal inquiry. In psychedelic-assisted work he treats preparation, the medicine session and integration as one process and may stay present through the session. He works in English or Spanish, and spent a year in Latin America learning about plant medicine healing in the Peruvian Amazon.

Who it is for

His focus areas are trauma and PTSD, intimacy and relationships, life transitions, spirituality and the psychology of men, for people who want to turn insight into changes in daily life.

Practical details

Individual psychotherapy costs $300 for 50 to 60 minutes, and couples or family sessions $400 for 80 to 90 minutes, while coaching is priced separately. He is out of network but can provide superbills for psychotherapy. Retreats, workshops and groups are also offered.

Care and safety

Licensed medical professionals handle medical evaluation, prescribing, administration and monitoring whenever medical services are involved. Intake covers psychological history, current concerns, goals, medications and earlier psychedelic experiences, with informed-consent documents. He notes that availability of psychedelic-assisted work depends on the medicine, the treatment model and the jurisdiction.