Sasha Mittsous

Sasha Mittsous is an iboga and ibogaine facilitator based near Chiang Mai in northern Thailand, where he runs Ibogaine Thailand. He also works as a preparation and integration coach, in person and remotely.

Approach

Mittsous says he has guided hundreds of sessions over more than eight years, mostly with ibogaine and iboga, and names death and rebirth as his speciality. He holds a diploma in Jungian psychology and completed a three-year programme with the Foundation for Shamanic Studies, and his integration work centres on dreams, visions, shadow work and the symbolic side of an experience. Ibogaine Thailand treats each case as a sequence of screening, preparation, a supervised session, recovery and integration, and also offers microdosing protocols with very small, spaced doses.

Who it is for

The programmes cover addiction and compulsive patterns, trauma, depression and PTSD in people who are psychologically stable, and personal or spiritual inquiry; eating disorders are considered with particular care. It is not a detox or rehabilitation service: apart from alcohol and cannabis, people in active addiction must complete a detox first.

Practical details

A treatment stay usually lasts about a week (5 days) and is individual rather than run as a group retreat. Visits are by appointment only, treatment prices are not published, and coaching costs $80. Clients who also work with him in coaching are offered 10% off ibogaine treatment. Ibogaine Thailand states that it does not sell iboga or ibogaine.

Care and safety

Screening reviews medical history, medications, psychological background and readiness, and an electrocardiogram is required, since a history of heart attack or irregular heart rhythm usually rules treatment out. Preparation can include dietary guidance and a washout of other substances, and clients avoid alcohol, drugs and other medicines around treatment. The dose is taken by mouth according to body weight, with a therapist present.