Policies & Ethical
The Integration House
At The Integration House, your safety, autonomy, and wellbeing come first. Integration work involves care, sensitivity, and responsibility. This page outlines our professional policies, ethical commitments, and safeguarding practices so you can engage with our services with clarity and trust.
1. Scope of Practice
The Integration House provides psychedelic integration support and life coaching.
Our services are designed to help clients:
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Reflect on and make sense of non-ordinary experiences
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Integrate insights into daily life, relationships, and personal growth
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Develop grounded practices that support long-term wellbeing
We do not:
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Facilitate or provide psychedelic substances
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Encourage illegal activity
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Diagnose, treat, or cure mental health or medical conditions
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Replace licensed medical, psychiatric, or psychological care
Integration work is non-directive and client-led. You remain the authority on your own experience at all times.
2. Informed Consent
Before beginning work together, clients are informed about:
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The nature and purpose of integration coaching
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The limits of confidentiality
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The scope and boundaries of the service
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Their right to pause or end sessions at any time
By engaging in services with The Integration House, clients acknowledge that they understand and accept these terms and participate voluntarily.
3. Safeguarding & Client Safety
Safeguarding is central to our work.
We are committed to:
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Providing a respectful, non-judgmental, and trauma-aware environment
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Prioritising emotional safety over outcomes or insights
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Recognising signs of overwhelm, destabilisation, or distress
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Slowing down or redirecting sessions when needed
If a client appears to be at risk of harm to themselves or others, we may:
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Encourage additional external support
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Pause integration work
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Refer to appropriate professional or emergency services
4. Mental Health & Crisis Policy
Integration coaching is not suitable for everyone at all times.
Clients experiencing the following may be advised to seek licensed clinical support instead of, or alongside, integration coaching:
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Active psychosis or mania
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Severe dissociation
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Suicidal ideation or intent
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Untreated or destabilised psychiatric conditions
If you are in immediate distress or crisis, please contact:
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Local emergency services
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A trusted mental health professional
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A crisis support line in your country
The Integration House does not provide crisis intervention services.
5. Confidentiality & Privacy
All client sessions are treated as confidential.
We will not share your personal information or session content without your explicit consent, except in the following circumstances:
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There is a legal obligation to disclose information
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There is a serious risk of harm to you or others
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Safeguarding requirements necessitate external support
We store personal information responsibly and do not sell or misuse client data.
6. Boundaries & Professional Conduct
Clear boundaries protect both clients and practitioners.
At The Integration House:
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Sessions remain strictly professional
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Dual relationships are avoided
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We do not engage in sexual, romantic, or exploitative relationships with clients
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Power dynamics are acknowledged and respected
Physical contact is not part of our services. All work is conducted online or in clearly defined professional settings.
7. Client Responsibility
Clients are responsible for:
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Choosing whether and when to engage in altered states
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Their own decisions, actions, and behaviours outside of sessions
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Communicating honestly about their capacity, needs, and limits
Integration is a collaborative process, but responsibility for life choices always remains with the client.
8. Cultural Respect & Non-Appropriation
We honour the cultural origins of psychedelic and ceremonial traditions while recognising that integration work often occurs in modern, Western contexts.
Our approach:
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Respects Indigenous knowledge without claiming authority over it
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Avoids spiritual hierarchy or dogma
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Focuses on ethical, grounded application rather than belief systems
9. Accessibility & Inclusivity
The Integration House strives to offer an inclusive and welcoming space.
We are committed to:
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Respect across race, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, and background
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Listening to lived experience without assumptions
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Ongoing self-education and reflection
If you have specific accessibility needs, you are encouraged to discuss them prior to sessions.
10. Referrals & Collaboration
When appropriate, we may suggest collaboration with:
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Licensed therapists or psychologists
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Medical professionals
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Somatic practitioners
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Support groups or community resources
Referrals are made in the client’s best interest, not as a replacement for integration support but as an additional layer of care.
11. Ethical Foundations
Our work is guided by principles commonly upheld in professional integration and coaching communities, including:
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Client autonomy
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Do-no-harm
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Confidentiality
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Transparency
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Ongoing education and self-reflection
We commit to regular supervision, continued learning, and ethical accountability.
12. A Final Note
Integration is not about fixing, forcing, or rushing insight.
It is about listening, grounding, and translating experience into lived change.
If at any point you feel that our services are not the right fit, we encourage open conversation and will support you in finding appropriate alternatives.
