249 - The Burnt Out Practice Owner: How Can a Nonprofit Collective Model Work for a Private Healing Practice? With Vilmarie Fraguada Narloch
“We have to work within the system in the best ways that we can while still holding onto our core values, holding onto our vision of what we know it can be in the future.” - Vilmarie Fraguada Narloch
Virtual meet-cutes are my jam. Vilmarie Fraguada Narloch, PsyD, and I bonded on IG over our shared love for collaborative music-making and the radical regeneration of the group practice blueprint. She’s the amazing co-founder of Sana Healing Collective in Chicago, a non-profit committed to individualized, client-led approaches to psychedelic-assisted therapy for everyone, especially those most affected by the war on drugs. If you’re curious about the collective decision-making process, earnings potential, and 501(c)(3) of it all (and, even if you’re not), this convo will shift your perspective on what’s possible beyond the bounds of our current group practice model.
“I'll just say upfront that it's a work in progress,” Vilmarie says about Sana. “We're learning things every day.” Totally understandable. When you’re building the plane while flying it, every frustration, accomplishment, and wildest dream is another bolt in a genuinely innovative structure. “We’ve all seen the injustice and backward way that our mental health care system works,” says Vilmarie, “so we’re dedicated to doing things differently.”
But what happens when dedication meets reality? “We have a very strong vision of how we want to show up and work in the world. That sometimes collides with capitalism,” Vilmarie admits. She advises folks to build community with their potential colleagues before diving into a cooperative structure and have an exit plan (just in case). “There is [a] balance that you have to play with.”
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California Institute Of Integral Studies
Integrative Psychiatry Institute
Overdose Prevention Pilot Program Bill - IL HB0002
Overdose Prevention Pilot Program Bill - IL SB0078
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Vilmarie Fraguada Narloch, PsyD. (she/her/ella) is a licensed psychologist focusing on integrated treatment of co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. She is an activist working to end the War on Drugs and advocates for science and reality-based drug education and harm reduction approaches for all. She approaches her work from a harm-reductionist and humanistic lens, focusing on the individual needs of the person, group, or community. She received a certificate in psychedelic therapies and research from the California Institute of Integral Studies in 2018.
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