Get To Know Me

PERSONAL BACKGROUND

I have had difficult childhood experiences growing up in the former Soviet Union but managed to do quite well until my mid-twenties. I was smart, did very well in school so when I emigrated in the USA in 2002 I decided to become an auditor.

This was definitely a wrong career choice for me and as a result, I developed a severe depression and became addicted to alcohol.

The search for love, answers and healing during that dark night of my soul changed me forever and led me to become a therapist. 

In 2011 I attended Burning Man and have many life changing experiences, including connecting to psychedelics and realizing this was my path and passion.

These days, psychedelics becoming more and more mainstream and less taboo which makes it more possible to speak out and share my passion more openly.

IRYNA ARONOV, LMFT

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS

  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist #95044

  • Master’s degree (2014), Counseling Psychology, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology (Palo Alto, CA)

  • Formerly Clinician at EMQ Families First (2014-2017) and Intern at Process Therapy Institute (2015-2016)

  • Practicing psychotherapy since 2013

  • Licensed in 2016

  • Practicing psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy since 2020

  • MDMA-assisted therapy training with MAPS

  • Family Constellations trainings with Leslie Nipps and Elena Veselago

  • Buddhist and Advaita Training with Ajahn Pasanno, Dustin DiPerna, and Wayne Liquorman

  • Bachelor’s degree, Accounting, Rutgers University (New Jersey)

  • Formerly CPA (expired), Auditor at Ernst and Young and Program Manager at Google

I am direct and engaged, and don’t ”just listen”. I offer feedback and perspective while also meeting with my clients heart to heart.

Book a complimentary into session today and find out how I can help you make a quantum leap in your life.

If you are interested in learning more of my approach, check out this video on “Gifts of Altered States”.