Syre Saniyah, Ph.D
Pronouns: He/Him
As a Black, queer, transmasculine, gender expansive, polyamorous, and kinky healing practitioner Syre (He/Him) is passionate about working with those who are traditionally marginalized/pathologized/othered in society and underrepresented in help seeking environments. Syre practices from a liberation centered intersectional/multidimensional feminist perspective with the goal of collaborating with folx toward embodied liberation. Syre is fully invested in living a passion filled and expansive life. He is committed to energy work and psychedelic medicine as a path toward liberation and healing intergenerational wounds.
Syre completed training in MDMA assisted psychotherapy with the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). He has an OHA approved certificate in Psilocybin Facilitation from Alma Institute and a Certificate in Psychedelic Assisted Therapies from Naropa University. Syre is Director of Liberatory Practices and a Lead Educator on the teaching faculty at Alma Institute, Inc. as a part of the Psilocybin Facilitator Certificate Program. He is an educator with the Integrate x Evolve Queer Facilitation Training team and a Core Faculty member and Cohort Integration Leader at Naropa University in the Psychedelic Assisted Therapies Certificate Program. Syre has a certificate in Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy and is a Psychedelic Assisted Therapist.
Syre graduated with a Master's Degree in Organizational Psychology from Columbia University and a Ph.D in Counseling Psychology from Fordham University in New York City. He has been a fully licensed psychologist since 2010. He is a Registered Yoga Teacher (Hatha & Kemetic), a Level II Ra Sekhi Kemetic Energy Medicine Practitioner, as well as a Usui/Holy Fire Reiki Master. Syre is also the founder of Liberation Reiki, a path of Reiki that centers the energetic intergenerational healing of BIPOC and queer folx.