Anja Loizaga-Velder
Clinical psychologist, psychotherapist, and co-founder/director of research at the Nierika Institute for Intercultural Medicine
Key Impact
She is a key clinical and cross-cultural researcher on ayahuasca, with influential work on addiction treatment, eating disorders, and treatment outcomes in ceremonial and intercultural settings.
Background & Research
Anja Loizaga-Velder is a German-Mexican clinical psychologist (Dipl.-Psych.) with a doctorate in medical psychology (Dr.sc.hum.) from the University of Heidelberg. She specializes in humanistic and transpersonal psychotherapy, consciousness studies, music therapy, and ethnopsychotherapy, and has focused her research on the therapeutic use of ayahuasca and other sacred plants. She co-founded Nierika A.C./the Nierika Institute in Mexico and has published widely on ayahuasca-assisted treatment, ritual use, and intercultural mental health care.
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