Anja Loizaga-Velder
Clinical psychologist, psychotherapist, and co-founder/director of research at the Nierika Institute for Intercultural Medicine
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Research Footprint
Anja Loizaga-Velder appears in 5 tracked papers (2014–2024), most studied alongside Ayahuasca, across Substance Use Disorders (SUD), Eating Disorders and Set & Setting.
Most-cited paper: Therapeutic effects of ritual ayahuasca use in the treatment of substance dependence: qualitative results (153 citations).
Frequent co-authors: Adele Lafrance and Kenneth Tupper.
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.
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.
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