Psychedelic Use, Law, and Spiritual Experience (PULSE) Affiliated Researcher

Lewis and Clark College

Pilar Hernandez-Wolfe, Ph.D. is a Professor at Lewis & Clark College. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Professional Counselor, and approved clinical supervisor. She has taught, written, and conducted research in national and international contexts including her native Colombia and Mexico. She pioneered the concept of vicarious resilience in the context of torture survivor treatment and mental health services addressing politically based violence. She has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles and chapters on mental health and the training of clinicians. She is the author of “A Borderland’s View of Latinos, Latin Americans and Decolonization, Rethinking Mental Health”, and co-author of “La Resiliencia Vicaria en las Relaciones de Ayuda” published in Spanish by the Javeriana University in Colombia. Her current interests involve traumatic stress and resilience in the context of decolonization, eco-informed therapies and systems thinking, psychedelic-assisted therapies, and ethics. Pilar served in the training and equity subcommittees of the Oregon Psilocybin Services advisory board.