Dr Esme Dark

Our somatic therapy lead Esme Dark has over 15 years of experience working as a clinical psychologist with people experiencing psychological distress. She is the founder of a Psychology Practice based in Melbourne Australia. Prior to this work she spent 9 years working as a Senior Clinical Psychologist in the refugee mental health space in Australia, Thailand and the UK.

Dr Dark works as one of the core trial therapists as part of the Clinical Psychedelic Research Lab at Monash University. She supported participants through the largest psychedelic trial in Australia to date which explored Psilocybin-assisted Psychotherapy to treat Generalised Anxiety Disorder and is also working on a trial looking at MDMA Assisted Psychotherapy to treat PTSD. She provides consultation to other trials on issues relating to psychotherapy protocols and therapist training. She draws on a range of psychotherapeutic approaches in her work including Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Internal Family Systems and Mindfulness based Cognitive Therapy.