Laurent Picard

Licensed Facilitator

Laurent is a licensed psilocybin facilitator who served his community as a firefighter/paramedic with Portland Fire & Rescue for 30 years. For two decades, he was also a member of PF&R's peer support team, offering guidance and care to colleagues navigating personal and professional challenges.

Laurent's own healing journey with psilocybin has been life-changing. After years of managing the emotional weight of emergency service work, psilocybin helped him access a level of peace, healing, and joy that once felt unimaginable. This experience deepened his calling to support others in finding their own pathways to restoration and wholeness.

Laurent is also a certified Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner (SEP), bringing both heart and skill to his work. He draws on somatic techniques to help clients prepare for their sessions and to gently integrate insights afterward-bridging mind, body, and nervous system in the process.

Laurent's background combines academic rigor and decades of real-world service. He holds a B.A. from Cornell University, completed his paramedic certification at the State University of New York, and earned his Psilocybin Facilitator Certification through InnerTrek. His training as a Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner through Somatic Experiencing International further informs his grounded, body-based approach to healing and integration.