Syre Saniyah

Background

About Syre Saniyah

As a Black, queer, transmasculine, gender expansive, polyamorous, and kinky healing practitioner Syre (he/him) is passionate about working with those who are traditionally marginalized/pathologized/othered in society and underrepresented in help seeking environments. Syre practices from a liberation centered intersectional/multidimensional feminist perspective with the goal of collaborating with folx toward embodied liberation. Syre is fully invested in living a passion filled and expansive life. He is committed to energy work and psychedelic medicine as a path toward liberation and healing intergenerational wounds. Syre is also a Will Worker and Pleasure Advocate and believes that harnessing the energy of pleasure toward the manifestation of change in accordance with Will is central to his healing path. ​Syre completed training in MDMA assisted psychotherapy with the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). He is a collaborator with the Psychedelic Liberation Collective- a group of BIPOC and queer healers "working collectively to create spaces for healing and transformation of our communities." Syre is Director of Liberatory Practices and a Lead Educator on the teaching faculty at Alma Institute, Inc. as a part of the Psilocybin Facilitator Certificate Program. He is also a part of the Core Faculty and a Cohort Integration Leader at Naropa University in the Psychedelic Assisted Therapies Certificate Program. Syre has a certificate in Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy and is a Psychedelic Assisted Therapist. Syre graduated with a Master's Degree in Organizational Psychology from Columbia University and a Ph.D in Counseling Psychology from Fordham University in New York City. He has been a fully licensed psychologist since 2010. He is a Registered Yoga Teacher (Hatha & Kemetic), a Liberation Coach, a Level II Ra Sekhi Kemetic Energy Medicine Practitioner, as well as a Usui/Holy Fire Reiki Master. Syre is also the founder of Liberation Reiki, a path of Reiki that centers the energetic intergenerational healing of BIPOC and queer folx.