Our Practitioners
Dingle
Dingle Spence is a Jamaican physician with training in both Clinical Oncology and Palliative Care and is the Senior Medical Officer of the Hope Institute Hospital, Jamaica’s only dedicated Oncology and Palliative Care unit. She is also a founder and co-director of the Jamaica Cancer Care and Research Institute (JACCRI), a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving access to quality cancer care for all Jamaicans.
From early on in her career, Dingle has had an interest in working with healing modalities which focus on bringing the mind, body, and spirit into harmony and balance, and to this end she pursued training in Traditional Chinese Medicine (acupuncture), Homeopathy, Vortex Healing, Reiki, and Shamanic Energy Medicine. Dingle is also a trained Psychedelic Guide, a path she chose after having her own powerful healing experiences with psilocybin mushrooms in guided journey settings.
Dingle brings her skills gained as a therapeutic communicator and compassionate caregiver from the palliative care setting into the Medicine Journey space, and along with her experience in energy work, she can provide support for people on their journeys of personal growth, for people who are seeking relief for grief, and for others who may be dealing with severe stress, burnout, or other personal issues.
Dingle is also undertaking research into the use of plant-based medicines such as cannabinoids and psychedelics for people suffering from serious illness and for those who may be facing the end of life.
Neil
Neil Hanon is a Canadian physician who is a specialist in psychiatry. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine. He works at Kelowna General hospital as an inpatient/outpatient psychiatrist teaching medical students and residents how to treat patients holistically with compassion, using a bio/psycho/social/spiritual model.
When his 17 year old son died in a car crash in 2007 he was catapulted in a grief journey that led him to Stan Grof and holotropic breathwork, and then to Ralph Metzner with journey work. Neil then was trained as a psychedelic guide. He is a lead trainer for Grof Legacy Training in Canada, teaching other professionals how to work with entheogenic medicines.
As a parent on the grief journey from the death of his son he brings all of his knowledge and experience to help other parents on their journey of grief with compassion and understanding.
Patrice
Patrice Dwyer is a Transformation Therapist, accompanying many on their journey to healing and lifestyle transformation. She has over19 years of experience in multidisciplinary healing work, as a Certified Lymphedema Therapist, Reflexologist, Reiki Master, Cancer Coach, Patient Navigator, Death Doula & Psychedelic Guide.
For Jamaica Grief Retreats she combines all her skills offering body and energy work as well as active listening practices to support participants in journey preparation, the medicine journey space and integration.
Patrice has experienced firsthand the profound therapeutic benefits of psilocybin and has facilitated in all our retreats to support parents on their journey with grief. She has also participated in other psilocybin assisted retreats to support individuals on their journey to self-discovery and healing. She has special interest in research on the transformative effects of psilocybin on persons facing burnout, serious diagnosis & end of life. Her own journeys helped her to process grief, especially after her mother’s death, and to find renewed purpose in life.
Roz
Roz Walker is a Holistic Therapist with over 20 years of experience assisting others to return to a state of homeostasis. She is a guide, teacher and counselor with an innate ability to connect deeply with her clients, holding space for them as they navigate the at times confusing maze of life, supporting them with natural therapies, energy work and intuitive consultations, empowering them to acknowledge their truth and power.
Roz is certified in Craniosacral Therapy, Reflexology, Massage, Chakra Balancing & Aura Cleansing, Past Life Hypnotherapy and is a Reiki Master/Teacher and Breathwork Facilitator. Her joy is in witnessing her clients and students reach that place of understanding and knowing where they can heal the past to confidently maneuver their future.
In the Medicine Journey Retreat she offers energy work and invaluable support and insight gained from her unique skills and years of experience to support them in preparation, journey space and integration.
Leon
Leon Segal is an innovation psychologist with extensive experience in the fields of collaborative creativity, design thinking, and expanded states of consciousness. He has worked with executives and teams at some of the world’s most innovative corporations and taught at academic institutions in the USA, Europe, South America, Asia, and the Middle East.
His vast experience includes service as an Airforce pilot, a doctoral degree in cognitive psychology, design and research work at NASA, expertise in Neuro Linguistic Programming and the Feldenkrais method, and over twenty years of experience as a guide of psychedelic experiences. He has studied the use of psilocybin with leading teachers in California and Mexico and continues to develop new ways to use this medicine for the betterment of people’s life.
To Jamaica Grief Retreat Leon brings decades of experience working with people who have suffered from untimely loss, wartime PTSD, and accepting terminal disease, as well as those who are dedicated to the exploration of expanded states of consciousness. He believes that psychedelics can offer us unique ways to develop a deeper, more compassionate, and effective relationship with ourselves, others, and the world around us.