Why I do this work
I’m Antanika Hoberg. I’ve been a peer worker, a student, a facilitator, and an advocate in mental health and recovery spaces for a decade. My work is informed by years of experience and studies in harm reduction, trauma-informed care, and lived experience navigating complex mental and physical health systems. It’s also shaped—deeply and unapologetically—by my own story.
Altered Integration was created as a space for those navigating altered states of consciousness.
I now offer non-clinical well-being support and grounded resources and alternative support networks for people working through the effects of our human experience, this can be general well-being but my interest lies within the preparation and integration of psychedelic experiences, & what evolves from personal transformation, and exploration & recovery. Altered Integration exists because there is a gap in the psychedelic space and I have heard one too many people entering the psychedelic space un-supported unsure where to turn, I am all for filling gaps and finding solutions.
In our sessions, we explore preparation, sets and settings, well being, and then we will spend time in integration exploring not just what happened during the journey, but how to live with what was revealed. I run my sessions with a come as you are approch- need to snack? Snack.
Need to hold your child. Hold that child.
Anything goes, as long as you are willing to show up and bring your open mind.
And be ready to do the mundane, be ready to do the dishes…
Everyone wants a revolution
But no one wants to do the dishes.
My path has always been guided by a commitment to authenticity, integrity, and the deep belief that healing happens in relationships—with ourselves, with others, and with the broader systems we exist within. Over the years, I’ve woven together formal study, lived experience, and community-led work to create spaces that are safe, inclusive, and grounded.
Why I do this work
For most of my life, I lived with complex PTSD, treatment-resistant depression, and anxiety, stemming from complex childhood circumstances. I was in a state of arrested development. Like many people, I used alcohol, other drugs and substances to hold my suffering at bay, and this served me long enough until I was able to be supported enough to start recovery. But I discovered that the systems I needed couldn’t hold me. And I tried everything— I was ready to surrender.
Psychedelic-assisted healing gave me a way through, turned on a light, pulled down the walls, whatever analogy you use- it was a catalyst for a change in perception that I had been trying to embody in years of weekly, monthly varying types of therapy. It wasn’t magic or an escape. It was a door left ajar to an altered- perception of what I had held. I was able to see ways I could slowly begin pulling apart, processing and reorientating the world I’d created in my mind when I was surviving—I found remission of my C-PTSD symptoms, for the first time. No more flashbacks. No more scary intrusive thoughts. No more alcohol to numb the unbearable. But so many more questions.
In time I realised healing didn't stop at the experience. The insight, understanding, processing, rejecting and accepting unfolded for years after. I did not even know in those early days that’s where integration began—and where I found myself completely alone and a l; little empty without the trauma filling part of my identity.
The world around me wasn’t ready to understand what I was going through, we had not yet become the first country to allow people to have MDMA in a clinical setting. I searched online and I found the Australian Psychedelic Society, and through it, I found community. I found language for my experience. And slowly, I found a place for all the parts of me that had been silenced. What I have realised in this time is how much support, community and understanding of shared experience can provide if we can find others to connect, reflect and comfort.
Psychedelic-assisted healing gave me a way through, turned on a light, pulled down the walls, whatever analogy you use- it was a catalyst for a change in perception that I had been trying to embody in years of weekly, monthly varying types of therapy. It wasn’t magic or an escape. It was a door left ajar to an altered- perception of what I had held. I was able to see ways I could slowly begin pulling apart, processing and re-orientating the world I’d created in my mind when I was surviving—I found remission of my C-PTSD symptoms, for the first time. No more flashbacks. No more scary intrusive thoughts. No more alcohol to numb the unbearable. But so many more questions.
Leadership & facilitation
As President of the Australian Psychedelic Society (APS), I’ve had the honour of helping guide national conversations around integration, ethics, access, and safe practice. Through monthly women’s circles and Adelaide-based integration groups, I facilitate peer spaces that centre consent, cultural safety, & deep reflection.
My work is deeply informed by a PACFA-accredited foundation in Culturally and Trauma-Informed Care and Practice, developed through IPAT. I’ve also trained in specialised integration frameworks with Dr. Bianca Sebben, including:
Elements of Integration
Psychedelic Integration In Action
Enhancing Your Psychedelic Integration Practice
Additionally, I engage in regular supervision with registered clinical psychologists to ensure my work remains grounded, ethical, and supported.
Past advisory, consulting & clinical collaborations
Previously, I’ve served as a:
Aftercare Facilitator with Monarch Mental Health, working alongside Monica Schweickle to support people post-treatment in their integration journeys.
Consumer Board Advisor with Monarch Mental Health Group
Advisor for the Australian Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Practitioners (AMAPP)
Both roles helped shape frameworks that centre lived experience, safety, and interdisciplinary collaboration in the emerging field of psychedelic care.
I continue to engage in ongoing studies in psychology, counselling, and psychotherapy, recognising that integration is an evolving practice, not a fixed method.
Community & advocacy
Beyond training, my passion lies in community work. Through APS, as a volunteer since 2018- I’ve facilitated meet-ups, panels & monthly integration circles across Australia—spaces where people can process altered states and expanded experiences with the support of peers.
In co-founding the Ethical Psychedelic International Community (EPIC), I helped cultivate international peer spaces focused on harm reduction, ethics, and inclusive access—a response to the growing need for values-based frameworks in psychedelic spaces.
Speaking, storytelling & awareness
Storytelling and sharing have been an interesting and public form of integration. I’ve shared mine through:
National TV, including SBS’s Insight (Illicit Medicine)
DoubleBlind Magazine: Meet the Influential, Innovative, and Disruptive Women in Psychedelics
Panels and public forums exploring lived experience, harm reduction, and post-experience care
Written content on the APS website
These experiences are part of my effort to bring grounded, authentic voices into broader conversations about psychedelics and what they can and can not do.
Beyond the inner work, the real work starts at home…I’m a homeschooling mother of three (two currently learning at home and an adult son), I have 3 dogs, 2 cats and 8 chickens, a writer, and an artist. I live in a deep relationship with my values, my children, my connection to nature, and the evolving mystery of us.
SBS: Insight- ‘Illicit Medicine’
Self-medicating with LSD
Antanika says she used LSD, commonly known as acid, in the hopes of treating her mental health issues. She says the experience wasn’t pleasant, but ‘life-changing’