Preeti Simran Sethi is a trauma-informed integrative therapist and writer committed to holistic well-being and whole person healing. Her work is rooted in culture with a commitment to uplifting those who have been overlooked.

Preeti holds a MSc. in applied positive psychology and coaching psychology from the University of East London, a MBA in sustainable management from the Presidio Graduate School, and graduated cum laude with a BA in sociology and women and gender studies from Smith College. In 2009, Smith College awarded her the Smith College Medal, and, in 2025, an honorary PhD (Doctor of Humane Letters). She has trained in trauma-informed care through Harvard Medical School, birth and end-of life support through DONA and INELDA, and psychedelic-assisted therapy through psychedelic facilitation programs in the United States, Canada, the U.K., and The Netherlands. She has lectured in multiple psychedelic practitioner trainings on culturally-attuned psychedelic support and consults with psychedelic facilitators and therapists on culturally-attuned support of Asian and immigrant clients.

She has worked with psychedelics for severe depression and anxiety, and in 2022, founded the Asian Psychedelic Collective: the first organization dedicated to creating a space of belonging, education, and advocacy for Asians working with psychedelics. Preeti seeks to expand the dominant narratives around psychedelics: honoring the Indigenous lineages that have stewarded earth medicines and inspired synthetic analogues, as well as uplifting explorations into specific transcendent states (including meditation and pranayama/breathwork) and entheogens that are part of Asian cultures. These medicines and practices—and the healing, joy, and connection they can engender—are our birthright.

Preeti was part of the only equity cohort at Fireside Project. In 2022, she was cited as by DoubleBlind magazine as one of the “Influential, Innovative, and Disruptive Women in Psychedelics.” As a member of the Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion team at the American Psychedelic Practitioners Association, she reviewed and supported the first Professional Practice Guidelines for Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy. Named one of one of the “50 Most Influential Global Indians” by Vogue India and the “environmental messenger” by Vanity Fair, Preeti has written for outlets including The New York Times, WIRED, National Geographic, Smithsonian, Guernica, and The Guardian. She was designated one of the top eight women saving the planet by Marie Claire, and is the author of Bread, Wine, Chocolate: The Slow Loss of Foods We Love—named one of the best food books of 2016 by Smithsonian—about the loss of biodiversity in food and agriculture told through bread, wine, chocolate, coffee, and beer. She is the host and creator of The Slow Melt podcast, named Best Food Podcast by Saveur magazine; coauthor of Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy, winner of the Axiom Award for Best Business Ethics Book; and contributor to multiple anthologies. She is a former contributor to NPR and KCRW, one of the first inductees into Heritage Radio Network’s Hall of Fame, and an inaugural Iguana Azul writing fellow.

Drawing on her extensive trainings, background in journalism and academia, service as a birth doula and yoga teacher, and 25+ year practice in Vipassana meditation, Preeti offers integrative therapy and Rest+Breath support through telehealth and just outside of Washington DC, on the unceded lands and waters of the Piscataway and Nacotchtank peoples.