About PATH
PATH is specialised service dedicated to advancing the field of medicine-assisted therapy. We offer compassionate, evidence-based therapy, and tailored consultancy services to support practitioners, organisations, and individuals navigating this emerging space.
Grounded in holistic, trauma-informed approaches, we integrate somatic practices, systems thinking, and depth psychology to foster meaningful transformation.
Whether you're seeking therapy, professional mentorship, or strategic guidance, we are committed to ethical, grounded, and research-informed practice in medicine-assisted therapy.
Our Services
Medicine Assisted Therapy
Medicine-assisted therapy represents an emerging next stage in mental health care—integrating therapy with carefully prescribed medicines to support healing. Rather than focusing solely on symptom reduction, this approach aims to work at the level of underlying causes, aiming to help people access and process the roots of distress.
Our team brings extensive experience from clinical trials in medicine-assisted therapy, offering care that is grounded in both research and real-world therapeutic practice. We draw on depth-oriented approaches alongside somatic therapies, supporting clients to work not only with thoughts and emotions, but with the body, unconscious processes, and lived experience.
This integrative model creates the conditions for meaningful, lasting change—supporting greater self-understanding, emotional resolution, and a renewed sense of connection to self and others, all within a safe, ethical, and professionally supported framework.
Supervision
We offer clinical supervision delivered by a highly experienced team of Psychotherapists, Clinical Psychologists and Authorised Prescribers working at the forefront of medicine-assisted psychotherapy.
Our supervision integrates evidence-based practice with depth-oriented and somatic approaches, supporting clinicians to develop confidence, ethical clarity, and attuned therapeutic presence in complex clinical work.
Drawing on extensive experience in clinical trials and real-world settings, we provide a reflective, collaborative space to explore clinical challenges, transference and countertransference as well as risk and safety. Supervision is tailored to your level of experience and professional context, fostering both clinical competence and ongoing professional growth.
Consultation
We offer specialist consultation to both clinical teams and research groups developing protocols in medicine-assisted psychotherapy. Drawing on extensive experience in clinical trials and real-world implementation, our team supports the design and refinement of safe, ethical, and effective treatment models. We consult on all aspects of protocol development, including therapeutic frameworks, preparation and integration structures, therapist training, risk management, and regulatory considerations.
Our approach integrates depth psychology and somatic perspectives, ensuring protocols attend not only to safety and outcomes, but to the quality of the therapeutic process itself. Whether you are establishing a new service or advancing a research study, we provide thoughtful, collaborative guidance to support rigorous and clinically meaningful work.
Our Values
Integrity & Ethics – Committed to safe, responsible, and evidence-based practices in medicine-assisted therapy.
Compassion & Care – Centering the well-being of clients, practitioners, and communities with kindness and respect.
Holistic Healing – Honoring the interconnectedness of mind, body, and environment in the therapeutic process.
Education & Excellence – Supporting continuous learning, and the advancement of best practices.
Collaboration & Community – Building a network of support and knowledge-sharing within the field.
Cultural Sensitivity & Inclusivity – Respecting diverse backgrounds, traditions, and perspectives in healing work.
Sustainability & Responsibility – Upholding ethical and ecological awareness in all aspects of practice.
Meet the Team
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Dr Esme Dark
Clinical Psychologist
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Sarah Pant
Clinical Psychotherapist
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Dr Simon Amar
Psychiatrist and Authorised Prescriber
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Campbell Townsend
Clinical Psychologist
Our Team
Dr Esme Dark
Clinical Psychologist
Dr Esme Dark is a holistic clinical psychologist, somatic psychotherapist and nature lover who believes wellness happens when we connect more deeply to our bodies, one another and the natural world. Drawing on Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, IFS, Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy, nature-based practice and authentic movement, she works through a human rights lens with clients from diverse backgrounds, including the LGBTIQ+ community.
Esme is a lead therapist , supervisor, trainer and educator at the Clinical Psychedelic Research Lab at Monash University, contributing to multiple world-first trails in psychedelic-assisted therapy research including psilocybin-assisted therapy trial for Generalised Anxiety Disorder and MDMA-assisted therapy trial for PTSD in military veterans and first responders.
She is the founder of a Melbourne-based private practice offering group programmes, individual therapy, clinical supervision, and organisational wellbeing consultation.
Sarah Pant
Holistic Psychotherapist
Sarah is a Clinical Psychotherapist, with nearly two decades of experience across Australia and the UK. As part of the Clinical Psychedelic Lab at Monash University, she has played a pivotal role as a core therapist, supervisor, trial designer, co-investigator and therapist trainer across multiple world first trials.
With a holistic approach to health and well-being, Sarah is deeply interested in fostering human connection, exploring altered state experiences, enhancing our connection with the living world, and navigating the unique challenges of our time.
As the founding Director of Being Found, Sarah offers Psychedelic Integration Programs, Therapist Supervision and Advanced Integration Training. You can find more about her work here: www.beingfound.com.au
Dr Simon Amar
Psychiatrist/ Authorised Prescriber/ Psychotherapist
Dr. Simon Amar is a consultant psychiatrist with extensive expertise in psychotherapy and psychedelic-assisted therapy. Trained at McGill University in Montreal, he worked as a Principal Investigator and therapist with MAPS on the Phase 3 trial of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD before relocating to Melbourne in 2021.
Since joining the Clinical Psychedelic Lab at Monash University, Simon has contributed as a core therapist to clinical trials including psilocybin-assisted therapy for Generalised Anxiety Disorder, MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD, and 5-MeO-DMT-assisted therapy for treatment-resistant depression. He continues to train, supervise and mentor Authorised Prescribers and therapists across the country. Simon also runs a private psychotherapy practice in Melbourne specialising in somatic and integrative approaches.
Beyond his professional life, Dr. Amar is deeply passionate about fatherhood, community building, conscious dance, men's work, healing, and connecting with nature.
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Campbell Townsend
Campbell is a Clinical Psychologist, Senior Research Consultant and Trial Therapist with the Clinical Psychedelic Research Lab at Monash University. He is drawn to the transformative potential of psychedelic-assisted therapy and the ways it can help people rediscover connection—with themselves, with others, and with the living world.
His work weaves together Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), EMDR, attachment theory, and the Gottman Method, guided by a deep respect for the innate wisdom and resilience within each person.
Campbell is a Certified Gottman Therapist and Gottman Level 1 Trainer with a particular passion for helping couples deepen connection through intensive therapy. Alongside his research, he co-directs Island Psychology in regional Victoria, where he offers psychotherapy, clinical supervision, and couples therapy with warmth, curiosity, and a grounded, relational approach.
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