In the Media and Honored for our Impact
EXPLORE PRESS FEATURES, PODCASTS, & AWARDS RECOGNIZING CHARIOT’S WORK
PRESS
Through Oregon’s historic legal psilocybin program, individuals like” KC,” who seeks healing from childhood abuse, find new hope and therapeutic possibilities. The program, having catered to at least 715 people in 2023, underlines the growing acceptance and exploration of psychedelics’ potential to address profound psychological issues, igniting further research and discussions on their therapeutic use.
After going through the initial meeting with a facilitator, the psilocybin experience and the post-psilocybin processing, KC was hopeful. “For the first time,” she said in the video, “I see a spark of brightness and I’m really glad for that.”
CITY CAST PORTLAND PODCAST
A year since Oregon began its legal use of psilocybin, the state has licensed over 20 service centers and 200 facilitators, revolutionizing mental health treatment with most clients seeking self-knowledge and mental health improvement. As the industry navigates this novel territory, the focus remains on optimizing therapeutic outcomes amid real-time experimentation.
"Sandra had gone to therapy, downloaded apps, repeated affirmations — that she was safe, and strong, and loved. But she says it took psilocybin for her to actually feel that, and believe it.”
“In 2020, Oregon was the first state in the U.S. to pass a law legalizing psilocybin use at treatment centers. And now there are nearly 300 licensed facilitators across the state and by last year, more than 700 people had already gone through treatment. But what does therapy look like? How much does it cost, and is it really worth it? Today on City Cast Portland, we’re talking with Courtney Campbell, a trained facilitator and founder of Chariot — a Portland-based psilocybin service center — to answer all of our questions concerning this new type of therapy.”
AWARDS
Chariot is the proud recipient of two 2025 Althea Psilocybin Outcomes Awards. Althea is a Public Benefit Corporation formed in partnership with the University of Colorado School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry. Their goal is to help licensed facilitators and service centers succeed in delivering their magic, grounded in data.
The inaugural awards recognize facilitators and centers delivering exceptional outcomes, “grounded not in opinion or hype, but in real participant-reported data: improvements in mental health, experiences of mystical insight, feelings of safety, and trust in the people guiding the journey.” Chariot was recognized as:
THE ANXIETY ALLEVIATION LEADER
The service center whose clients reported the most significant reduction in anxiety symptoms, as measured by the GAD-7 (Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale). This distinction reflects the power of safe, intentional psychedelic facilitation to help clients find calm, clarity, and emotional ease.
The Safe Passage Award: honors the center whose clients reported the strongest sense of safety throughout their psilocybin experience. Those who provide not just a service, but a sanctuary—creating containers where trust, care, and professionalism allow deep healing to unfold.
WE ARE ALSO PROUD TO WORK WITH FOUR OF THE SIX INCREDIBLE FACILITATOR AWARDEES
Evelyn Cushing, Well-Being Improvement Award; Dr. Olivia Hicks, Client Choice Award; Kayli Howard, Client Choice Award, and; Erin Baldwin Draper, MSW, Safe Passage Award.
