Dr. Katie Simons, PharmD, is the creator and driving force behind The Holistic Apothec, a space dedicated to guiding people through deep personal transformation using the science and art of altered states of consciousness. Her work draws from an uncommon blend of clinical expertise in medications and adult medicine, transpersonal hypnotherapy, psychedelic facilitation, and somatic healing, offering a multifaceted approach to healing and growth.
Katie’s path has been anything but conventional. For years, she balanced two contrasting lives—one built on a medical career at an academic teaching center, the other rooted in counterculture, adventure, and psychedelic exploration. Outwardly, she had achieved every milestone of success; inwardly, she battled exhaustion, anxiety, and depression.
The turning point came through a convergence of burnout, personal upheaval, and the decision to step away from the career and life she had built. In that space, she committed to using her expertise to create meaningful, lasting transformation for those she serves. Returning to plant medicines and holistic healing practices with renewed purpose, she sought insight and truth.
Along the way, she expanded her training to include Reiki energy healing, shamanic practices in the Shipibo traditions of ayahuasca, somatic breathwork, emotional freedom technique, bilateral stimulation, regression therapy, and hypnotherapy—continually refining the tools she uses to help others reclaim themselves. These experiences shaped her core philosophy: We are all our own best healers, the path is remembrance.
Today, The Holistic Apothec offers programs designed to help people regulate their nervous systems, release old patterns, and recover their inner authority through depression, anxiety, and burnout. Whether guiding someone through a medication taper, holding space in ceremony, or facilitating deep inner work, Katie’s approach bridges grounded science with expansive spiritual perspective—supporting clients in reclaiming their empowered wholeness.