Dingle Spence
Description
"This work has helped me to understand what it truly means to heal."
Her Role
Dingle Spence is a Lead Facilitator at Beckley Retreats, her expertise and deep knowledge of many modalities provides a rooted presence in the space.
Her Story
Dingle is a Jamaican physician* with training in oncology and palliative medicine, and heads the Hope Institute Hospital in Kingston. Her research and application of psychedelics has transformed her work with end-of-life patients. She also has training in a spectrum of healing traditions including Traditional Chinese Medicine, Reiki, and Shamanic Energy Medicine. After many years working as a physician, Dr. Spence co-founded JACCRI, a non-profit organization dedicated to research and education across the cancer care continuum. With the JACCRI group, she researches psilocybin as a treatment for many of the symptoms common in patients facing terminal illness.
Her Why
Dr. Spence’s life-long interest in mind, body, and energetic medicine was transformed by psychedelics. Her own guided mushroom journeys have helped her to process and navigate complex emotions, and those experiences have inspired her to bring the powerful medicine to others.
*Beckley Retreats Facilitators who are certified therapists, psychologists, or physicians do not serve in a formal medical capacity on our programs/retreats.