Our Approach
Welcome to Gentle Care
Elderly Tree Island was formed in response to a need.
Many autistic people feel drawn to psychedelic work but do not meet providers that are informed, grounded, safe. Experiences are often designed without consideration for difference.
Elderly Tree Island exists to create a setting where this work can be approached in alignment with autistic ways of being. The focus is on self-knowledge, personal meaning, and integration.
We are also committed to creating a space where people feel genuinely welcome. Black individuals, in particular, are warmly welcomed here. Respect for Iboga includes honoring the African traditions and cultures from which this work originates, and we recognize the importance of ensuring that those connections remain visible and respected.
One can expect intensity. Iboga is not subtle, but intensity does not mean chaos. Experiences are held with structure and care, and within the framework of a person's psychological and spiritual needs, allowing space for deeply personal insight, transmutation, and lasting internal shifts.
Autistic people often move through life with distinct ways of perceiving, processing, and experiencing the world. In this setting, iboga is not viewed as a means of correcting those differences, but as a sacred tool that may support deeper self-understanding, help contextualize a person’s developmental path, and create space for greater reconciliation with self and life experience.
Rather than treating disability as something separate from the person, this approach honors it as part of their natural design and lived meaning. When held with care, the Iboga ceremony can serve as a threshold for growth, presence, and insight, supporting a healthy and deeply personal developmental process.
Sensitivity does not equal fragility. Intensity does not equal harm. When structured properly, these qualities can support meaningful transformation.