Kylea Taylor

Kylea Taylor M.S., LMFT (CA MFC #34901) developed and teaches InnerEthics®, a self-reflective, self-compassionate approach to ethical relationships for therapists and practitioners. She created a series of pre-recorded InnerEthics® video courses for professionals interested in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy or in helping clients to integrate profound experiences. She wrote “The Ethics of Caring: Finding Right Relationship with Clients” (2017) and has been writing and teaching about ethics for three decades. Her new book, “Peer Consultation Groups and Ethical Awareness Tools for Psychedelic Practitioners,” was published in Fall of 2024 and is available at Amazon. Kylea began working as a counselor in the addictions recovery field in 1970 and served as executive director of a community counseling center for sixteen years. Her study of kundalini yoga in the 70's began her enduring interest in the interface between psychological, physical, social, and spiritual aspects of ourselves. She has extensive personal and professional experience with addiction, post-traumatic stress, and dissociation (including multiplicity or DID), women's issues, spiritual emergence(y), and kundalini phenomena. In 1984, Kylea began ongoing study with Christina and Stanislav Grof, M.D., in transpersonal psychology and non-ordinary states of consciousness. She is a certified Holotropic Breathwork® Practitioner and was active as a Senior Trainer in the Grof Transpersonal Training from 1993-2000. Kylea assisted Stanislav Grof at many large workshops and has facilitated workshops and presented her own work at conferences in the United States and abroad. Kylea is the author of the following books from Hanford Mead Publishers, Inc.: "The Ethics of Caring: Finding Right Relationship with Clients” (also published in German and Spanish), "The Breathwork Experience" (also published in Italian and Spanish), "Considering Holotropic Breathwork" and "The Holotropic Breathwork Facilitator's Manual" (only available to those enrolled in the Grof Transpersonal Training) and is the editor of "Exploring Holotropic Breathwork." She has also written numerous articles for print and online magazines and journals. Kylea served for seventeen years on the Board of the Association for Holotropic Breathwork® International and for two years as the Ethics Chair on the Board of the Santa Cruz California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT). Kylea is President of SoulCollage Inc., a company providing training and a global community for Facilitators of the SoulCollage® expressive arts method that is useful for supporting the integration of experiences in extra-ordinary states of consciousness. The World of SoulCollage® offers workshops, training, and social engagement in its international, private online community for personal and professional development. Learn more at her InnerEthics website.