Founder & President

Fiann Paul is the world’s most record-breaking explorer, whose favorite frontier is consciousness. He is a Jungian psychoanalyst, leadership consultant, and multi-disciplinary artist. As founder of the IJPA, he brings a rare synthesis of depth psychology, visionary practice, leadership, and lived initiation into the unknown. His background includes what he regards as three forms of experiential education: completing the Ocean Explorers Grand Slam (rowing all five oceans), living on six continents, and twelve years of personal and clinical work with plant medicines and psychedelic-assisted therapies, alongside four academic degrees.

Director of Depth Psychology and Training Standard

Dr. Mark Winborn is a Jungian psychoanalyst, clinical psychologist, and internationally recognized author. He is a training analyst with the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts, the C.G. Jung Institute Zürich, and several European societies, where he teaches analytic technique and the integration of psychoanalytic theory. His work bridges classical Jungian thought with contemporary psychoanalysis. Author and editor of five influential books and over fifty papers translated into multiple languages, he is regarded as one of the leading voices shaping modern Jungian analysis. He received the Gradiva prize from the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis for the best article published in 2022 and was a finalist in 2014 for the best edited book in psychoanalysis.

Director of Clinical Integration & Trauma Care

Dr. Saliha Afridi is a clinical psychologist, Jungian Diploma Candidate at the C.G. Jung Institute in Zürich, and a certified Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy practitioner, who has worked clinically over the past 18 years. She is the Founder and Chairwoman of The LightHouse Arabia, one of the first and now one of the largest mental health centers in the United Arab Emirates. Under her leadership, the center pioneered and introduced International Mental Health First Aid to the country, training tens of thousands of individuals in essential early-intervention skills. Dr. Afridi has facilitated numerous psychedelic journeys and guided clients through the integration process. She is also a sought-after speaker and a respected media voice on mental health, wellbeing, and psychological transformation.

Medical Director

Dr. José María Fábregas is a psychiatrist and founder of the ICEERS-associated Clinica CITA in Spain, where he has pioneered the integration of traditional plant medicines with modern psychiatry. With decades of clinical experience in addiction treatment and psychedelic-assisted therapy, he has been one of Europe’s most visible advocates for responsible, evidence-based use of ayahuasca and ibogaine. His work has influenced both clinical practice and public policy, bridging indigenous knowledge with medical science. As a teacher, clinician, and researcher, his vision is to expand access to safe, ethical psychedelic treatments while cultivating a culture of respect, rigor, and healing.

Executive Director

Christopher Dery has spent more than thirty years in the arena, founding and building organizations across mental health, education, and healthcare from the ground up, sitting with people in crisis across a wide range of settings, and always pushing further into territory where psychology and the sacred meet. Jungian and depth psychology have been a continuous thread since the age of fifteen, deepened at Pacifica Graduate Institute, year of wilderness Vision Fast training in the eastern Sierras, and many years of direct mentorship with teachers in the mythopoetic, initiatory, and Jungian traditions. In addition to his private practice, he places special emphasis on guiding individuals through deep integration work from a soul-centered perspective.