Our Foundation
Three Legs of the Stool
Lasting healing requires all three dimensions. Remove any one and the stool collapses.
Body
Western Medicine
Every patient receives comprehensive medical clearance and ongoing physiological monitoring. Our protocols are grounded in rigorous public health standards and full federal compliance — because safety is non-negotiable.
Mind
Psychotherapy
Integrated with Santa Barbara’s therapeutic community, we provide robust psychological holding before, during, and after each session. Skilled therapists guide patients through trauma resolution, meaning-making, and sustained integration.
Spirit
Ancient Wisdom
We honor the sacred, ancient traditions of these medicines. When the clinical container is sound and the psyche is held, these substances can facilitate profound mystical and existential breakthroughs that reshape a person’s relationship to themselves and the world.
The Federal Trajectory
Building for the Moment That Is Coming
Recent Executive Orders have signaled an historic shift: psychedelic-assisted therapies are moving from the margins to the center of federal health policy. MDMA, psilocybin, and ibogaine are on a clear regulatory trajectory toward legalization.
One Tree Institute is building the clinical infrastructure now — so that when these medicines receive federal approval, we are not scrambling. We will be ready.
Our priority populations are those who have borne the heaviest burdens:
- Military Veterans — carrying moral injury, combat trauma, and treatment-resistant PTSD that conventional medicine has failed to resolve.
- First Responders — exposed to chronic, cumulative trauma with few effective clinical options.
- Underserved Populations — communities for whom deep healing has historically been inaccessible due to cost, geography, or systemic barriers.
Clinical Leadership
Medicine as a Practice of Presence
Dr. Tony Rogers
Founder & Medical Director
Our clinical environment is designed with the precision of a medical facility and the warmth of a sanctuary — because the nervous system heals best when it feels both safe and held.
Led by Dr. Tony Rogers — drawing on 20+ years of county medical practice and public health — our protocols are rooted in the highest standards of humanistic patient care. Clinical rigor and compassionate presence are never in opposition.
When these medicines open a window of neuroplasticity, it is the container — the safety, the relational holding, the integration afterward — that determines whether the opening becomes lasting transformation.
Our Model
An Escalating Continuum of Care
We match each patient to the least invasive, most appropriate level of care — and escalate only when clinically indicated.
Integration & Support
Community-based integration circles, therapeutic preparation, and structured psychological support.
Ketamine-Assisted Therapy
Legally available now. A clinically monitored psychedelic intervention for treatment-resistant depression, PTSD, and anxiety.
MDMA & Psilocybin Therapy
Upon federal approval. Deep trauma processing and consciousness-expanding interventions within a medically anchored container.
Ibogaine-Assisted Therapy
The most intensive intervention. Medically supervised ibogaine protocols for severe addiction and existential crisis.
Safety & Integration
A Comprehensive Container
Deep healing requires a container that begins long before the medicine session and extends far beyond it.
Secure Baseline
Thorough medical and psychological assessment to understand each patient’s unique history. A foundation of safety and trust before any intervention begins.
Medically Anchored Session
Administration within a monitored clinical environment where medical precision and compassionate presence work together — so the patient can surrender fully.
Community Integration
Long-term follow-up woven into community. Breakthroughs are stabilized, meaning is made, and each person is supported as they carry their insights into daily life.
The Journey Center
A Sanctuary for Transformation
From the moment you walk through our doors, you are held in an environment built for safety and warmth — a place where the nervous system can finally rest, and where profound inner journeys are met with grace, medical rigor, and unwavering support.
Governance & Leadership
Rigor, Oversight & Holding
Sound governance is itself a form of care — creating the stable structure within which healing work can unfold safely.
Dr. Tony Rogers
Founder & Medical Director
Dr. Tony Rogers is a physician and community builder with over two decades of clinical practice in Santa Barbara. He currently practices with the Santa Barbara County Public Health Department, providing direct patient care to underserved populations while teaching and mentoring resident physicians. Recognizing the profound intersection of mental health, community, and somatic healing, Dr. Rogers founded the Hollister Ranch Men’s Retreat to pioneer experiential male community building. A dedicated advocate for local youth, he served on the Board of Directors for the Wilderness Youth Project for nine years and currently serves as Vice Chair of the Board for AHA! (Attitude. Harmony. Achievement.). At One Tree, he merges rigorous public health experience with frontier psychiatric treatments to create an uncompromising, medically safe container for profound healing.
Kyra Rogers, MSW
Vice President
Kyra anchors the operational and philanthropic strategy for the One Tree Institute. Holding a Master of Social Work from USC and building on her early career in change management at Andersen Consulting, Kyra brings over two decades of expertise in community care and organizational leadership. As Board Chair of the highly respected Storyteller Children’s Center and former Board Chair of Wilderness Youth Project in Santa Barbara, she possesses a profound understanding of how to architect institutional capital to serve vulnerable populations. At One Tree, Kyra bridges the gap between frontier psychiatric research and public health implementation, overseeing the Institute’s donor relations and community outreach.
Paul Wasserman
Treasurer
Partner at Makarora, formerly Managing Director at KKR. Oversees financial strategy, capital campaigns, and facility acquisition with uncompromising financial rigor.