Dee Dee Goldpaugh, LCSW is a psychotherapist, clinical consultant, educator, and author. Dee Dee is a Women, Gender Diversity, and Sexual Minorities Advisor for the Chacruna Institute, the Clinical Director of Chrysalis Integrative Psychotherapy, and is part of the Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy team at the Woodstock Therapy Center. Dee Dee is a frequent presenter at international conferences including Psychedelic Science, Psychedelic Culture, and ICPR. Dee Dee has also published widely on the topics of psychedelics and sexuality, gender, queer issues, trauma, and spirituality for both popular media and academic publications including as a featured author in Queering Psychedelics: From Oppression To Liberation in Psychedelic Medicine, and as the author of the first article to appear in an academic journal detailing specific techniques to support sexual trauma survivors during psychedelic integration. They have authored the first book to explore the intersection of sexuality, spirituality, and psychedelic healing, Embrace Pleasure: How Psychedelics Can Heal Our Sexuality published by Simon and Schuster/Inner Traditions in July 2025.

Dee Dee has eighteen years of professional clinical experience and training in diverse modalities including EMDR, Internal Family System, Sex Therapy, psychodynamic, and somatic therapy models. They have been a clinical supervisor for the EMBARK approach of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy offering support in a clinical trial setting, in addition to extensive experience offering ketamine-assisted psychotherapy in private practice. Dee Dee has also offered numerous professional trainings and lectures on the topics of psychedelics and ethics, healing sexual trauma, therapist boundaries in psychedelic-assisted therapy, queer competency in clinical trial settings, and psychedelic healing and spiritual practice for professional organizations such as the Chacruna Institute, the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy, Association of Sex Therapy in Ontario, and the OPEN Foundation.