Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer
Jason is a professional non-profit consultant with 20 years of experience developing organizations focusing on alternative mental health. He has assisted several psychedelic mental health focused nonprofits including Psychedelics in Recovery, End-Of-Life Psychedelic Care, the Psilocybin Facilitators Association, The First Responders Collective, and several psychedelic societies.
He is also a retired police officer who has used psilocybin through the state regulated programs to address PTSD and other traumas. As an advocate for mental health, he believes that psilocybin combined with appropriate mental health support can have a profound impact on community and personal healing.
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Sept. 8, 2026
Ep28 Jason Burdge: A Police Officer's Path to Psilocybin, Building PATA With His Wife, and Healing First Responders
What happens when the person building the guardrails for psychedelic-assisted therapy is also the person who needed it most? In this episode, Dr. Sandra Dreisbach talks with Jason Burdge, co-founder and chief business officer of the Psilocybin Assisted Therapy Association, known as PATA, now the largest nonprofit in the country focused on psilocybin and mental health. Jason built PATA with his wife Lisa, a mental health therapist, out of their shared belief in the educated and informed use of...
Guest: JASON M BURDGE