Who will you be?

In times of healing, change and transformation we find the seeds for who we are becoming. This is your opportunity to traverse this transition, nurture healing, find insights and have the support to weave them into every day life in practical and nourishing ways.

Welcome! We’re so glad you found us.

Being Found is dedicated to supporting people discover more of who and what they are in order to live healthy and fulfilling lives. We see personal development as a path to deeper alignment and a richer experience of life. We know that the path is not always a smooth one, it may be deeply painful at times and we may feel challenged and lost along the way. We believe that being lost is often part of finding your way. We chose the name Being Found in recognition of life as a continual process of awareness and unfolding - the act of continually finding how to be within ourselves and our world. Being Found also conjures the moments of of coming home to yourself, of recognition, belonging and connection.

Sarah Pant - Founder

Sarah is a Clinical Psychotherapist with nearly two decades of experience in working in mental health in Australia and the UK.  She is part of the Clinical Psychedelic Lab at Monash University and was a core therapist and trainer on the world first Psilocybin for Generalised Anxiety trial. She is currently a clinical supervisor and therapist for the lab’s MDMA for PTSD trial. Her work on the these trials makes her one of the most experienced psychedelic-assisted therapists in the country.

Sarah has supported the MAPS trainings in Australia and been a guest trainer for Wild Mind. She was previously on the faculty at The Metavision Institute and The Global Coaching Institute.

In addition to private practice, Sarah spent 10 years in the not-for-profit sector in psycho-social rehabilitation and early intervention mental health programs. Sarah also worked as a wilderness therapist and has a specific interest in ecopsychotherapy. Sarah has a holistic approach to health and wellbeing and is particularly interested in altered state experiences, our connection with nature, understanding the cultural contexts that impact our mental health and how we navigate the specific challenges of our time.

Our Team

Dr Esme Dark

Dr Esme Dark is a holistic clinical psychologist, somatic psychotherapist and a nature lover. She believes that wellness happens when we connect more deeply to our bodies, one another and the natural world. Esme has spent the last 15 years working as a psychologist with people experiencing psychological distress.  She currently runs a private psychology practice based in Melbourne and works as a Trial Therapist as part of the Clinical Psychedelic Research Lab at Monash University. She draws on a range of psychotherapeutic approaches including Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and Internal Family Systems and Mindfulness based Cognitive Therapy. In addition to these modalities Esme’s work is informed by eastern philosophy, nature-based practice, yoga and authentic movement.

Marg Ryan

Marg is a senior clinical psychotherapist with twenty years in mental health and private practice. She conducts therapy and supervises clinicians working with individuals, couples, and those developing psychedelic-assisted therapy skills. Marg has been involved in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy research at Monash University’s Clinical Psychedelic Lab in Melbourne, Australia. She served as a core therapist in Australia’s largest psilocybin trial for Generalised Anxiety Disorder and in the MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD trial. She completed intensive psilocybin training and MDMA therapist training with MAPS in 2021. Marg co-facilitated a training program for psychedelic trial therapists at Curtin University, delivered by Monash, and assisted in the first Australian MAPS MDMA training at Monash. She is also a tutor for the MIND (Berlin) two-year psychedelic therapist training program.

Dr Simon Amar

Dr. Simon Amar completed his medical school and psychiatric specialty training at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. In 2016, he began working with the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), setting up the Montreal site for the phase 3 study of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD, where he worked as a therapist and Co-Principal Investigator. Since moving to Melbourne in December 2021, Simon has joined the team at the Psychedelic Research Lab at Monash University working on three trials: psilocybin-assisted therapy for Generalized Anxiety Disorder, MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD trial, and 5-meo-DMT-assisted therapy for treatment resistant depression. Simon also works part-time as a psychiatrist on the Secured Extended Care Unit at Dandenong Hospital. Simon is passionate about being a father, conscious dance, men’s work, and walking in nature.