About ATMA CENA
We’re dedicated to improving mental healthcare with evidence-based psychedelic therapy — blending current research with a client-focused approach so you receive personalized, professional care.
Our story
ATMA CENA was born from a simple observation: Canada’s psychedelic-assisted therapy landscape was moving fast, but the bridge to safe, credible access was not in place.
The first gap was clinical. Reverdi Darda, RN, BScN brought over three decades of nursing and healthcare executive experience to this emerging field and saw psychedelic-assisted therapy was happening in informal, uncontained settings and in most cases limited medical support for this new modality. When Alberta released its psychedelic-assisted therapy guidelines in 2022, the path forward became clear: build clinics that meet clinical and regulatory standards, so healthcare practitioners could prescribe with confidence, and patients could access care in environments built for the support that is needed.
The second gap was training. Much of the education available to practitioners was being built for information and was absent of direct clinical experience and the realities of client care. Credible access depends on credible training, grounded in practice and application, not just theory.
Closing both gaps was Reverdi’s vision, and it is what built ATMA CENA’s National CoCare™ network, where clinics and practitioners are connected through clinical experience that extends access to safe psychedelic-assisted therapy across the country.
This is the bridge ATMA CENA is building — to move from a fragmented, informal landscape to one where access is safe, coordinated, credible, and national in reach.
Why choose ATMA CENA?
Evidence-based treatments
Care grounded in current clinical research and established protocols.
Accessible & affordable
Flexible payment plans, financing, and WCB / extended-benefit support.
Personalized care
Tailored plans built around your goals, history, and readiness.
Interdisciplinary expertise
Physicians, psychologists, and therapists working as one team.
Industry leadership
Helping shape safe, compliant psychedelic care in Canada.
Seamless integration
Screening, preparation, medicine sessions, and integration in one continuum.
ATMA CENA at a glance
Our vision
Empowering every individual to enrich their lives through accessible psychedelic medicine.
Our values
Accessibility, safety, collaboration, ethics, new ideas, and dedication.
Our goal
To establish a service hub in every major population centre across Canada — accessible, equitable psychedelic healthcare for all Canadians.
Our mission
To build capability and capacity for wellbeing through open collaboration with partners across public, private, and not-for-profit organizations, providing safe psychedelic care.
Experience the ATMA CENA advantage
We believe everyone deserves access to meaningful mental-health care. Our approach combines evidence-informed treatments, personalized care, and interdisciplinary expertise.
By partnering with industry leaders and aligning with healthcare regulations, we work to keep our services accessible, affordable, and current.
Meet our leadership team
Reverdi Darda
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
Reverdi possesses over three decades of experience as a Registered Nurse and executive leader specializing in community engagement, healthcare operations, policy development, and strategic planning. With a deep understanding of the challenges embedded within healthcare systems, she is driven to advance access to evidence-based mental health treatment models. As a visionary in her field, she understands the hurdles and can see solutions to create consistent, client-centric care, and advocates for policy change that prioritizes access to new mental health treatments.
Ravi Bains
Medical Director & Psychiatrist
Dr. Bains earned his bachelor's degree in psychology prior to studying medicine at the University of Manitoba, his home province. He completed a psychiatric residency at Dalhousie University, where he went on to complete a fellowship in ISTDP (Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy).
Lisa Kemp
Program Director
Lisa Kemp is a Registered Nurse with over 20 years of experience in healthcare as a clinician, operations manager, and clinical educator. She later moved into leadership roles building mental health capacity in primary care, enhancing Indigenous services in remote areas, and serving as a governance representative.
Trina Wolansky
Director of Quality and Special Projects
Trina Wolansky is Director of Quality and Special Projects at ATMA CENA Psychedelic Healthcare Solutions. A Registered Nurse with more than 30 years of experience, she has been instrumental in developing and implementing innovative healthcare solutions.
Meet our clinical team
Derek Rothe
Nurse Practitioner
Derek began his nursing career in oncology, practicing first as a Registered Nurse before completing his master's degree at the University of Alberta and obtaining his Nurse Practitioner (NP) licence. Over the past six years his NP practice has focused on oncology and, more recently, geriatrics — working with patients and families navigating the challenges of dementia and life-limiting illness.
Rajvir Dhillon
General Practitioner
Rajvir completed a master's degree in molecular genetics and a medical degree at the University of Alberta, followed by a family medicine residency at McGill University in 2000. He has been a family physician for over 24 years across family practice, inpatient hospitalist work, Indigenous health in northern Quebec, sleep disorders, integrative Ayurvedic medicine, and international humanitarian work with Médecins Sans Frontières in Bangladesh.
Priya Bains
Lead Therapist
Priya is the Lead Therapist at ATMA CENA and has been working in collaboration with clients for nearly 20 years. Early in her career, she was introduced to somatic therapy and trauma therapy, which sparked her curiosity about how the body holds psychological burdens and patterns. Her undergraduate degree in neuropsychology shaped her belief that everything psychological is, at its core, biological.