Season 5- Episode 23: Anisa Stechert

In this episode of the Workforce Connections Podcast, we meet Anisa Stechert, a Licensed Master Social Worker and psychedelic integration therapist at Nushama in New York City. Born in Las Vegas, Anisa moved to Florida at age 11 but has always considered Nevada home, with fond memories of Red Rock, Mount Charleston, and the YMCA swim team. She earned her B.A. in English in West Palm Beach and began her career as a Title I secondary English teacher, working with students facing trauma and systemic barriers. That experience shaped her passion for people’s stories and led her to nonprofit leadership roles supporting adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, followed by research and policy work with the New York City Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice. Anisa went on to earn her MSW at Columbia University, focusing on advanced generalist practice and program development.

Today, Anisa brings her lived experience, research background, and clinical training to her role at Nushama, where she helps patients undergoing ketamine-assisted therapy. She emphasizes that while ketamine provides a neurological “reset,” the true transformation comes through integration, the reflective process of meaning-making after treatment. She recently launched Mythnetics, a Nevada-based consulting practice that maps modern diagnoses to archetypal journeys, reframing them as invitations to healing. Nushama has engaged Mythnetics as it expands into Miami, where Anisa will play a leading role, with future plans to return her work to Nevada. During her recent visit, she connected with state leaders at the Governor’s Office of Economic Development, the Vegas Chamber, LVGEA, and UNLV Economic Development to explore how her innovative approach could serve the community.

Outside of work, Anisa finds grounding in yoga, reading, writing, creating botanical teas and essential oil blends, and long walks with her golden retriever, Annie Marie. Her advice to young people is simple but profound: pursue training, but more importantly, do your own inner work. Face your shadows, cultivate humility, and build authenticity, because guiding others through change requires first walking through it yourself.

Nushama:
https://nushama.com/