ATMA Advanced Psychedelic-assisted Therapy (PaT) Certification Program

This course is made for mental health professionals (in Canada) who want to learn how to work with psychedelics. The course staff includes Mark Haden Anthony Bossis, and many more.

  • 50 Enrolled
  • Professional
  • Last updated Jan '23
  • English
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Course Description

The ATMA Advanced Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy (PaT) Certification Program is an advanced training program designed to prepare individuals to become psychedelic therapy providers. The program offers a practical and affordable approach to education and training through a world-class didactic curriculum, in-person coaching, and (possibly) participation in a Health Canada-approved clinical trial. Students will have the opportunity to embody the roles of the psychedelic guide and the participant, allowing for a deeper understanding of medicine from multiple perspectives. The program accepts new students every two months.

The program is designed to meet the increasing demand for trained psychedelic facilitators in Canada and the United States. Psychedelic therapy is quickly becoming recognized as a "breakthrough therapy" worldwide and is on the cusp of regulatory approval. In November 2020, Oregon voted to become the first U.S. state to legalize supervised psilocybin therapy services in controlled and professionally facilitated settings. Hundreds of mental healthcare professionals in and around those states will be seeking training in a relatively short period of time.

The program includes ten modules of online coursework with lectures from leading experts in the psychedelic realm, the opportunity to work online with an easy-to-navigate format, at an individual pace allowing for busy therapists and professionals to take this course without disruptions to their own practices, access to regular live sessions, including live Q&A sessions, with leading experts from their faculty, as well as guest presenters, regular assignments and assessments throughout the course to keep students engaged and motivated and clinical trial opportunities to gain experience in psychedelic medicines under the scientific standards of a clinical setting.

A lower-priced version of the course is available for remote learning to adhere to the criteria for the Oregon facilitation criteria (no experiential component).

You will learn:

  • What is Bwiti?
  • Roles in Bwiti initiation/treatment
  • Instruments in Bwiti: ngombe, mogongo
  • What is an Nganga
    • Maboundi/Yombo
    • Maboundi/Yombo
  • Sustainability/reciprocity

You will learn:

  • History of the Fang tradition
  • Dissumba vs. Dissumba Fang
  • Ombwiri/Mbumbayano Fang
  • The kambo
  • State of Fang Bwiti in Gabon
  • Impact of Westerners coming to work with the sacred wood

You will learn:

  • History of the Missoko tradition
  • Various branches of Missoko initiation:
    • Miobe/Mioba
    • Ngonde Na Dipuma
    • Sengedia
  • The impact of logging on the tradition
  • What the future of Bwiti could look like in Gabon

You will learn:

  • History of Dissumba
  • Various branches of Dissumba initiation:
    • Abanji/Mabanji
    • Ilombo
    • Ombwiri
    • Ombudi
    • Loro
  • The ngombe (sacred harp)
  • Healing rituals involved in her tradition
  • Training to serve the wood
    • What does it involve?
    • How long does it take?

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Tatayo

Instructor

About Instructor

Tatayo (“Fruit of the Wind”) first arrived in Gabon in 1971 at the age of 21 and became a Gabonese citizen. In 1979, he became the first white person to be initiated into the Bwiti Fang tradition in Gabon. In 1994, he was initiated into the Misokko tradition. As a guide for numerous expeditions and missions, including those of National Geographic, the BBC, and others, Tatayo is considered to have “opened the door” to westerners in Gabon.

Frequently Asked Questions

Please see below for start and finish dates/times. This course is currently being offered live and dates/times will change throughout the year.

$4197

Oregon Version

The Oregon version excludes the in-person learning

$2897

Enroll Oregon Version

This course includes

  • Modules 10
  • Duration 120 Hours
  • Skills Professional
  • Language English
  • Availability Always
  • Certificate CE
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