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Become a Psychedelic Therapist
This page lists a variety of courses that are designed to provide training on the principles, techniques, and ethical considerations of becoming a psychedelic therapist. Currently, there aren't many options to work as a 'psychedelic-assisted therapist', though when approved a huge demand for these therapies is expected. It's wise to see what each program listed below will qualify you for exactly.
It's important to note that many courses teach people to become psychedelic facilitators, rather than traditional therapists. This is because the practice of psychedelic-assisted therapy is currently limited to a very small area of the world, and the legal and regulatory landscape is still developing. However, with an increasing interest in psychedelic therapy and more training programmes being developed, the need for qualified therapists in this field is likely to grow in the future.
The courses cover topics such as the history and current state of research on psychedelics, therapeutic use of psychedelics, and the integration of psychedelics into traditional therapy practices. Additionally, students will learn about the different types of psychedelics and their potential therapeutic uses, as well as the various methods of administering these substances. The courses will also explore the ethical considerations surrounding the use of psychedelics in therapy and research.
Overall, these courses will provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the field of psychedelic therapy and its potential to revolutionize mental health care, and will prepare them for a career as a psychedelic therapist or (currently) facilitator, but - again - it's important to note that the field is still developing and the opportunities to practice are limited.
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List of Courses for Becoming a Psychedelic Therapist or Facilitator
Cybin
EMBARK Open Access
Skills you'll gain: ethical facilitation, cultural competence, trauma-informed care, psychedelic integration, mindfulness development, body-aware healing, relational support, affective-cognitive engagement
Monash University
Monash MDMA-assisted Therapist Training Program
Skills you'll gain: australia therapist training, mdma-assisted therapy, psychedelic training for psychiatrists
ICEERS
Increasing the Safety of Ayahuasca Sessions
Skills you'll gain: increasing safety for facilitators & participants, working resources and protocols, lessons from psychology for non-psychologists
British Transpersonal Association
Transpersonal Psychedelic Practitioner Certificate
Skills you'll gain: facilitating psychedelic sessions, transpersonal psychology, therapist integrity
Altered States Integration
Start2Finish DIY Psychedelic Integration Circle
Skills you'll gain: creating community around psychedelics, integration group organising, psychedelic career skills
Fluence
Trauma-Informed Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy
Skills you'll gain: self-care as therapist, understanding equity & access in psychedelics, prepare to provide PAT services
Fluence
Foundations of Psychedelic Therapy
Skills you'll gain: psychedelic therapy foundations, psychedelic science overview, psilocybin therapy basics
Fluence
Psychotherapeutic Touch Workshop
Skills you'll gain: therapeutic touch, self-awareness practices, use of touch in therapy
Sapience
Experiential KAP learning for Clinicians
Skills you'll gain: experiential training, ketamine-assisted therapy, self-care for professionals
Sapience
KAP for BIPOC Clinicians
Skills you'll gain: experiential training, ketamine-assisted therapy, community building, self-care for professionals
Sapience
Ketamine Enhanced Internal Family Systems Retreat
Skills you'll gain: IFS basics, ketamine pharmacology, facilitating KIFS sessions, ethics, consent, therapeutic alliance, altered consciousness therapy
Geneva University Hospital
Psychothérapie Assistée par les Psychédéliques
Skills you'll gain: understanding PAP basics, PAP history knowledge, mechanisms of action, clinical potential evaluation, psychedelic therapy skills
Third Wave
Coaching Certification Program
Skills you'll gain: coaching with psychedelics, psychedelic facilitation, safety and ethics, integrating psychedelic experiences, behaviour change
Entheogen Institute
Psilocybin Therapy 101: The Foundation
Skills you'll gain: psilocybin facilitation, psychedelic history, integrating psychedelic experiences
Bodhi Academy
Oregon Licensed Psilocybin Facilitator Training Program
Skills you'll gain: to be determined
Innertrek
Oregon Psilocybin Facilitator Training
Skills you'll gain: psilocybin administration, group facilitation, core facilitation skills, foundational knowledge, intake and orientation, varieties of experience, integration, ethics and responsibilities
Mending Mindcelium
Mending Mindcelium’s Facilitator Training Program
Skills you'll gain: safe psilocybin administration, facilitating client comfort, history and foundational knowledge, practical facilitation skills, examination assessment, competency in creating comfortable setting, asynchronous and synchronous learning
Leela School of Awakening
The Psilocybin Facilitator Program
Skills you'll gain: heart-to-heart therapy, trauma-informed skills, hypnotherapy, plant medicine guidance, transcendence, self-realization, community support, symptom removal, ego strengthening, emotional trauma healing, ego transcendence, fulfillment
Synaptic
Psilocybin Training Program
Skills you'll gain: facilitator licensure, journal club, practical experience, group supervision, community building, healing and growth, veterans and BIPOC support
Subtle Winds
Psilocybin Facilitator Training Project
Skills you'll gain: psilocybin facilitation, oregon facilitation, harm-reduction, humanistic therapy
Earth Medicine Center
Psilocybin Assisted facilitator Licensure Preparation Program
Skills you'll gain: working with psilocybin, ecological perspective, relational framework, preparation, experiencing fungi, integrating experience, intentional connection, human behavior, networks of life, family, social, cultural contexts, mentorship, connections, learning community, hybrid classes
Clinical Cognitive Facilitator Training
Psilocybin Facilitator Training
Skills you'll gain: facilitator skills, psilocybin pharmacology, cultural and societal equity
Changa Institute
Oregon Psilocybin Facilitation Training Program
Skills you'll gain: facilitation skills, psychedelic medicine, mental health benefits, group management, experiential learning, peer connections, expert supervision, state requirements, professional development, therapeutic experiences
Alma Institute
Alma Institute Facilitator Training Program
Skills you'll gain: trauma-informed care, facilitating psychedelic experiences, supporting psychedelic integration, screen and prepare clients
Clerkenwell Health
Clerkenwell Therapist Training Programme
Skills you'll gain: administering psychedelic therapy, designing research studies, facilitating psychedelic sessions, understanding psychedelic history, evaluating psychedelic safety, analyzing psychedelic efficacy, addressing ethical considerations, navigating legal considerations
Beckley Academy
Foundations in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy
Skills you'll gain: psychedelic-assisted therapy, therapeutic alliance, clinical research, relational ethics, self-reflection, self-regulation, transference, countertransference, cultural responsiveness, somatic approach, non-ordinary states, client psychoeducation, integration techniques, online education, behavioural health training, mental health, psychedelic research
Breakthrough Therapies
BTT Professional Training
Skills you'll gain: screen patients, explain process, educate ketamine, develop set, expanded state skills, establish self-care, prepare journey, conduct journey, manage distress, manage disappointments, integrate experience, aftercare routine, facilitate integration, therapist self-care
Psychedelic Somatic Institute
Psychedelic Therapy Training
Skills you'll gain: integrate psychotherapy with somatic psychology, psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, personal development
Psychedelic Coalition for Health
Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy & Integration Training
Skills you'll gain:
Vancouver Island University
Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Graduate Certificate Program
Skills you'll gain: practice psychedelic-assisted therapy, enhance therapeutic capacity, provide safe care, navigate complexities, interact in community, deliver psychedelic therapy, supervised practice, deliver inclusive care, manage trauma, understand medical aspects
Psychedelics Today
Ketamine and Trauma Treatment
Skills you'll gain: ketamine-assisted therapy, KAP for PTSD, therapeutic relationship, somatic interventions, dosing procedures
Polaris
Advanced Workshop III on Ketamine- and Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapies
Skills you'll gain:
Polaris
Advanced Workshop II on Ketamine- and Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapies
Skills you'll gain:
Polaris
Advanced Workshop I on Ketamine- and Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapies
Skills you'll gain:
Polaris
Intermediate Workshop III on Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy
Skills you'll gain: clinical applications, psychotherapy, ketamine therapy, risks/benefits, ethics, specific conditions, set/setting, music, integration
Polaris
Intermediate Workshop II on Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy
Skills you'll gain: ethical considerations, approaches, administration, treatment, care, ethics, networking
Polaris
Intermediate Workshop I on Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy
Skills you'll gain: clinical applications, ethical considerations, knowledge, skills, safe administration, effective treatment, client care, professional ethics, networking
Polaris
Introduction to Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy
Skills you'll gain: ketamine pharmacology, neuroscience, clinical applications, experiential training, safe administration, effective treatment, client care, professional ethics, networking
Polaris
Polaris and Rainfall Certificate of Training in Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy
Skills you'll gain: pharmacology, neuroscience, clinical applications, experiential training, safe administration, effective treatment, client care, professional ethics, networking
Naropa University
Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies Certificate
Skills you'll gain: MDMA therapy competencies, ketamine therapy competencies, psilocybin therapy competencies, trauma-informed care, spiritual integration, ethical considerations, Indigenous reciprocity, social justice principles, community building, contemplative practices
Mind Medicine Australia
The Fundamentals of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy for Mental Health
Skills you'll gain: altered state-based therapy, practical psychotherapy application, psycho-biological model, transcending limiting beliefs, integration phase coaching
Maps of the Mind
Facilitating Psychedelic Experiences
Skills you'll gain: facilitator training, trip sitting, group and ceremony guidance, solo trip experiences
Fluence
Postgraduate Certificate in Psychedelic Harm Reduction and Integration
Skills you'll gain: harm reduction techniques, integration skills, therapist training, mindfulness-based interventions
Fluence
Psychedelics and Psychoanalysis
Skills you'll gain: psychoanalysis combined with psychedelic therapy, assess motivations for seeking psychedelic therapy, escalate treatment
Fluence
Integration Essentials
Skills you'll gain: psychedelic integration facilitation, harm reduction practices, safety precautions in psychedelic therapy
Fluence
Understanding Ketamine
Skills you'll gain: ketamine treatment plan, psychological preparation clients, know when not to prescribe, interaction with antidepressants
Fluence
Certificate in Psilocybin-assisted Therapy
Skills you'll gain: psilocybin-assisted therapy, harm reduction and integration, trauma-informed therapy, research-based methodology, professional learning environment, live in-person and live-online components, individualized feedback, online classrooms, licensing exam
Berkeley University
Certificate Program in Psychedelic Facilitation
Skills you'll gain: spiritual care, psychotherapeutic methods, entheogenic traditions, clinical science, diversity, equity, inclusion, contemplative science, ethics, reciprocity, ecological awareness, psychedelic facilitation, positionality, cultural sensitivity, service, community engagement, critical social consciousness,
Atma Journey
Introduction to Psychedelic-assisted Therapy
Skills you'll gain: evidence-based tools, psychedelic therapy, mind-body-spirit dynamic, psychiatric model, psychedelic medicines, therapeutic modalities, internal family systems, cognitive-behavioral therapy, somatic therapy, eye movement desensitization, reprocessing
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins, Yale & NYU Psychedelic Therapist Training Program
Skills you'll gain: therapist skills - but only announced - not live yet
Fluence
KAP Theory and Methodology
Skills you'll gain: methodology of ketamine treatment, integration implementation, ethical standards and informed consent
Psychedelics Today
Vital Psychedelic Training
Skills you'll gain: psychedelic facilitator training, build your community, experience psychedelics (optional), psychedelic history & science
IPI
IPI Ketamine Medical Provider Online Training
Skills you'll gain: ketamine treatment basics, evidence-based protocols, various administration routes, psychedelic medicine understanding, aftercare management, ketamine practice development, ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, patient selection criteria, combination therapy knowledge, telemedicine sessions, maintenance strategies, relapse prevention techniques
IPI
IPI Online Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Training
Skills you'll gain: psilocybin facilitation, oregon pat training, therapist training, therapeutic processes
MIND Foundation
Augmented Psychotherapy Training
Skills you'll gain: psychedelic therapy skills, patient screening, treatment planning, patient preparation, psychedelic experience induction, experience monitoring, integration support, post-treatment preparation, harm-reduction communication, legal compliance, ethical challenge understanding, anthropological/medical history, self-experience relevance
Atma Journey
ATMA Advanced Psychedelic-assisted Therapy (PaT) Certification Program
Skills you'll gain: psychedelic therapy providing, didactic curriculum, in-person coaching, clinical trial participation, multiple perspectives understanding, regulatory approval, advanced training, online coursework, live sessions, clinical trial insights, professional reference.
Synthesis
Psychedelic Practitioner Training
Skills you'll gain: psychedelic facilitation, legal competencies, professional ethics, research-backed, wisdom-rich, somatically-informed, heart-centred, preparation, set, setting, integration, safety
Fluence
Postgraduate Certificate in Ketamine-assisted Psychotherapy
Skills you'll gain: ketamine-assisted therapist training, facilitating ketamine therapy, helping patients decide if treatment is recommended
CIIS
Certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Research
Skills you'll gain: pharmacology of psychedelics, research design, psychedelic therapist competencies, history of psychoactive plants, cultural competencies, clinical work with MDMA, clinical work with psilocybin, ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, self-reflection, community-building, embodied ways of knowing, mentoring, diversity and inclusion, navigating challenges of non-traditional therapies
Mind Medicine Australia
Certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies
Skills you'll gain: therapist training australia, MAPS protocol implementation, change theory, experiential learning
Innate Path
Innate Path Psychedelic Education Program
Skills you'll gain: personal growth, somatic processing, embodied mindfulness, inner parts work, Buddhist psychology, addressing dissociation, psycholytic therapy, trauma resolution, community building
PRATI
Ketamine-assisted Psychotherapy Training
Skills you'll gain: guiding ketamine-assisted sessions, nature-relatedness and psychedelics, role of music in PAT
SoundMind
SoundMind Psychedelic Facilitator Training
Skills you'll gain: psychedelic session facilitation, hands-on experience, clinical experience
MAPS
MDMA Therapy Training Program
Skills you'll gain: therapist training, experiential learning, MDMA-assisted therapy, inner healing wisdom
Information on Becoming a Psychedelic Therapist
Becoming a psychedelic therapist involves enrolling in psychedelic therapy training programs that are currently available. These programs aim to train mental health providers to become psychedelic therapists and guides. As recent trials of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy enter the last phase (Phase III) of testing, the coming need for psychedelic training seems inevitable. The demand for many trained therapists and guides will be high. Until recently, the lone opportunity to train and work legally as a psychedelic therapist was by way of clinical trials. That will likely change over time as expanded access becomes the next step for current trials (evaluating MDMA and psilocybin) and if psychedelic-assisted therapies (PAT) become FDA approved.
There are currently some psychedelic training programs available, such as the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) program called the Certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Research. However, many unknowns remain about the regulation of these trainings, and it is not yet known how FDA (and international equivalents) will regulate trainings for PAT. The FDA may approve MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD treatment in 024, which will likely increase the demand and need for psychedelic therapists and doctors. Psilocybin for depression treatment may also be approved in the future, following positive results from clinical trials.
