Integrating Psychedelics with Evidence-Based Therapy

Integrating Psychedelics with Evidence-Based Therapy is a 12-week reading and study group for individuals interested in evidence-based therapy and its application in psychedelic therapy. The course is designed for clinicians, graduate students, researchers, or the public who have a background in the scientific understanding of clinical interventions.

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  • Professional
  • Last updated Feb '23
  • English
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Course Description

Integrating Psychedelics with Evidence-Based Therapy is a 12-week reading and study group for individuals interested in evidence-based therapy and its application in psychedelic therapy. The course is designed for clinicians, graduate students, researchers, or the public who have a background in the scientific understanding of clinical interventions.

The course includes weekly discussion groups based on assigned readings that primarily come from academic literature. Topics will range from various evidenced-based therapies such as ACT, MI, CBT, and DBT to psychedelics like psilocybin, ketamine, and MDMA and their application in various clinical populations.

The course also critiques the current state of psychedelic therapy research and its ethical concerns. By the end of the course, participants will have a comprehensive understanding of the history, basic components, safety concerns, and pharmacology of psychedelic therapy, as well as the role of psychotherapy in psychedelic treatment.

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

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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.

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$1200

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This course includes

  • Lectures 12
  • Duration 12 Weeks
  • Skills Professional
  • Language English
  • Availability Past
  • Certificate CE

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