Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy

The Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy course examines the role of psychedelics in mental health treatment. With a focus on clinicians and healthcare providers, this online workshop illuminates the current research landscape, clinical applications, and methods for working with patients interested in or who have used psychedelics.

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

This course is no longer available. Mindspace is now part of Numinus.

The Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy course examines the role of psychedelics in mental health treatment. With a focus on clinicians and healthcare providers, this online workshop illuminates the current research landscape, clinical applications, and methods for working with patients interested in or who have used psychedelics.

The course offers a blend of theoretical knowledge and practical application, through interactive role plays, demonstrations, and case studies. Notably, the course has a successful track record, having been offered nationally and internationally numerous times and generating significant interest within the professional community.

Structured as a three-day workshop, this course includes two key segments: Psychedelics 101 and Psychedelics 102. The former offers an overview of psychedelic drugs, their history, and current research, including legal status, clinical trials, outcomes, and potential implications for addiction and trauma treatment. The latter segment focuses on the practical side, providing tools and techniques for working with patients considering, using, or having used psychedelics. Participants can expect to learn about assessment and integration techniques, legal and ethical issues, and ways to approach high-risk cases. Additionally, this course partially fulfills the requirements for Fluence’s Postgraduate Certificate in Psychedelic Integration Therapy, further enhancing its value for professional development.

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.

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

$525

This course includes

  • Modules 2
  • Duration 3 Days
  • Skills Professional
  • Language English
  • Availability Past
  • Certificate No

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