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Psychedelic Science Courses
This page lists a variety of courses on the science of psychedelics. The courses cover a wide range of topics, including the chemical and pharmacological properties of psychedelics, their effects on the brain and behaviour, and the therapeutic potential of psychedelics for treating various mental health conditions.
The courses are designed for students, researchers, and professionals in the fields of chemistry, pharmacology, neuroscience, psychiatry, and psychology who are interested in gaining a comprehensive understanding of the science of psychedelics. The courses use a combination of lectures, discussions, and hands-on activities to provide a thorough understanding of the subject matter.
The courses will also provide students with the opportunity to critically evaluate the existing research and contribute to the field in a meaningful way. With a wide range of courses available, this page offers a comprehensive overview of the state of the science of psychedelics, providing you with the knowledge and skills necessary to understand the various aspects of this rapidly growing field.
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List of Psychedelic Science Courses


Exeter University
PGCert Psychedelics: Mind, Medicine, and Culture
Skills you'll gain: neuroscience understanding, research methods, ethical considerations, metaphysical insights, decolonizing practice, anthropological perspectives, therapeutic techniques, practical research skills


Monash University
Monash MDMA-assisted Therapist Training Program
Skills you'll gain: australia therapist training, mdma-assisted therapy, psychedelic training for psychiatrists


Psychedelics Today
Psychedelic Neuroscience Demystified
Skills you'll gain: neuroscientific understanding, psychedelic therapies, brain structure knowledge, brain function knowledge, therapeutic mechanisms, set and setting science, neuroplasticity comprehension, psychedelic experience analysis, pharmacological treatment differences


College of DuPage
Psychedelic Mindview
Skills you'll gain: psychedelic science basics, classify various drugs by category, describe implications of using psychedelics in substance abuse


Missouri Western State University
Psychedelic Science PSY 275
Skills you'll gain: psychedelic science overview, psychedelics for creativity, effects of psychedelics in the brain


Fluence
Foundations of Psychedelic Therapy
Skills you'll gain: psychedelic therapy foundations, psychedelic science overview, psilocybin therapy basics


MIND Foundation
MIND Webinar Replay Bundle
Skills you'll gain: psychedelic entrepreneurship, trauma and psychedelics, psychedelic research overview, therapy with psychedelics


Chacruna
Critical Perspectives on Knowledge Production in Psychedelic Science
Skills you'll gain: analyze research designs, understand methodological issues, critically evaluate knowledge production, discuss ethical concerns, identify implicit biases, recognize the entourage effect, appreciate the role of humanities, understand historical factors, analyze one-dimensional research, comprehend placebo controls, evaluate substance, set and setting, identify biases in measures, understand clinical trials, analyze debates about placebos, understand knowledge production in global north and south, discuss co-creation with other-than-human


Entheogen Institute
Psilocybin Therapy 101: What The Heck is Psilocybin Therapy?!
Skills you'll gain: introduction to psilocybin therapy, risks of pat, benefits of pat, facilitator introduction training


Exeter University
Exeter Undergraduate Psychedelics Module
Skills you'll gain: to be determined if the course becomes available again


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


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


Nursing & Sacred Medicine
Nursing & Sacred Medicine: Introduction to Psychedelic Therapy
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Psilocybin SF
Psilocybin A to Z Course
Skills you'll gain: psilocybin history, brain and body effects, harm reduction, trip planning, navigating trips, integrating trips, microdosing protocols, mental health applications, emergency situations, setting intentions, choosing setting, preparing supplies, understanding stages




New York University
The NYU Langone Psychedelic Medicine Research Training Program
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Ohio State University
Psychedelic Studies: Neurochemistry, Plants, Fungi, and Society
Skills you'll gain: chemistry, ethnobotany, history, neurobiology, psychology, policy, understanding, impact, society


MAPS
The Promising Science of Psychedelics Course
Skills you'll gain: understanding neuroscience, psychedelic research, mental health treatments


MAPS
Psychedelic Fundamentals Course
Skills you'll gain: psychedelic research and history basics, how psychedelics work, legality of psychedelics



University of Ottowa
Graduate Program in Psychedelic Studies
Skills you'll gain: promote responsible, and ethical healthcare, provide professional guidance and support, apply healing approaches rooted in non-ordinary states of consciousness


University of Ottowa
Microprogram Psychedelics and Spirituality Studies
Skills you'll gain: psychedelic history, harm reduction, spiritual aspects of plant medicines




Maastricht University
Psychedelic Medicine: The therapeutic Potential of mind-altering Substances
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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



Autism Psychedelic Community
Introduction to Psychedelic Autism
Skills you'll gain: psychedelic-assisted care options, autistic adults, facilitating, therapy, guiding, sitting, coaching, community offering, research understanding, autistic individuals understanding, accommodating perspective, networking, professional connections.


Synthesis
The Fundamentals of Psychedelics
Skills you'll gain: working safely ethically and skillfully with psychedelics, integrating other modalities and self-care practices, understanding the role of screening




Psychedelics Today
Psychedelics: Past, Present, and Future
Skills you'll gain: history of psychedelics, science of psychedelics, role of mystical experiences, pros and cons of mainstreaming psychedelics




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


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
Intoxication and Dissociation in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy
Skills you'll gain: understanding dissociation and intoxication in therapeutic process, integrating psychedelic experiences with therapy


Fluence
Psychedelic Integration: Premise & Promise
Skills you'll gain: engage with clients about psychedelics, key theoretical approaches to psychedelic-assisted therapy, history of psychedelic compounds


Fluence
Integration Essentials
Skills you'll gain: psychedelic integration facilitation, harm reduction practices, safety precautions in psychedelic therapy


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


Double Blind
DB101: How to Microdose
Skills you'll gain: understand microdosing, safely microdose, enhance well-being, define dosing size, Fadiman protocol


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


Alef Trust
MSc in Consciousness, Spirituality and Transpersonal Psychology
Skills you'll gain: analyze consciousness dynamics, understand spiritual practices, evaluate transpersonal approaches, conduct research, apply integral life practices, develop self-awareness, explore higher states of being, understand psyche-soma relationship, improve critical thinking skills, apply knowledge to personal development


Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins, Yale & NYU Psychedelic Therapist Training Program
Skills you'll gain: therapist skills - but only announced - not live yet


Psychedelic Support
Ketamine: Therapeutic Applications, Clinical Research, and Neural Mechanisms
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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
MIND Integration Facilitator Training
Skills you'll gain: teaching integration, facilitating group training, integrating psychedelic experiences, group dynamics


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


MIND Foundation
Molecules
Skills you'll gain: psychedelic science, neuropharmacology of psychedelics, history of psychedelics, drug emergencies, risk management



Microdose
Science of Psychedelics
Skills you'll gain: mechanisms of action, microdosing knowledge, MDMA therapy, addiction treatment, ketamine applications, psychedelic counseling, harm reduction, safety protocols, understanding history, music's role


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.


University of Wisconsin-Madison
Psychoactive Pharmaceutical Investigation
Skills you'll gain: pharmacologic considerations, physiologic considerations, CNS drug development, drug delivery projects, laws and regulations, ethical principles, historical pressures, current challenges, cutting-edge discoveries, psychedelic research, cannabinoid research


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


Berkeley University
Psychedelic Science at Berkeley
Skills you'll gain: psychedelic research overview, expert insights, current state of research, therapeutic applications, policy reform, activism, sacred plants, awe and mysticism, capitalism and psychedelics, therapeutic ketamine


Psychedelics Today
Navigating Psychedelics For Clinicians and Therapists
Skills you'll gain: psychedelic experience framework, navigate difficult experiences, work with clients, legal psychedelic work options


Psychedelics Today
Psychedelics in Psychiatry
Skills you'll gain: how nurses can use psychedelics, history of research, future of psychedelic medicine


Psychedelics Today
DMTx Psychonaut Training Webinar
Skills you'll gain: DMTx psychonaut protocol basics, support DMTx research project, learn mindfulness practices


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


Psychedelic Support
Understanding Psilocybin: Effects, Neurobiology, and Therapeutic Approaches
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Psychedelic Support
Foundations in MDMA Safety, Therapeutic Applications & Research
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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


Idler
The Science of Psychedelics With Dr Robin Carhart-Harris
Skills you'll gain: basic pharmacology, psychedelic history, brain imaging techniques, trip experiences, therapeutic research, legislation understanding


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


Alien Insect
Psychedelic Neuroscience Master Course
Skills you'll gain: cellular neurobiology, information processing, world-building, brain activity, pharmacology, psychedelic drug action, receptors, signalling pathways, classic psychedelics, DMT, reality channel switch
Information about the State of Psychedelic Science
In recent years, there has been a resurgence of research into the therapeutic potential of psychedelics. Psychedelics such as LSD, psilocybin, and MDMA have been the focus of renewed scientific interest, with studies showing promising results in the treatment of a wide range of mental health conditions, including depression, anxiety, PTSD, and addiction. The renewed interest in psychedelics has been driven by a growing body of scientific evidence that supports the safety and efficacy of these substances in treating mental health conditions.
The renewed interest in psychedelics has led to a significant increase in the number of clinical trials being conducted around the world. Researchers are now investigating the potential therapeutic benefits of psychedelics for mental health disorders. Additionally, there has been a growing interest in the potential of psychedelics for treating neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. With the increased funding and support for psychedelic research, the field is rapidly advancing and it is expected that in the future, we will see even more breakthroughs in the therapeutic potential of psychedelics.
