Psychedelics and Psychoanalysis

This 12-week Psychoanalytic Psychedelic Clinical Consultation Group is designed for analytically oriented therapists and other practitioners to discuss their clinical work in psychedelic integration within the discourse of psychoanalysis.

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

This 12-week Psychoanalytic Psychedelic Clinical Consultation Group is designed for analytically oriented therapists and other practitioners to discuss their clinical work in psychedelic integration within the discourse of psychoanalysis. The group meets weekly and provides a creative and supportive environment for members to share and discuss clinical material, such as treatment experiences with patients, personal experiences, and other related subjects.

This course presumes basic knowledge of psychedelic integration therapy and a strong foundation in psychoanalytic/dynamic therapy. The group offers a combination of peer supervision and analytic listening, as well as exploration of transference and countertransference processes, affect, fantasy, and imagination. The discussion will also touch upon the motivations and experiences of patients seeking psychedelic integration therapy and how it can amplify transference and impact the therapist's emotional responses.

Participants will be able to reflect on the motivations behind patients seeking psychedelic therapy, understand the complex motivations of patients using psychedelics, and acknowledge and respond to their own emotional reactions to patient reports. They will also learn to prepare for shifts in language, meaning, and self-concept that may accompany psychedelic experiences and assess the need for more intensive treatment if necessary.

The group emphasizes psychoanalytic and psychodynamic perspectives and strives to create a supportive, safe, and confidential environment. While personal sharing is encouraged, any clinician’s underground work administering psychedelics is strictly prohibited from discussion. The course is open to all practising clinicians, regardless of their therapeutic approach, and will provide participants with the necessary skills to provide guidance and support to patients in their psychedelic integration therapy.

This course (previously given as Psychedelics & Psychoanalysis) is given each quarter. The course awards 15 continuing education (CE) credits.

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.

$1200

This course includes

  • Modules 12
  • Duration 12 Weeks
  • Skills Professional
  • Language English
  • Availability Cohort
  • Certificate No
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