For Clinicians and Wellness Practitioners
9-Week Live-Course
Join our community of Psychedelic Professionals.
Have you considered exploring the emerging world of psychedelic-assisted practice to advance your professional skills and make a transformative impact? We're excited to extend an exclusive invitation to you for our upcoming course, Navigating Psychedelics Live: For Clinicians and Wellness Practitioners.
If you have been searching for a way to incorporate psychedelic knowledge and education into your practice or learn how to get started in the field of psychedelic psychotherapy, this course is made for you.
$1,750 Now $1,400
*with discount code NAVPSY at checkout
9 Live-Taught Zoom Classes
Q&A with Course Instructors
20+ Hours of On-Demand Content
Bonus Course Enrolment: Lessons on Self-Care and Integration
$750 Off of our premier course: Vital
Online Community Access
What is the time commitment for the live edition?
Space is limited!
We have kept groups small and intimate to ensure that all students can contribute to the live group discussions.
Nine consecutive weeks involve 9, interactive 1.5-hour sessions over Zoom that will educate and guide healthcare professionals on psychedelic medicine. A final project will conclude the course in Week 9.
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Upon finishing the course, participants will receive a Navigating Psychedelics certificate of course completion. (Note this course is for educational purposes. Psychedelics Today does not train therapists to facilitate psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy.)
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Meet Your Lead Facilitators
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Jasmine Virdi (she/her) is a writer, educator, poet, activist, and harm reduction practitioner based in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Her writing centers on psychedelics, spirituality, and deep ecology and has been featured in DoubleBlind Magazine, Open Democracy, Psychedelics Today, Chacruna Institute for Psychedelic Plant Medicines, Psychedelic Press, Synthesis Institute and Lucid News. Jasmine has an MSc in Transpersonal Psychology and offers private coaching and mentorship to clients. She is an advocate for decolonizing healing practices, and integrates earth-based wisdom, trauma-informed, and somatic approaches into her work.
Since 2018, she has collaborated with the independent publisher Synergetic Press, where her passions for ethnobotany, consciousness, and regeneration converge. Additionally, she volunteers for Fireside Project’s psychedelic peer-support line, aligned with their mission to provide compassionate, accessible, and culturally responsive support to all. Often breaking away into the wilderness, Jasmine can be found wherever there are birds singing. You can follow her work and find out about her offerings here.
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Diego was born in Bogota, Colombia and holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Canberra and a Masters in Transpersonal Psychology from Sofia University in Palo Alto, California. Since 2017 he has been involved in the psychedelic field and has worked in various organisations in Australia and the US. He is currently an instructor and coordinator for Psychedelic's Today 12-month training Vital and is helping to develop the curriculum for Psilocybin services facilitators in Vital Oregon. Aside from the psychedelic space, Diego worked in Community Mental Health for five years. He enjoys martial arts, swimming and meditation, and he is very passionate about Somatic and Transpersonal approaches to psychotherapy.
And Your Weekly Guest Presenters
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David Drapkin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and Psychotherapist, based in Israel. At the age of 21 David’s near death electrocution experience resulted in a profound change in life direction, away from his BA in Economics and career dreams to be a stock broker to many years spent backpacking, spiritual seeking and disappearing into nature and solitude. Since then, David has received two MA degrees in Social Work and accumulated over 15 yrs in front-line clinical, supervisory, managerial and directorship healthcare roles. David has worked for three separate hospital based behavioral health departments, and was previously also the clinical director of an outpatient addiction clinic. David is a psychodynamic psychotherapist with psychoanalytic training from the William Alanson White Institute of NYC. His private practice has been open since 2017.David's encounters with non-ordinary states of consciousness go back to his teenage years. From raves and wilderness psilocybin journeys to solo fasting meditation retreats in India, Israel and New Zealand. David is particularly interested in the intersections between transpersonal states of consciousness and Kabbalah. In 2021 David joined Psychedelics Today, and is currently the Director of Education & Training.
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Emma Knighton, is a white, queer, able-bodied femme with lineage rooted in Celtic Druidry. She is a somatic trauma therapist, psychedelic integration therapist, psychedelic educator, and conscious organizer and leader. In their clinical work, Emma works at the intersection of complex PTSD from childhood abuse, queer identity development, and consciousness exploration. Her clinical and leadership approach is grounded in queer, consent, feminist, and anti-oppression/pro-liberation theories. Emma teaches courses on integrating trauma-attuned consent practices into psychedelic-assisted therapy and strives to be in service to the psychedelic space with integrated mind, body, spirit, and community. Emma does organizing work in the psychedelic ecosystem around equity, access, and integrating liberation practices and the spirit of the medicine into organizational strategy and operations. A lifelong learner, Emma is in sacred relationship with their ancestors, tree elders, plant teachers, and the collective consciousness.
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Dr. Ido Cohen, Psy.D serves individuals, couples and groups in San Francisco. He received his Psy.D from the California Institute of integral studies and trained at the Jung Institute In San Francisco. He works with a diverse range of challenges childhood trauma, inner critic, relational issues, lack of fulfillment, psychospiritual growth as well as psychedelic integration and preparation sessions with individuals and groups. His doctoral study researched the integration process of Ayahuasca ceremonies, while applying Jungian psychology to better understand how to support individuals in their process of change and transformation. He is the founder of “The Integration Circle” and facilitates workshops on the different dimensions of integration and the intersection of mental health, spiritual health and the entheogenic experience. Ido is passionate in supporting individuals to create long term, sustainable change leading to vibrant, authentic, expressive and love filled lives. In his free time he likes to find new paths in nature, marvel at art, his community and his dog Luna.
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Victor Alfonso Cabral, LSW, is an Afro-Latinx sacred activist dedicated to serving historically excluded communities. He serves as the Assistant Director of Community Care at the Naropa Center for Psychedelic Studies where he focuses on recruiting practitioners from diverse backgrounds, facilitating trainee affinity groups and apprenticeships, and utilizing his policy development expertise to help guide the Center through evolving state-specific regulatory landscapes. His varied career includes contributions to policy development, training and education, academic research and community outreach and mental health. He is a licensed social worker and therapist in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, with training in MDMA/Ketamine and Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy and Internal Family Systems.
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In 2016, Kyle Buller and Joe Moore co-founded Psychedelics Today, one of the world’s leading psychedelic media and education companies. Kyle's interest in exploring non-ordinary states of consciousness began at the age of 16 when he suffered a traumatic snowboarding accident. After this near-death experience, Kyle’s life changed dramatically. Kyle subsequently earned his B.A. in Transpersonal Psychology from Burlington College, where he focused on studying the healing potential of non-ordinary states of consciousness by exploring shamanism, Reiki, local medicinal plants and plant medicine, Holotropic Breathwork, and psychedelic psychotherapy. Kyle has been studying Dreamshadow Transpersonal breathwork with Lenny and Elizabeth since October 2010.Kyle earned his M.S. in clinical mental health counseling with an emphasis in somatic psychology from Prescott College. Kyle’s clinical background in mental health consists of working with at-risk teenagers in crisis and with individuals experiencing an early episode of psychosis and providing counseling to undergraduate/graduate students in a university setting. Kyle also has experience offering psychotherapy services specializing in psychedelic integration, spiritual emergence, and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy.
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Attorney licensed in California, Colorado, and Texas, specializing in psychedelics policy reform and highly regulated natural compounds. Partner at Feldman Legal Advisors PLLC.
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Juliana Mulligan is a psychotherapist who is formerly opioid dependent, formerly incarcerated, and has been a working member of the ibogaine treatment community for eleven years. In 2011, with the help of ibogaine treatment, Juliana left opioids behind and set off on a path to transform the way drug users and their treatment is approached. She has a Masters in Social Work from NYU, was the Psychedelic Program Coordinator at the Center for Optimal Living for three years, and was recently a consultant for the Kentucky Ibogaine Initiative. She runs Inner Vision Ibogaine, which supports people in preparation and integration around ibogaine treatment and offers consulting services. She has worked in multiple ibogaine clinics, presented at various psychedelic and harm reduction conferences, and is the author of the Guide to Finding a Safe Ibogaine Clinic and co-author of Fireside’s Warning Signs When Selecting a Psychedelic Facilitator. She has taught about ibogaine at Charite University in Berlin and Southwestern College in New Mexico and has written for multiple publications about ibogaine, including Double Blind Magazine and Chacruna. Most recently, her focus on abuse and ethics in the ibogaine treatment space has led to her survivor advocacy and client support work.
*Course instructors may be subject to change.
Hear From Past Alumni
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"This was a wonderfully thorough survey of psychedelic integration and self-care. As a mental health professional, there was SO much value in this course for me that I can utilize both personally for my own growth, as well as to help others make use of their psychedelic experiences. Additionally, Joe and Kyle are a delight to listen to..."
-Jessica Katzman, Psy.D.
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"The integration and self-care course provided high quality and individually tailored information for anyone from the seasoned psychedelic enthusiast to the curious but uninformed newbie. The perspectives offered are useful, unbiased, empirically validated, and generalizable to a wide variety of instances."
Leia Friedman, Co-Founder of the Boston Entheogenic Network (BEN).
FAQs
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Please see above for the course schedule. This course is currently being offered during our live dates this May 2024. We also have an On-Demand "Independent Learner" option that does not include Live sessions. With this option, you will be able to work through the recorded material at your own pace.
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Nav Psy: Live Cohort 1 starts May 8th, 2024, and Cohort 2 begins on May 9th.
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After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you’d like, across any and all devices. You will receive access to the course replays and other materials that were presented during class.
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This course will be interactive and requires weekly participation. If you are not able to join the live calls, we recommend our Nav Psy On-Demand option.
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Life happens, we understand. If you happen to miss a class because of a life event, you will receive access to the course replays.
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No, this course does not teach or certify anyone to work with psychedelics. This course is for educational purposes only. During the course, you will explore the concepts of psychedelic integration and how to work with previous psychedelic experiences.
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Yes, you can choose a payment plan at checkout via Affirm or Afterpay. If you live in a country where these options are not available, please email us at info@psychedelicstoday.com.
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We have very limited scholarships for our courses.
If you are seeking a scholarship for Nav Psy, please take a moment to fill out this application.
PRICING
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Cohort 1 Live
May 2024
$1750 USD + Tax
Wednesdays: 12:00 - 1:30 pm EST
Group 1: (Note: skipped class on July 3rd)
Wednesdays: May 8, 15, 22, 29, June 5, 12, 19, 26, and July 10.
Cohort 2 Live
May 2024
$1750 USD + Tax
Thursdays: 8:00 - 9:30 pm EST
Group 2: (Note: skipped class on July 4th)
Thursdays: May 9, 16, 23, 30, June 6, 13, 20, 27, and July 11.
Self-Paced
On Demand
$750 USD + Tax
Go at your on pace, enroll anytime you wish.
Disclaimer
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Disclaimer
This course in no way promotes, condones, or facilitates illegal activity. This course is strictly for educational purposes only. Please be aware that most psychedelic substances are illegal in many countries. By enrolling into this program, you are agreeing that Psychedelics Today takes no responsibilities for your actions.
This course does not provide credentials or training for therapists, coaches, and clinicians to provide psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy services. These services are largely illicit in many regions.
Informed Consent
Please be aware that this course is for educational purposes only. This is not a substitute for traditional psychotherapy or medicine. This course is designed to provide education from our personal and professional experiences. If you are experiencing significant issues, please seek medical attention.
Limitations of course
The exercises in this course are oriented towards personal and spiritual development. The techniques or modalities are in no way a replacement for traditional therapy. Much of the information in this course could be applied to on-going therapy if you are currently utilizing mental health services.
We believe that providing education, peer-support, and harm reduction is important for this field.
By enrolling in this program, you are agreeing that you understand the purpose and limitations of this course.
Looking forward to taking this journey with you!