Course Schedule and Structure

Course Structure

This course incorporates various delivery methods in order to provide you with some key theoretical fundamentals for psychedelic-assisted therapy, using an evidence-based approach and best practices that will promote your learning retention and engagement. We aim to provide you with sufficient opportunities to practice relevant skills that will help you on your journey to becoming a competent clinician with psychedelic-assisted therapy.

Pre-work

Each module has pre-work that must be completed prior to attending the live session. In the pre-work, there is text for you to read and videos for you to watch so that you have sufficient foundational knowledge to get the most out of the live sessions.

Live Sessions

The primary goal of the live sessions is to practice the key skills and competencies using the online material as your foundation. Please come to class with the intention of participating and engaging with your fellow therapists in order to get the most out of these sessions.

Assessments

Throughout the course, there will be various assessments to evaluate your knowledge, skills, and competencies that you have gained from the course. On the upcoming Assessment Overview page, you will learn about the course assessments and what you’ll need to successfully complete them.

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Course Schedule

Before we dive into the course content, take a look at the course schedule to give yourself an idea of what is expected of you each module.

Course Access Begins

Monday February 6, 2023

Course End Date

Saturday February 18, 2023

Final Assignment Submission Date

Sunday March 5, 2023

Course Access Ends

Sunday August 6, 2023

Time Zones

If you are not located in the Pacific Time, Eastern Time, or Central European Time, please refer to the Time Zone Converter to ensure that you don’t miss deadlines or any virtual classes.

Note

You should complete all of the prework before the associated live session. The live sessions will focus on some of the topics you read about or watched from the pre-work.

Topics

  • Narrative and experiential self-referencing

  • Layers of inquiry

  • Contemplative dialogue

  • Familiarizing ourselves with cases and exercises in the live sessions

  • Trauma neurobiology

  • Somatic experiencing and ANS regulation

  • Internal family systems

  • The PSIP Model

Learning Outcomes

  • Explain the potential neurobiological implications of mindfulness

  • Describe the 3 layers of inquiry

  • Identify the difference between narrative (secondary consciousness) and experiential self-referencing (primary consciousness) and difficult emotions

  • Explain how an understanding of trauma neurobiology is essential to embodied inquiry

  • Describe the threat response states of the nervous system threat as they relate to trauma and psychedelic-assisted therapy

  • Discuss the role that contemplative dialogue and active listening play in inquiry

  • Compare the Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Psychotherapy model to the traditional structure of psychedelic-assisted therapy

  • Apply the use of embodied inquiry within the context of IFS parts work at an introductory level

Virtual Classes

  • None

Assessments Due

  • Pre-Work Module Knowledge Check should be completed by Thursday February 16

Topics

  • What is inquiry?

  • Inquiry framework (method, embodiment, process)

  • Psychological flexibility

    • Demonstrations and practice exercises

Learning Outcomes

  • Describe the underlying assumptions and attitudes of inquiry

  • Utilize the 3 layers of inquiry at an introductory level

  • Use the 3 Characteristics when engaged in the inquiry process

  • Apply inquiry to challenging experiences to increase psychological flexibility, distress tolerance, and acceptance

Virtual Classes

  • Thursday February 16

    • 7:30AM to 11:30AM PT

    • 10:30AM to 2:30PM ET

    • 4:30PM to 8:30PM CET

Assessments Due

  • None

Topics

    Applied neuroscience (trauma and psychedelic-assisted therapy) Trauma skills Inquiry skills Demonstrations and practice exercises

Learning Outcomes

  • Identify the difference between narrative (secondary consciousness) and experiential self-referencing (primary consciousness) and difficult emotions

  • Explain how an understanding of trauma neurobiology is essential to embodied inquiry

  • Describe the threat response states of the nervous system threat as they relate to trauma and psychedelic-assisted therapy

  • Apply embodied inquiry to present experience

Virtual Classes

  • Friday February 17

    • 7:30AM to 11:30AM PT

    • 10:30AM to 2:30PM ET

    • 4:30PM to 8:30PM CET

Assessments Due

  • None

Topics

  • Work on case studies

Learning Outcomes

  • Apply the use of embodied inquiry within the context of IFS parts work at an introductory level

  • Describe the intentions of embodied inquiry through the arc of psychedelic-assisted therapy (Preparation, Medicine, and Integration Sessions)

  • Use inquiry to work with dysregulation

  • Apply embodied inquiry to present experience

Virtual Classes

  • Saturday February 18

    • 7:30AM to 11:30AM PT

    • 10:30AM to 2:30PM ET

    • 4:30PM to 8:30PM CET

Assessments Due

  • Reflection should be completed by Sunday March 5.