Course Schedule and Structure

Course Structure

This course incorporates various delivery methods in order to provide you with some key theoretical topics 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 health professional for 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 learners 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, September 4

Course End Date

Friday, September 22

Course Access Ends

Sunday, December 31, 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.

Please ensure that you read through all items before proceeding by selecting each title.

Topics

  • Harm reduction
  • Assessment
  • Preparation
  • Overview of psychedelic medicines
  • History of psychedelic-assisted therapy
  • Cultural safety and humility
  • Set and setting
  • Intention setting

Learning Outcomes

  • Apply a harm reduction approach to the assessment of a client’s preparedness and eligibility for psychedelic-assisted therapy.
  • Justify the importance of set and setting within the arc of psychedelic-assisted therapy.
  • Apply a harm reduction approach to preparation
  • Explain the importance of adopting a trauma- and violence-informed care approach to psychedelic-assisted therapy.
  • Describe key frameworks that can be used to help clients set an intention for their psychedelic journey.
  • Explain the need to promote cultural safety and humility.
  • Outline key events in the history of psychedelic-assisted therapy.
  • List the principal medicines used for psychedelic-assisted therapy, their historical usage, and a brief overview of the medicine’s subjective effects.

Live Sessions

  • Friday, September 15

    • 9:00AM to 12:30PM PT

    • 12:00PM to 3:30PM ET

    • 6:00PM to 9:30PM CET

Assessments Due

  • Module 1 Knowledge Check due before Friday, September 15

Sujets

  • Integration needs framework
  • Introduction to somatic and mindful inquiry
  • Health professional competencies

Learning Outcomes

  • Apply a harm reduction approach to the integration of a client’s psychedelic experiences using the integration framework model.
  • Describe attitudinal foundations for health professionals working with psychedelic-assisted therapy.
  • Describe how somatic inquiry, mindful inquiry, and the components of experience framework can be used to support psychedelic integration.
  • Explain ethical and legal considerations for health professionals working with psychedelic-assisted therapy.

Sessions en direct

  • Friday, September 22

    • 9:00AM to 12:30PM PT

    • 12:00PM to 3:30PM ET

    • 6:00PM to 9:30PM CET

Assessments Due

  • Module 2 Knowledge Check due before Friday, September 22