Welcome to Vital
Before Class Starts
Vital Welcome and Orientation (Monday, May 5th - 12:00pm EST)
Vital Essentials
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Vital Key Dates
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Google Calendar, Zoom Links for Tuesday Webinar & Study Groups
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Course Policy: Withdrawal and Deferral
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Foundational Essay
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Guidance for peer-reviewing a paper
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Vital Elements Overview
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Specialization Pathways Information Sheet
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Specialization Pathways Information Session (38:22)
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Experiential Elective Requirements (Deadline March 22, 2026)
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Final Project (Deadline April 18, 2026)
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Final Project Guidance Video (20:15)
Foundational Module (AIR)
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Welcome (2:03)
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Class 1: Introduction to Psychedelics (52:28)
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Class 1: Introduction to Psychedelics: Additional Resources
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Class 2: The History of Psychedelics (55:57)
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Class 2 Extra: Shamanism, Philosophy, and Ancient Greece (65:24)
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Class 3: Indigenous Use and Cosmology (186:06)
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Class 3: Extra Videos
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Class 4: The 20th Century Psychedelic Renaissance
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Class 5: Transpersonal Psychology and Research
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Class 6: Psychedelics in Medicine and Therapy
Core 1: Evolution of the Psychedelic Landscape & Introduction to Safe and Ethical Practice
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Core 1 Syllabus
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Class 1 - Ethos of Vital and Transpersonal Psychology - Kyle Buller (110:34)
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Class 1 - Slides and Notes
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Class 2: African and South American psychoactive initiation medicines: a cross-cultural technology of healing and transformation - Jean-Francois (111:35)
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Class 2: Notes
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Class 3: Mapping the Psychedelic Landscape – Tools, Trends, and Movements - Floris Wolswijk (119:09)
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Class 3: Notes
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Week 4: Legal Landscape of Psychedelics. Karina Bashir, Esq. (115:07)
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Week 4: Notes
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Week 5: Clash of Paradigms: Indigenous, Clinical, and Corporate Psychedelics - Bia Labate, PhD (101:02)
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Week 5: Notes
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Week 6: Psychedelics and the War on Drugs - Joe Moore (106:33)
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Week 6: Notes
Core 2: Medical Considerations and Overview of the Substances
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Introduction & Syllabus
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Class 1: Medical Considerations in Psychedelic Therapy (53:29)
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Class 1: Review/Notes
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Resource: Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris: For guides: covers perceived medical emergencies.
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Extra Resource: [YouTube Video] Psychedelics and Psychotropics: Drug Interaction and Clinical Approach with Dr. Ben Malcolm
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Class 2: Integrative & Holistic Wellness Frameworks (59:45)
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Class 2: Review/Notes
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Class 2: Slides
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Class 3: Brief overview of the substances & Mechanism of Action - Tryptamines, Phenethylamines (72:37)
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Class 3: Review/Notes
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Class 4: Brief overview of the substances & Mechanism of Action - MDMA, Ketamine, and atypicals (56:23)
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Class 4: Review/Notes
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Class 5: Current Models of Psychedelic Brain action (49:41)
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Class 5: Review/Notes
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Class 6: Part 1 - Exploring Psilocybin (72:24)
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Class 6: Part 2 - Psychedelics & Serotonin Syndrome (25:28)
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Class 7: Psilocybin for Depression (76:09)
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Class 7: Review/Notes
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Extra Resource [YouTube Video] Psilocybin and Antidepressants: What Patients Need to Know
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Class 8: Introduction to Ketamine Therapy and Legality (35:11)
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Class 8: Part 2 - Ketamine Therapy: Logistics for Therapists and Conclusions (31:33)
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Class 8: Resources
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Class 9: Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy with Veronika Gold (69:01)
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Week 9: Review/Notes
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Module 3 Quiz
Module 3: Preparation, Assessment & Facilitator Self-Awareness
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Introduction and Syllabus
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Class 1: How to Be Attuned & How to Handle Adverse Experiences - Valerie Beltrán, MA, MFT (110:08)
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Class 1: Slides and Notes
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Class 2: Innerwork for Preparation: Gathering the Prima Materia and Working with Edges (110:37)
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Class 2: Slides and Notes
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Class 3: Assessment and Preparation - Dr. Will Siu (115:12)
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Class 4: Intentions, Expectations, and the Process of Change (116:14)
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Class 4: Notes and Slides
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Family Matters in Psychedelic Therapy - Dr. Adele Lafrance [YouTube]
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PT302 – Dr. Adele Lafrance – Vital Psychedelic Conversations [Extra]
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[Extra] Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy & Families
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Week 5: Microdose of Experience Design - Elysa Fenenbock (105:23)
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Week 5: Notes
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Week 6: The Facilitator’s Mirror: Leadership, Projections, and the Ethics of Holding Power in Psychedelic Therapy - Tabata Gerk (110:44)
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Week 6: Slides and Notes
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Week 7: Culturally Inclusive, Trauma-Informed, and Somatic Approaches to Psychedelic Preparation - Paula Sinisterra, LPC (107:39)
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Week 7: Notes and Resources
Core 4: Space holding and Navigating the Psychedelic Experience
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Core 4: Syllabus
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Class 1: Navigating the Psychedelic Experience - Transpersonal and Somatic Perspectives (116:47)
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Extra: Grof's Cartography of the Psyche - Christine Calvert & Kyle Buller 05/07/2024 (87:31)
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Class 1: Notes, Slides and Resources
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Class 2: Breathwork (Intro) (14:42)
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Class 2: Breathwork Session (99:23)
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Class 3: Inclusive Spaceholding - Ifetayo Harvey (116:22)
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Class 3: Notes and Slides
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Class 4: Therapeutic DJing & Music Curation for Psychedelic Sessions - Matthew Xavier (119:25)
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Class 4: Notes
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Class 5: Art of Ceremony: The Guiding Group Rituals - Jordana Ma (115:59)
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Class 5 - Extra - Shadow
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Class 5: Notes
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Class 6: Facilitator Boundaries & Ethical Container Creation - Erica Siegel (115:59)
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Class 6: Notes and Slides
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Class 7: Working with The Erotic: Exploring the Power of Pleasure in Psychedelic Healing - Dee Dee Goldpaugh (115:32)
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Class 7: Notes and Slides
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Class 8: Projection, Transference, and Counter-Transference - Dr. Ido Cohen (106:23)
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Class 8: Notes
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Week 9: Navigating thePsychedelic Experience: Intervention and Crisis Management - Kyle Buller (115:57)
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Week 9: Slides and Notes
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Week 10: Healing the Invisible: When IFS Meets Entities, Guides & Burdens (118:02)
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Week 10: Notes and Resources
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Week 11: Ethics & Cultural Context in Plant Medicine - Dr. Catalina Munar (110:21)
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Week 11: Notes and Slides
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Week 12: Navigating the Psychedelic Experience for Healing and Growth - Dr. Michael Sapiro (117:19)
