Class 3: Assessment and Preparation - Dr. Will Siu

Vital Training: May 2025

Welcome to Vital

Study Groups

Before Class Starts

Vital Welcome and Orientation (Monday, May 5th - 12:00pm EST)

Vital Essentials

Foundational Module (AIR)

Core 1: Evolution of the Psychedelic Landscape & Introduction to Safe and Ethical Practice

Core 1 Syllabus
Class 1 - Ethos of Vital and Transpersonal Psychology - Kyle Buller (110:34)
Class 1 - Slides and Notes
Class 2: African and South American psychoactive initiation medicines: a cross-cultural technology of healing and transformation - Jean-Francois (111:35)
Class 2: Notes
Class 3: Mapping the Psychedelic Landscape – Tools, Trends, and Movements - Floris Wolswijk (119:09)
Class 3: Notes
Week 4: Legal Landscape of Psychedelics. Karina Bashir, Esq. (115:07)
Week 4: Notes
Week 5: Clash of Paradigms: Indigenous, Clinical, and Corporate Psychedelics - Bia Labate, PhD (101:02)
Week 5: Notes
Week 6: Psychedelics and the War on Drugs - Joe Moore (106:33)
Week 6: Notes

Core 2: Medical Considerations and Overview of the Substances

Introduction & Syllabus
Class 1: Medical Considerations in Psychedelic Therapy (53:29)
Class 1: Review/Notes
Resource: Dr. Robin Carhart-Harris: For guides: covers perceived medical emergencies.
Extra Resource: [YouTube Video] Psychedelics and Psychotropics: Drug Interaction and Clinical Approach with Dr. Ben Malcolm
Class 2: Integrative & Holistic Wellness Frameworks (59:45)
Class 2: Review/Notes
Class 2: Slides
Class 3: Brief overview of the substances & Mechanism of Action - Tryptamines, Phenethylamines (72:37)
Class 3: Review/Notes
Class 4: Brief overview of the substances & Mechanism of Action - MDMA, Ketamine, and atypicals (56:23)
Class 4: Review/Notes
Class 5: Current Models of Psychedelic Brain action (49:41)
Class 5: Review/Notes
Class 6: Part 1 - Exploring Psilocybin (72:24)
Class 6: Part 2 - Psychedelics & Serotonin Syndrome (25:28)
Class 7: Psilocybin for Depression (76:09)
Class 7: Review/Notes
Extra Resource [YouTube Video] Psilocybin and Antidepressants: What Patients Need to Know
Class 8: Introduction to Ketamine Therapy and Legality (35:11)
Class 8: Part 2 - Ketamine Therapy: Logistics for Therapists and Conclusions (31:33)
Class 8: Resources
Class 9: Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy with Veronika Gold (69:01)
Week 9: Review/Notes
Module 3 Quiz

Module 3: Preparation, Assessment & Facilitator Self-Awareness

Introduction and Syllabus
Class 1: How to Be Attuned & How to Handle Adverse Experiences - Valerie Beltrán, MA, MFT (110:08)
Class 1: Slides and Notes
Class 2: Innerwork for Preparation: Gathering the Prima Materia and Working with Edges (110:37)
Class 2: Slides and Notes
Class 3: Assessment and Preparation - Dr. Will Siu (115:12)
Class 4: Intentions, Expectations, and the Process of Change (116:14)
Class 4: Notes and Slides
Family Matters in Psychedelic Therapy - Dr. Adele Lafrance [YouTube]
PT302 – Dr. Adele Lafrance – Vital Psychedelic Conversations [Extra]
[Extra] Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy & Families
Week 5: Microdose of Experience Design - Elysa Fenenbock (105:23)
Week 5: Notes
Week 6: The Facilitator’s Mirror: Leadership, Projections, and the Ethics of Holding Power in Psychedelic Therapy - Tabata Gerk (110:44)
Week 6: Slides and Notes
Week 7: Culturally Inclusive, Trauma-Informed, and Somatic Approaches to Psychedelic Preparation - Paula Sinisterra, LPC (107:39)
Week 7: Notes and Resources

Core 4: Space holding and Navigating the Psychedelic Experience

Core 4: Syllabus
Class 1: Navigating the Psychedelic Experience - Transpersonal and Somatic Perspectives (116:47)
Extra: Grof's Cartography of the Psyche - Christine Calvert & Kyle Buller 05/07/2024 (87:31)
Class 2: Breathwork (14:42)

Extras

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