Navigating Psychedelics For Clinicians and Wellness Practitioners
What mental health professionals need to know about psychedelics and psychedelic integration
Stay tuned for dates for the next edition of Navigating Psychedelics for Clinicians and Wellness Practitioners - Live.
For now, you can purchase the Independent Learner version of Navigating Psychedelics, which includes all of the course material but does not include the live Zoom calls.
What is Navigating Psychedelics for Clinicians and Wellness Practitioners - Live?
Navigating Psychedelics for Clinicians and Wellness Practitioners - Live, is a 9-week, live-taught course specially designed for health and wellness practitioners who want to learn more about psychedelic medicine, wish to integrate psychedelics into their existing practice, and those beginning a new career in the emerging field of psychedelics. By enrolling in this course, you will receive full access to our foundation course, Navigating Psychedelics: Lessons on Self-Care & Integration plus our comprehensive series of practitioner-focused master classes.
At Psychedelics Today, we have tapped our extensive professional psychedelic network to address the complexities around psychedelic therapy. This course serves to enhance prior knowledge of psychedelics, or serve as an introduction to this emerging field of healthcare.
What will I learn?
By enrolling in Navigating Psychedelics, you will be educated on the most up-to-date information on psychedelics, including:
- Psychedelic history
- Science-based theory and current data
- Harm reduction
- Clinical applications
- Space-holding skills
- Legal considerations
- Insights from experienced professionals already working in the field (pre-recorded)
Download the full course curriculum below.
Note: The curriculum is subject to change depending on group interests and guest presenters
What is the time commitment for the live edition?
Nine consecutive weeks involve 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.
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.)
Space is limited!
We have kept groups small and intimate to ensure that all students can contribute to the live group discussions.
Stay tuned for new dates.
Your Live Instructors
*Guest Instructors is subject to change
Kyle Buller
Kyle 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 and Dreamshadow Transpersonal Breathwork. Kyle also earned his M.S. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with an emphasis on Somatic Psychology. 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.
David Drapkin
David Drapkin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and Psychotherapist, based in New Jersey. 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.
Diego Pinzon
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.
Angie Leek
Bonus Extras
Downloadable eBooks/PDFs of our popular Trip Journal and Integration Workbooks!
Navigating Psychedelics TRIP JOURNAL
Are you planning a journey in the near future or working with clients who may be planning a trip? This journal is something you don't want to forget!
This journal will also help you or your clients best prepare for their experience and aids as a wonderful tool for self-exploration.
The Navigating Psychedelics Trip Journal is the ultimate book to help one prepare, track, and begin to work with their psychedelic experiences.
In this 68 page book, you will find preparation tips and advice, journal prompts, a psychedelic trip checklist, a trip report section, and more.
Navigating Psychedelics INTEGRATION WORKBOOK
Have you had a psychedelic experience and are unsure how to work with the experience?
Psychedelic experiences can be difficult, confusing, blissful, and life-changing, but knowing what to do next can be overwhelming. That is why we have designed the Navigating Psychedelics Integration Workbook to help you with your process.
This workbook can also be used with your clients as a starting point for their integration process.
We have received amazing feedback from therapists and coaches who have been using these books with clients and absolutely LOVE them!
This workbook consists of different activities such as meditation prompts, journaling exercises, and goal planning.
Frequently Asked Questions
By enrolling in this course, you are agreeing that you understand the purpose and limitations of this course.
Financial Assistance for Students
If you are a student and cannot afford this course, please email us at [email protected] FROM a university .edu email address. We will offer you a discount coupon for the independent learner edition.
You must email us from your school's email address to receive this discount.
Students must be enrolled in a graduate program studying psychology, social work, counseling, and etc.
Independent Learner Option
If our live supported class is not currently being offered, is sold out, or if you wish to study at your own time, you can enroll in our "Independent Learner" option. For $750, our "Independent Learner" option includes all of the course material but does not include the live Zoom calls. This option is made with the busy-beyond-belief in mind, as we've created a flexible program that you can fit to any schedule. Our Independent Learner option still empowers you with all the tools you need to facilitate these life-changing psychedelic experiences.