Education & Training
Psychedelic Harm Reduction 101 Resources
Psychedelic Therapy for Underserved Populations: Assessing Risks and Benefits
We are super excited to announce this training opportunity our co-founder, Vilmarie, developed with training partner, Irina Alexander, LMFT of Alchemy Community Therapy Center for Psychedelic.Support!
Course Description:
“Join us in this course to explore how to make psychedelic therapy safely and equitably accessible to clients from underserved communities, particularly those affected by the war on drugs.
In the age of psychedelic water, Facebook mushroom ads, and ketamine yoga, it’s hard to know what’s what. While “accessibility” should be a means towards equity, the intersection of capitalism and psychedelics has led to an interest in profit over ethical client care. “Accessible” psychedelic treatments are more readily available, but at what psychological cost?
Psychedelic medicines can be powerful tools that amplify the subconscious, lower defenses, and help people connect with more vulnerable parts of themselves. As such, this modality must be approached with care, especially when working to make these treatments more accessible to people who use drugs and other systematically-oppressed populations.
As co-founders of two nonprofit psychedelic therapy clinics, we will frame the course from our experiences of building sliding-scale clinics that work with clients who are often left out of the conversations within the psychedelic therapy space.
We review the impacts of the war on drugs on populations we work with, the current cultural context of psychedelic therapy, how we weave harm reduction approaches into our practice, and the risks of psychedelics (within and outside of therapy). We provide a culturally-sensitive tool for how to “assess clients in” for services.”
Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) consultation Group
Sana Healing Collective is adjusting our 6-month Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy Consultation Groups to better meet the needs of folks who have shown interest.
Starting in July, we will be offering TWO levels of our consultation group.
The advanced group is intended for experienced psychotherapy providers with at least 5 years of clinical practice after graduate school, and who have facilitated at least 50 KAP sessions. We are open to all routes of administration. Participants are expected to have completed a KAP or PAT training program.
Learn more and apply for the advance group here.
The beginner group is most appropriate to those who have facilitated fewer than 50 KAP sessions, and is open to practitioners who have not yet begun ketamine practice but intend to do so by the time the group concludes. Clinicians with all levels of therapy experience are welcome. The group is also appropriate to non-therapists who want to provide better psychological support to their ketamine patients. This group will augment prior KAP or PAT training, but is not meant to replace it. We ask that all participants have completed at least a basic KAP or PAT training.
Learn more and apply for the beginner group here.
The cost of the groups is $600, with early bird rates available until June (and additional discounts available). We intend to offer 9 CEs for these groups.
General consultation and training
Want to have us speak about psychedelics at your event? We have a broad base of knowledge and can speak about a variety of topics related to psychedelics, including but not limited to psychedelic-assisted therapy, safety/harm reduction, set and setting, music, mind-body relationship, culture, and social justice issues. We speak free of charge whenever we can for free public events and conferences, and can also discuss speaking at paid events. For speaking inquiries, please fill out our Contact form.
psychedelic safety, support, and integration
Monthly meetings are focused on building community among people interested in psychedelics. We acknowledge that people use psychedelics for a variety of reasons, including but not limited to personal healing, recreation, connecting with others, creativity, and spirituality. Regardless of the reason for consuming psychedelics, there is a common need for safety, and sometimes for support or integration of psychedelic experiences.