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PROVIDE FULLY LEGAL AND EFFECTIVE
PSYCHEDELIC THERAPY IN YOUR
PRACTICE TODAY

Why Train with
Psychedelic Somatic Institute?

Three (3) Students Per Course

Psychedelic therapy is an art form that can’t be learned on an 80 person Zoom call or through a
classroom lecture. The core of the Psychedelic Somatic Institute (PSI) Apprentice Training is a
highly experiential container with only 3 students.
The depth of the experiential learning process
means that PSI trainings are always conducted
in-person and require a high degree of
individual holding and attunement. 

A Fully Developed Psychotherapy Modality

The Psychedelic Somatic Institute (PSI) training
is not a sitter school, nor is it an intro to psychedelics course, but a comprehensive, advanced somatic trauma training designed for altered state of consciousness. The model has a particular focus
on autonomic nervous system responses, dissociation and relational transference dynamics that are almost always operative in the psychedelic session. Transformation in the Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Psychotherapy (PSIP) model is a bottom-up, psychobiological (i.e. primary consciousness) process that takes place mostly during the medicine session in contrast to
integration models which rely on top down,
talk therapy after the fact for benefit.

Learning From The Inside Out

All Psychedelic Somatic Interaction (PSI) students learn by taking a deep dive into their own unconscious material in a closely held, highly attuned container. It is not possible to guide client down
a path you have not taken yourself. Even though most of our students are professionals who have been practicing for many years and are well processed
at a talk therapy, insight level, they will often go directly to unresolved, early childhood, complex relational wounding during their experiential training sessions. Students discover a very different,
visceral solution to experiences they have had
to manage, compartmentalize or otherwise dissociate from their entire lives.

Provide Fully Legal & Effective
Psychedelic Therapy
in your Practice Today

Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Psychotherapy (PSIP) is a modality developed specifically for
the psychedelic state of consciousness. Our focus
is on the therapeutic interventions, the relationship, and the self correcting homeostatic mechanisms
of the body (I.e the autonomic nervous system)
that become more accessible and more active during the medicine session. Fully legal and available substances such as cannabis and ketamine
can be used in a PSIP session to provide meaningful, enduring results. You did not become a therapist
to put band-aids on profound wounds, and now
you don't have to. We can do so much more for
our clients today.

Hear From Our Community

Training Conversation Request Form

How did you hear about PSI?
I am a licensed mental or health practitioner (or a student in these specialities):

As a general rule, we have a number of different criteria that we consider as important in a prospective student:

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1) Training (traditional graduate level degree in psychology or an alternative certification in a mental health-oriented therapeutic modality such as Gestalt, Hakomi, IFS, psychodynamic therapy, addiction counseling to name a few examples)

2) Two years of experience working with clients specifically in a mental health context (private practice is acceptable)

3) Licensure or certification

4) Population served

5) Personal motivation to provide this work

 

Our primary concern is that students entering the training have a foundation in basic therapeutic skills and have clinical experience working with clients. We would prefer, for example, a student with a Gestalt or Hakomi training background over a licensed individual who might not have clinical experience. The PSI course should be considered an advanced training. The focus is on trauma, somatic and psychedelic processing, complex developmental wounding, attachment and relational transference dynamics. We expect basic therapy skill sets and mental health experience to be in place for students entering the program.

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