Education: Core Curriculum

2026 Psychedelic Practitioner Training Core Program

    • Building community and shared agreements

    • Overview of the Core curriculum and learning approach

    • Framing psychedelic-assisted care within contemporary practice

    • Historical, cultural, and scientific perspectives

    • Pharmacology and therapeutic potential of psilocybin

    • Current research landscape and clinical applications

    • Contraindications, red flags, and inclusion criteria

    • Designing safe and ethical intake processes

    • Psychological and medical assessment in practice

    • Practitioner ethics in altered states

    • Consent models and safeguarding practices

    • Boundaries, power dynamics, and working responsibly

    • Frameworks for preparing clients for altered states

    • The role of intention, ritual, and mindset

    • Embodied and creative approaches to preparation

    • Introduction to constellations as a therapeutic tool

    • Mapping systemic and relational dynamics

    • Using constellations in preparation and integration

    • Structuring safe and effective dosing-day experiences

    • Creating and holding ceremonial space

    • The facilitator’s role: presence, intuition, and care

    • Approaches to navigating fear, resistance, and overwhelm

    • Trauma-informed interventions and grounding techniques

    • Working with non-ordinary states and crisis management

    • Supporting meaning-making and long-term change

    • Integration tools: connected breathwork, bonding therapy, journaling, somatic practices, community support

    • Microdosing: protocols, evidence, and practice applications

    • Consolidating personal and professional learning

    • Building a sustainable practice

    • Continuing growth through ETI’s network and community

Our Core program is divided into two comprehensive modules - Education and Experiential - designed to provide a deep understanding of both the theoretical foundations and practical applications of psychedelic-assisted therapy.

Our Education Module comprises 18 sessions (10 x 75-minute lectures and 8 x 60-minute intervisions) with each topic following a similar structure, including pre-reading, a live lecture, a post-lecture intervision session and discussion, as well as further reading.

Weekly Lectures (Live & Recorded): Expert-led sessions with Q&A opportunities

Interactive Intervisions: Collaborative analysis and learning.

Instructor Feedback: Personalized guidance through weekly responses

Knowledge Quizzes: Required for PE/CE accreditation

Preparation Materials: Accessible through our online learning platform before each lecture

Recommended Resources: Curated books, articles, podcasts and further learning opportunities.

If you have any questions about the syllabus or the wider program don't hesitate to get in touch with us at info@experientialtraininginstitute.com.

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