Welcome Brave Traveler
A message from our founders
Dear Friends,
Psychedelic Therapy is already legal.
You don’t even have to leave the country anymore to participate in or lead profound psychedelic experiences with legal and incredibly potent psychedelic medicines. You can become a credentialed psychedelic therapist now, in full compliance with the law. Our team has been training licensed therapists and psychedelic guides in best practices since 2012, and we are excited to step into the post-Natural Medicine Health Act of Colorado by working and training with four psychedelic medicines and breathwork: cannabis, ketamine, psilocybin mushrooms and DMT.
We offer credentialing for integration coaching to advanced specialities. Our graduates can begin working professionally in as little as 6 months, or students can complete the full 3 year program to become a credentialed psychedelic specialist. Our students are both licensed mental health practitioners as well as those transitioning from other professions or traditional practices.
The Center for Medicinal Mindfulness, one of the first legal psychedelic therapy centers in North America, represents a resilient community working together in a time of global crisis and transformation so we can help each other heal and wake up to our truest potential. The world needs us to show up right now… together. There has never been a better and more important time to train as a psychedelic guide.
We invite you to join us on this sacred expedition of healing and discovery.
Safe Travels,
Alison and Daniel McQueen
Announcements
- Check out our many events for 2023!
- In-person training cohorts are now available in Boulder, CO and Berkeley, CA!
- Take a look at the Center for Medicinal Mindfulness
Testimonials
OVERVIEW OF COURSES
PSYCHEDELIC GUIDE TRAINING
PSS 1 Foundations in Mindfulness-Based Psychedelic Sitting
Learn how to guide transformational psychedelic journeys for your friends, family and community. Gain mindfulness practices that support your experience as a practitioner and your client's process. Learn the logistical skill sets such as creating sacred space with intentional medicine practices, sound technology and guided meditation. Receive practical tools to aid with harm-reduction, integration techniques and how to deal with crises. Participants will learn about psychedelic sitting by partaking in several experiential medicine journeys.
PSS 2 Psychedelic Guide Training
Receive lessons on how to deepen a client’s psychedelic experience through guided mindfulness practices. Dive into inner-space and collaboratively navigate a shifting, imaginal landscape. Face the many aspects of self and confidently assist the transmutation of tension and trauma. Elevate your knowledge of transpersonal terrains. Add to your guiding knowledge with small group dynamics and virtual psychedelic guiding experiences. Deepen your practices with additional guided experiential journeys into the psychedelic realm.
PSYCHEDELIC THERAPY TRAINING
PSS3 Advanced Practices in Mindfulness-Based Psychedelic Therapy
Expand your therapy practice with techniques to address significant clinical concerns during psychedelic sessions. This course focuses on trauma, PTSD, and other difficulties associated with trauma. Additionally, learn how to support clients in extreme growth edge processes. Explore the finer points of assessment, preparation, and integration. Learn how to guide Cannabis-Assisted Breathwork and how to handle the extreme psychedelic states that breathwork evokes. Participate in experiential medicine journeys and learn how to guide Cannabis-Assisted Psychedelic Therapy with the utmost integrity and care.
Cannabis-Assisted Somatic Psychotherapy
Somatic and trauma training is absolutely essential in psychedelic therapy. Explore the neurobiology of trauma and develop a deep understanding of the role of resources in resilience and healing. Build skills to assess and grow the somatic awareness capacities of your clients. Discover the somatic pathways toward healing and how to support the pacing and practice of opening these pathways. Learn somatic trauma interventions and practice with your peers. Add to your energetic self-care practice toolkit that are essential for successful psychedelic guiding.
ADVANCED TRAINING
PSS4 - Psychedelic Mystery School
Join an expedition into the mysterious space beyond the visible and explore the edges yourself; to see and feel what is out there. There is no dogma here, just curiosity. Work with the tools that go beyond the psychotherapeutic; tools of divination and prayer, of magic and alchemy, spirits, elements and the “more real than real”
Ketamine-Assisted Psychedelic Therapy Training
Learn clinical protocols and procedures surrounding Ketamine-Assisted Psychedelic Therapy and practice providing ketamine sessions in a clinical and therapeutic setting with medical oversight. Receive guidance directly from the medicine itself and explore the practical knowledge of working with this incredible medicine
Psilocybin Practitioner Training (Coming Soon)
This course will explore psilocybin guiding modalities in conjunction with the personal use framework now available in Colorado. This is not associated with state certified training currently under development.
DMT Practitioner Training (Coming Soon)
The DMTx Program is coming to Colorado! DMTx4 will be a DMT guide's training in conjunction with the personal use framework now available in Colorado.
ELECTIVES
Psychedelic First Aid
The program is a combination of mental health crisis intervention and wilderness first aid training, specifically focusing on crises sometimes caused by psychedelics and other drugs, including overdoses. The training will include a Conscious Cannabis Circle for trainees and a three year CPR certification.
Art Therapy for Psychedelic Guides & Therapists
Explore the role of art in the various stages of psychedelic therapy. This intensive is for psychedelic guides and therapists and will provide a combination of art experientials and theoretical learning as well as two Cannabis-Assisted Psychedelic Therapy group experiences.
VOCATIONAL TRAINING & PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
Professional Credentialing
Become a credentialed psychedelic guide or therapist with a specialization in Mindfulness-Based Psychedelic Therapy and Cannabis-Assisted Psychedelic Therapy. Enrolling in this program provides access to resources such as mentorship, supervision and community oversight to support your personal and professional journey in becoming a confident, ethical and successful psychedelic practitioner. We now offer a special streamlined credentialing track for licensed mental health professionals.
Leadership, Activism and Business Development
Our Leadership, Activism, and Business Development track, also known as Dragon Training™, supports the professional development of psychedelic guides as they build and maintain a private practice. It provides ongoing mentorship to support the development of local psychedelic communities. This specialized training is a job education program designed to support those who wish to work towards paid positions within Psychedelic Sitters School, as well as prepare students to work in collaborative clinical settings, both at the Center for Medicinal Mindfulness and other professional settings.