CREDENTIALING & Mentorship
Graduates of our program have an opportunity to start their own psychedelic therapy practices, work as a professional in our psychedelic therapy center, and become trainers and mentors in our program. Through this process we have helped professionals across the United States and Canada start psychedelic private practices, and we are now collaborating with centers, clinics, and research programs to bring cannabis-assisted modalities to communities wherever we can.
To be credentialed in our program means we vouch for your skill, commitment to a code of ethics, and accept professional community oversight. This requires completion of the credentialing steps and a signed commitment to our Psychedelic Guild Agreement. We believe these are minimum commitments to practice as an ethical psychedelic guide or psychedelic therapist and to charge for your services.
Mentorship and consulting is part of our credentialing process and includes group training sessions (with no more than 10 students per class) and individual mentorship and coaching sessions. These sessions allow us to support our students in the beginning stages of their practice, both to support guides in what arises in their session work with their clients, and also to support them in building and maintaining their professional private practice.
Students are encouraged to seek mentorship in the program at any time, regardless of credentialing or not. Contact the program coordinator to get started at any time.
Credentialing Modules: Each level of credentialing requires one 3 month module. Each module includes 2 individual mentorship sessions and 12 weekly 2 hour group mentor sessions with no more than 10 students per group. Once a student’s group is selected, students are committed to their specific cohort.
Each three month module consists of 26 hours of consultation. Two NMHA specific cohorts in 6 months fulfills the requirements of the NMHA for psilocybin mushroom facilitator licensing.
The following Professional Psychedelic Credentials are available through Psychedelic Sitters School, in partnership with Medicinal Mindfulness Foundation:
- Mindfulness-Based Integration CoachTM
- Mindfulness-Based Psychedelic GuideTM (Equivalent NMHA Consulting Requirements)
- Mindfulness-Based Psychedelic TherapistTM
- Mindfulness-Based Psychedelic SpecialistTM
These titles are protected intellectual property of our program and can be used by credentialed and credentialing candidate students to denote their professional experience and differentiate their services from other psychedelic practitioners.
The NMHA regulations substantially shifted the requirements of credentialing to what they now call “consulting” for the NMHA psilocybin mushroom facilitator licensing requirements and we are currently rebuilding our credentialing program to match these requirements for simplicity.
Updated information on our credentialing program can be found in the 2025 Student Handbook with brief descriptions below.
Requirements for credentialing to ethically provide professional specialized services include:
- Education through lectures, reading assignments, experiential training, and continuing education
- Supervised Practicums (monitored and reviewed practice sessions after each training intensive)
- A series of practice sessions with volunteer clients and peer trainees
- A series of solo sessions for personal development
- Group supervision and mentorship, participation in study groups or clubs
- Accountability and oversight through current membership and a commitment to a shared code of ethic and review process (Medicinal Mindfulness Foundation and the Gateway Guild Association)
- An assessment of competence at each stage of professional development
Additional Information on the Credentialing Levels
As a skill development program, we have created 4 credentialing levels based on the number and type of trainings our students complete, proven competencies, number of medicines proficient to guide with and increased commitments to professional ethics and mentorship. We have also created a color coded advancement system for simplicity in understanding and managing the program. This is loosely inspired by belt rankings in many martial arts training programs and we feel it is an apt metaphor for the trials we encounter as professional guides. These levels of credentialing cannot be reached through academic understanding alone, but require real world expertise in practice.
If a student intends to seek NMHA facilitator licensure, this is a separate designation, but can be professionally integrated into our credentialing. The requirements for licensure are congruent with the guide level and noted below.
Previous professional experience can count towards minimum practice requirements.
Accelerated Credentialing for Licensed Professional Counselors & Equivalent
Students who have a license that is equivalent to the Licensed Professional Counseling license can skip the Mindfulness-Based Integration Coach 3 month credentialing module. However, two accelerated credentialing modules in a 6 month period are still required for all students seeking NMHA licensing.
This credentialing level is for new graduates of Psychedelic Guide Training or NHMA licensing. Practitioners are still learning to guide, but have competence in providing harm reduction education and support for those participating in psychedelic experiences, including preparation, integration and safety. LPCs and equivalent do can skip the consulting series and go straight to guide credentialing, but are still required to the following commitments:
- White – Committed to safety and ethical conduct, this foundational commitment is for current students and new graduates who have shown capacity to exemplify safe use practices and our community code of conduct
- Green – Committed to proper preparation and integration required for safe journeywork, this commitment is for graduates of foundational programs and are proficient in preparing clients for journeywork and helping clients safely integrate their experiences.
Requirements:
- Minimum of 6 months of committed professional practice
- Completion of Psychedelic Guide Training or equivalent, NMHA Integration elective
- 1 Consulting series – Can be skipped by LPCs or equivalent.
- Active professional membership status in good standing
Continue your credentialing as a more experienced guide and begin practicing professionally with one or two psychedelic medicines in non-clinical individual and group settings.
- Yellow – Capacity to facilitate a psychedelic experience with cannabis or psilocybin mushrooms
- Red – Capacity to proficiently work with 2 psychedelic medicines (typically cannabis and psilocybin mushrooms) or breathwork, psychedelic cannabis and cannabis-assisted breathwork in non-clinical settings.
Requirements:
- Minimum of 1 year of committed professional practice
- Completion of NMHA didactic hours requirement or equivalent trainings as Continuing Education (minimum four a year until complete, one CE course a year after that
- 2nd Consulting series (total 6 months – equivalent to NMHA consulting requirement post NMHA didactic training.
Further your capacity to work with psychedelic medicines in clinical settings, and in specialized groups that require additional support. Here we cultivate our practice as trauma informed guides and assist our clients in profound healing.
- Blue – Proficiency in working with two or three medicines and breathwork in more structured, regulated settings (generally: breathwork and cannabis, ketamine and psilocybin)
- Purple – Proficiency in working with three or four medicines and breathwork in more structured, regulated settings (generally: natural DMT as the fourth)
Requirements:
- Minimum of 2 years of committed professional practice
- Psychedelic Therapy & Clinical Cannabis Course – This course provides advanced practices in clinical skills, psycholytic sessions, and cannabis-assisted breathwork as a trauma resolution modality. These skills are extremely important in becoming a psychedelic therapist, and this training is designed to prepare students for the sometimes difficult experiences associated with trauma resolution.
- 3rd Consulting Series
Psychedelic Specialists exhibit a strong capacity to work with difficult experiences for transformation and healing.
- Black – greater proficiency in working with three or four psychedelic medicines using the MBPT protocol, including safely and effectively working with significant client struggles. This level represents a full commitment to and the administration of safe boundaries and professional codes of conduct, and represents a commitment to being an ethical mentor
Requirements:
- Minimum of 4 years of committed professional practice
- Completion of at least one Psychedelic Mystery School retreat
- All specialty requirements for specific medicines
- 4th Consulting Series
Advanced Specialties
In addition to credentialing, graduates of our program that complete training in specialized areas can also promote specific specializations, including:
- Community Breathwork Specialty
- Psychedelic Cannabis Specialty
- Clinical Cannabis & Cannabis-Assisted Breathwork Specialty
- Psilocybin Mushroom Support Specialty
- Ketamine-Assisted Psychedelic Therapy Specialty
- Natural N,N-DMT Support Speciality
Individual Mentorship
Part of the Credentialing requirements involve being paired with one of our psychedelic guide trainers who have professional experience in the field. We have found this to be incredibly helpful for those who wish to have support in becoming a professional guide. A lot comes up for guides in training and this is a great space to share and receive guidance and support.
After enrolling in the Credentialing Program, you will paired with one of our mentors. We try to honor any student requests for specific mentors when possible.
Certificates of Completion
Electronic certificates of completion are awarded to students who complete Psychedelic Guide Training (PSS1-2) and Psychedelic Therapy Training Specialties (PSS 3-C, PSS3-K, PSS3-P, PSS4 and PSS4-D).
Credentialing Certificates
Students who complete all credentialing requirements receive a printed certificate for display.
Community Accountability
Professionals that are credentialed through Psychedelic Sitters School and the Center for Medicinal Mindfulness consent to follow the Medicinal Mindfulness Community Code of Ethics, and have agreed to practice in accordance with the The Psychedelic Guild Agreement of the Center for Medicinal Mindfulness: Psychedelic Training, Credentialing & Membership Requirements, found in our Student Handbook. Credentialed practitioners consent to community accountability through our Safe Community Council.
Credentialed practitioners are required to be active members of the Medicinal Mindfulness Foundation for accountability purposes.
You can contact the Safe Community Council directly to verify active membership, or if you have any questions or concerns about practitioners affiliated with the program by emailing safecommunity@medicinalmindfulness.org.
Credentialed practitioners are required to include the following disclosure in their professional disclosure statement as part of their agreement with Medicinal Mindfulness Foundation, our professional association and non-profit. This agreement allows MMF to provide proper oversight and accountability of the credentialed practitioner, and to assist in resolving any concerns their clients and community members may have.
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Community Accountability – Medicinal Mindfulness Foundation
I am a credentialed practitioner in [Practitioner title as outlined in Appendix 1, example: Mindfulness-Based Psychedelic Therapy and Cannabis-Assisted Psychedelic Therapy] through the Center for Medicinal Mindfulness Psychedelic Therapy training program. I am a member in good standing of the Medicinal Mindfulness Foundation non-profit organization.
In addition to complying with all relevant ethical standards of my profession, I comply with the professional code of ethics of Medicinal Mindfulness and other relevant psychedelic practitioner ethical standards. Since I take full responsibility of my professional practice, by signing this agreement, we both consent to hold MM harmless of the outcomes of my practice or any other services provided. The Medicinal Mindfulness Foundation has agreed to provide professional support and community oversight to my practice.
Any questions or concerns about me or my practice, requests for more information about my training, or the MM Community Code of Ethics, can be sent to the MM Foundation Non-Profit Safe Community Council for review by emailing: safecommunity@medicinalmindfulness.org.