Certification & Credentialing Programs

Alef Trust is a UK-based transpersonal psychology educational institute founded by Emeritus Professor Brian Les Lancaster, offering an MSc in Consciousness, Spirituality & Transpersonal Psychology validated by Liverpool John Moores University and a professional certificate in Psychedelics, Altered States & Transpersonal Psychology taught by Dr. David Luke (Imperial College) and other leading researchers. The institute also offers collaborative PhDs and open learning courses integrating consciousness studies, parapsychology, and integrative healing traditions.

Alma Institute is an Oregon-based nonprofit training program founded by Rebecca Martinez to strengthen and diversify the network of licensed psilocybin facilitators by centering people from marginalized and low-income communities. One of only two nonprofits approved to provide OHA psilocybin facilitator training in Oregon, Alma integrates trauma-informed, culturally responsive pedagogy with the full Oregon Psilocybin Services licensing curriculum.

ATMA Journey Centers is an Alberta-based Canadian pioneer in psychedelic-assisted therapy, operating clinically supervised locations across Canada while offering comprehensive psychedelic-assisted therapy training programs (ATMA CENA) covering psilocybin, MDMA, and ketamine for healthcare professionals. With 740+ training alumni and 800+ community members, ATMA also operates a clinic network partnership program and Phase II psilocybin clinical trials with Health Canada approval.

Oregon-licensed psilocybin facilitation trade school based in Salem, approved by both the OHA and HECC. Claims to offer the most affordable and fastest-to-complete psilocybin facilitator program in Oregon, preparing students to pass the OPS licensing exam in as little as three months.

Psychedelic-assisted therapy training arm co-founded by Beckley Waves and guided by Amanda Feilding, drawing on the Beckley Foundation's pioneering research. Offers cohort-based and self-managed courses for licensed mental health professionals in ketamine-, psilocybin-, and MDMA-assisted therapy, and published the first open-source Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Learning Framework.

Being True to You (BTTY) is a pioneering Denver-based psychedelic integration and addiction recovery coaching company founded in 2010 by Deanne Adamson, operating the first and most comprehensive Transformational & Integration Coach Training Program with over 500 certified coaches worldwide. The organization offers one-on-one integration coaching, 12-month coach certification, and sitter and retreat staff training, partnering with wellness retreats, ibogaine programs, and psychedelic providers globally.

Breakthrough Therapies is a Toronto-based ketamine-assisted psychotherapy clinic and training organization founded by Dr. Dawn DeCunha, offering certified KAP training programs (Level 1 and Level 2 mentoring practicum) alongside a clinical KAP retreat program at their Aspenwood location north of Toronto. The organization bridges Trauma Informed and Psychedelically Informed Practice, training clinicians in psychedelic psychotherapy principles while providing patient care.

The California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) launched the world's first university-affiliated Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Research Certificate Program in 2015, establishing the gold standard for post-graduate psychedelic clinician training, with cohorts now also offered a B.S. in Psychedelic Studies and a KAP clinic. Based in San Francisco, CIIS is a non-profit graduate university pioneering integral approaches to consciousness, therapy, and psychedelic medicine.

Changa Institute is one of the first OHA- and HECC-licensed psilocybin facilitator training programs in Oregon and Colorado, founded by Lisa Ginzburg in 2021, with alumni now leading over 33 of Oregon's licensed psilocybin service centers. The institute offers comprehensive facilitator certification programs and a Psychedelic Integration Mastercourse, blending rigorous academic instruction with clinical practicum.

The Entheogen Institute is an OHA-approved psilocybin facilitator training program in Ashland, Oregon, offering a 16-week curriculum rooted in Indigenous wisdom, harm reduction, and non-directive facilitation practices. The program prepares students to pass the Oregon Psilocybin Services facilitator exam and qualify for state licensure under Measure 109, grounded in trauma-informed care and empathic presence.

Netherlands-based psychedelic practitioner training and retreat organization founded in 2022 by mental health professionals Jeanine Souren and Hans van Wechem, offering the first FGzPT/NVP/NVvP-accredited psilocybin facilitation training program in the Netherlands. ETI's Core Practitioner Training combines an 18-week Education Module with a 4-day Experiential Retreat, covering IFS, constellations, trauma-informed facilitation, and full-spectrum psychedelic care from screening through integration.

Fluence is a psychedelic therapy education company co-founded by psychologists Dr. Ingmar Gorman and Dr. Elizabeth Nielson, offering continuing education courses and a Certificate in Psychedelic Therapy and Integration for licensed therapists and advanced graduate students. Having trained 8,000+ clinicians, Fluence draws on its founders' direct experience in FDA-approved Phase 3 clinical trials of MDMA- and psilocybin-assisted therapies.

Innate Path is a Broomfield, Colorado psychedelic therapy clinic and training program specializing in ketamine and cannabis-assisted psychotherapy using a relational, somatic, and Buddhist-informed approach to trauma resolution through non-ordinary states. The center trains psychotherapists in its unique psycholytic model — integrating somatic, psychodynamic, parts work, and attachment modalities — while providing clinical ketamine and cannabis-assisted psychotherapy to patients.

Portland, Oregon-based psilocybin facilitator training organization and licensed service center approved by the Oregon Health Authority, Higher Education Coordinating Commission, and Colorado's DORA, created by the architect of the country's first legal public psilocybin services model. InnerTrek's Level 2 licensure-track program delivers 150+ hours of didactic training and 40 hours of supervised practicum, qualifying graduates for state licensure in both Oregon and Colorado, with open practicums also available to students from other US licensed programs.

The Institute of Psychedelic Therapy (IPT) is a UK-based professional training organization offering a comprehensive two-year psychedelic-assisted therapist training program combining weekly online lectures, in-person meetings, and 5-day experiential residential retreats each year. IPT emphasizes slow, relational skill cultivation, robust ethics, and integration of psychedelic work within long-term therapeutic frameworks, with graduates eligible for professional membership.

Online certification training provider for healthcare professionals seeking to offer subanesthetic ketamine therapy. Offers two self-study course tracks — clinical-only and business-and-clinical — covering protocols, patient safety, consents, and business launch guidance for starting a ketamine clinic.

Founded in 2006 by Eli Jaxon-Bear, the Leela School of Awakening is an Ashland, Oregon-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit offering an Oregon HECC-approved 10-month psilocybin facilitator training program alongside 2-year therapist certification and international spiritual awakening retreats. Their approach integrates trauma-informed care, clinical hypnosis, Enneagram, and self-inquiry tools with psilocybin facilitation.

Founded in 2022, Mending Mindcelium is an Oregon-based organization offering Oregon Health Authority-approved psilocybin facilitator training through a 14-week hybrid program focused on community healing with plant medicine. Their curriculum emphasizes inclusive, trauma-informed facilitation skills for individuals seeking to support others in psilocybin-assisted therapy.

Australian registered charity founded in 2019 that successfully campaigned for the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) to reschedule psilocybin and MDMA in 2023 — making Australia the first country to formally approve these substances for clinical use. MMA trains clinicians through its Certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies (CPAT) program, funds clinical trials, and has supplied medicines and training to 100+ patients under the TGA Authorised Prescriber scheme.

Founded in 2011, Mindspace Wellbeing is a Montreal-based psychology clinic that pioneered psychedelic-assisted therapy in Quebec, becoming the province's first provider of ketamine-assisted psychotherapy for treatment-resistant depression and launching Canada's first psychedelic harm reduction and integration training for clinicians. Acquired by Numinus Wellness in 2021, they continue offering evidence-based psychotherapy alongside ketamine and psilocybin programming.

Numinus Wellness Inc. is a Vancouver-based mental health company focused on psychedelic-assisted therapy: it provides practitioner training, clinical research services, and (formerly) operated clinics and a Health Canada‑licensed bioscience laboratory for psychedelic research and product development.

Phoenix Academy is a Canada-based psychedelic therapy training organization founded by Bradley Foster (creator of the Toronto Psychedelic Society), offering a 100+ hour online course combined with an 8-day residential retreat for Level 1 certification in psychedelic-assisted therapy. The program trains practitioners in protocols involving psilocybin, MDMA, ketamine, and other medicines, with a Level 2 'Heal the Healer' program for inner work and advanced practice.

Plant Spirit School is an online integration coach certification school founded by Lorna Liana, offering a 6-month program blending ancestral shamanic teachings, harm reduction, neuroscience of psychedelics, and ethical business development for aspiring coaches in the plant medicine field. The school advocates for indigenous sovereignty and decolonization of plant medicines alongside practical professional training.

Psyched Soul is a virtual psychedelic integration coaching certification platform founded by Shiri Godasi, a pioneering integration teacher and co-founder of the community nonprofit PsychedeLiA (Psychedelic Integration Los Angeles). The Psyched Soul PlaySkool™ offers professional training in psychedelic integration, harm reduction, transpersonal psychology, and soul-aligned business building for coaches and practitioners entering the psychedelic field.

Operating since 2012 as the training program of the Center for Medicinal Mindfulness in Boulder, Colorado, Psychedelic Sitters School trains licensed clinicians and guides-in-training in Mindfulness-Based Psychedelic Therapy® across four medicines—cannabis, ketamine, psilocybin, and DMT—through in-person, hybrid, and online formats. Now in their 13th year with over 35 cohorts completed, they are one of the longest-running psychedelic guide training programs in the United States.

Mission-driven therapy organization and training institute specializing in Psychedelic Somatic Interactional Psychotherapy (PSIP) — a highly relational, embodied model designed to pair with ketamine and cannabis for treating complex developmental trauma. Runs small-cohort apprenticeship trainings (3 students) for licensed clinicians and allied health professionals internationally.

Psychedelic Support is an online education and therapeutic platform offering accredited continuing education, online courses, and a vetted directory of licensed healthcare providers and community groups focused on psychedelic integration, harm reduction, and clinical referrals. It was founded in March 2018 to advance legal psychedelic-assisted therapies and professional training. ([psychedelic.support](https://psychedelic.support/our-story/))

Oslo-based private psychology clinic of 30 psychologists founded by Ivar Goksøyr, and the first established psychology clinic in Norway to offer ketamine-assisted therapy following national approval. Psykologvirke trains mental health professionals in MDMA- and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, contributes to international educational frameworks, and Goksøyr is an active MAPS-certified MDMA therapist conducting clinical trials at Psykforsk, Østfold State Hospital.

Recíproco Method is an online professional development platform co-founded by Amánda Argot Efthimiou and Sascha Anna Vriend, offering self-paced and live-cohort psychedelic integration training for therapists, practitioners, and coaches. Drawing on clinical psychology, neuroscience, somatic therapies, and shamanic wisdom, the 40-hour program covers integration methodology, ethics, and the neuroscience of altered states of consciousness.

Skylight Psychedelics is a physician-led online training platform offering ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP) courses for licensed therapists and mental health professionals. The platform provides accessible, CE-eligible training in KAP protocols and psychedelic-assisted therapy integration.

SoundMind Institute is a Philadelphia-based psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy training, treatment, and research organization founded by Dr. Hannah McLane, offering a comprehensive year-long Psychedelic Practitioner Training Program and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy treatment. Integrating Indigenous healing traditions with clinical evidence, its nonprofit arm has provided over $280,000 in scholarships to BIPOC and underrepresented psychedelic providers.

Synaptic Institute is a Portland-based nonprofit offering entheogenic medicine training programs and holistic healing experiences, with certification in ketamine-assisted psychotherapy for healthcare professionals. The institute provides comprehensive KAP training designed to equip clinicians with the skills to safely and ethically integrate ketamine into psychedelic-assisted therapy practice.

Tam Integration offers psychedelic integration support through Mt. Tamalpais Integration Circles in the San Francisco Bay Area and a year-long integration coach training program for practitioners. The organization also hosts the annual Mt. Tam Integration Jam conference, fostering community among Bay Area integration practitioners.

Founded in 2019 by Dr. Rafael Gonzalez-Vizoso and Scott Ross, Telos is a Mountlake Terrace, Washington practice offering ketamine-assisted psychotherapy through a collaborative model that enables licensed practitioners to integrate psychedelic-assisted therapy into their practices. They also offer training in core competencies of ketamine-assisted therapy for mental health providers.

A nonprofit medical education organization dedicated to advancing psychedelic medicine and psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. The Board of Medicine certifies clinicians in evidence-based psychedelic treatments, develops best practices for the field, and serves as an educational resource for healthcare providers and the broader community interested in psychedelic therapies.

TheraPsil is a Canadian grassroots nonprofit advancing compassionate, legal access to psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy through clinician training, patient advocacy, and legal reform, having trained over 700 healthcare professionals since 2019. The organization assists Canadians in navigating Health Canada's Special Access Program, supports patient-rights litigation in Federal Court, and operates the PsilWell community-funded clinical trial exploring psilocybin-assisted therapy for general wellbeing.