About:

We believe in the power of psychedelics to support healing from historical and present trauma, oppression, AND that psychedelics are a powerful tool in stewarding QUEER JOY, BLISS AND LIBERATION.

When psychedelic experiences are facilitated by someone with a shared intersection of identity, it can deepen the therapeutic alliance. Therapeutic alliance and attunement is one of the key characteristics of a successful psychedelic assisted experience.

The objective of the Psychedelic Assisted Facilitator Education Program is to educate LGBTQIA2S+ and those on the queer spectrum on a range of important topic areas (listed below) and to create a space for deepening relation to self, community, and the medicine.

The program includes:

  • Virtual lectures weekly including areas and topics such as :

    • Introduction to Psychedelic Facilitation and Queer Liberation

    • Foundational Facilitation Skills: including Prep and Integration

    • Ethics of Care and Facilitation: with a Focus on Non Ordinary States of Consciousness

    • Psychedelics as Tool for Black Trans Joy and Liberation and the Shadow History of Psychedelics

    • Biases: Conscious and Unconscious and the Power of Psychedelics for Marginalized People

    • Maintaining Energetic Sovereignty During Facilitation

    • Community Care, Collaboration and Harm Reduction

    • and more!

  • 3 day in person experiential retreat at the beautiful Temecula Retreat Housewhere participants will be able to have first hand experience with medicine and practice of facilitation

    • Including medical clearance and evaluation

  • Opportunity for ongoing apprenticeship

  • Opportunity and connections for continued consultation

When:

  • First cohort starts January 11, 2024 and ends in March 21, 2024

  • 3 Day in person experiential is March 5-7, 2024

  • Virtual courses are weekly on Thursday from 4-6pm PST/7-9 EST via zoom

Who can apply: LGBTQIA2S+ folx and those who identify anywhere along the queer spectrum that are interested in being psychedelic facilitators

Cost $3000

Partial and full scholarships available.

Applications are currently closed and will reopen in March next year for the following cohort.

Notification of admission into the program will be sent by December 8, 2023.

*Scholarships will only be considered for folx who complete standard application AND scholarship application. Scholarships will be considered alongside standard application.


More educators to come!