Module 6 - Advanced Workshop I on Ketamine- and Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapies Live/Online 

In this workshop, we focus on special topics in clinical work and the development of ketamine-assisted and other psychedelic-assisted psychotherapies. We cover the principles, practices, and theory of depth therapies and their relationship with KAP: psychoanalytic, archetypal, transpersonal psychotherapy, and developmental psychology, including an understanding the relationship between key neurodevelopmental processes and the value and efficacy of KAP and psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy.

In addition, we focus on challenges and opportunities in maximizing the healing potential of non-ordinary states of consciousness (NOSC) through the effective use of the therapeutic relationship; working with challenging experiences in treatment; the effective integration of spirituality and spiritual explorations as an essential element of the therapy; and the integration and recovery process through an understanding of Jung’s concept of the “transcendent function.”

We cover the important topic of psychedelic integration, involving extreme experiences in non-ordinary states of consciousness. We examine the effects on healing, personality, and spiritual development from periodic immersions in deep, transcendent -- sometimes inchoate and ineffable, and sometimes powerfully revealing and illuminating -- experiences of NOSC’s as well as their effects on individual and collective evolution.  

Finally, we discuss the theme of “potential space” and the role and recovery of the capacity for play and wonder as essential transformative elements in the healing and recovery process in KAP. We integrate diverse clinical theories, traditions, and philosophies, offering participants an increasingly wide-angle lens on the evolving field of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy and grounding it in clinical wisdom, safety, and psychodynamic/archetypal theory and practices.  

Module 6 Learning Objectives

1. Describe three elements of the theoretical approaches of Winnicott, and elements as they may relate to the practice of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy.
2. Describe the relationship between therapist-client attunement and psychological change in psychedelic-assisted therapy and how it differs from traditional forms of psychotherapy.
3. List two common psycho-spiritual themes that often arise in the practice of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy.
4. List two forms of support that the therapist can offer to clients having a challenging experience in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy.
5. Describe one way that conflict emerging in the psychedelic-psychotherapy session can lead to learning and growth.
6. Describe 3 different examples of symbolic representation of The Encounter with Self that may occur and inform ketamine assisted psychotherapy.

Module 7 - Advanced Workshop II on Ketamine- and Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapies Live/Online 

This course will continue the exploration of major themes in ketamine- and psychedelic- assisted therapy and depth psychotherapy from prior modules, in order to support clinicians in improving both the quality of their clinical work as well as their self-care. In this workshop, we focus on special topics in the application of principles and practices of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapies as they relate to the topics of: integration and its challenges; neurotheology (the intersection of spiritual practices and neurophysiology); the relationship between meditation, psychedelics, self- care and improved preparation phase interventions; and a continued focus on the dynamics of the therapy relationship with a particular emphasis on relational psychoanalytic theoretical perspectives and approaches. 

Module 7 Learning Objectives

1. Describe two ways of making use of imagery in KAP integration.
2. List two different types of interventions that may support clients during the rapid remission process.
3. Explain Bion’s idea of reverie and how it leads to psychic “containment,” by giving two examples of adequate containment of client experience in the psychedelic session.
4. Describe two key considerations pertaining to relational approaches in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy.
5. List and describe two meditative practices that can be used for helping with therapist and patient attunement and therapist self-care in psychedelic assisted psychotherapy.
6. Describe two important areas of research in the emerging field of neurotheology.

Teachings are appropriate for healthcare professionals as well as the general public. Healthcare professionals will be able to incorporate the tools and practices offered in this program in ways beneficial to clients or patients.