Ethics goes beyond laws and guidelines. Ethical development requires acknowledgement of relationship. A trustworthy relationship is at the heart of healing, and it is ethics that are at the heart of any healing relationship. 

The therapist or practitioner who is working with clients in profound states of consciousness (e.g., in psychedelic-assisted therapy, breathwork, meditation, trauma recovery, grief, or significant change and loss) is responsible to create the Right Conditions so that the inner healing capacity of the client can mobilize to do its work with appropriate support. InnerEthics is a compassionate, self-reflective approach to ethics that is complementary to and builds on the more external approach of traditional ethics education. Together, these approaches provide the guidance that enables practitioners to make relational and therapeutic choices more wisely.

This bundle includes six home-study, self-paced courses (Ethics 101-106). The course goals are to provide and test basic knowledge of precarious ethical situations that are especially likely when clients are in profound states of consciousness and to teach practical Ethical Awareness Tools that can be utilized to identify, sort, and resolve issues that arise in professional relationships with clients and patients. 

Successful completion of tests in all six courses will result in the awarding of an InnerEthics® Level 1 Certification, appropriate for practitioners working with expanded states of consciousness. 

Certification & Professional Benefits

Upon successful completion, you will receive:

• InnerEthics® Level 1 Certificate
• InnerEthics® Level 1 Seal, suitable for posting on your website or social media
• 20 continuing education credits (optional)
• Eligibility to attend InnerEthics® Level 2 Workshops and Peer Consultation Groups
• Fulfillment of the Level 1 prerequisite for InnerEthics® Level 3 Teacher Training
  

Who is this course for?

This course bundle is for professionals who are interested in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy or in assisting clients with the integration of profound experiences. It is for people who want easy-to-learn tools to help them sort out the challenging ethical situations that tend to arise in profound states. This ethical approach is helpful to anyone working in therapy, however, because profound states occur spontaneously in any therapy, even if more infrequently in ordinary talk therapy.

These courses focus on elements of the therapeutic container that are relational with elements that require self-awareness, ethical awareness,  trigger management, and increased discernment in therapeutic decision-making by those working with patients or clients in profound states, especially in the field of psychedelics: psychologists, therapists, social workers, mentors, physicians, medical professionals, bodyworkers, researchers, teachers, and other practitioners, sitters, or guides.

**Bundle all 6 Ethics Courses to save 20% and earn an InnerEthics® Level 1 Certification**

Ethical Right Relationship in Psychedelic Therapy (Ethics 101)

Ethics goes beyond laws and guidelines. Ethical development requires an acknowledgement of relationship. Relationship is at the heart of healing, and ethics are at the heart of any healing relationship. An ethical relationship is one that a client can trust.

In psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, clients surrender to an as-yet-unknown transformation. It is crucial that patients are able to trust the person who sits with them during their exploration. They need to know the person they will rely on is willing to do their very best to attune to the extraordinary experience with them and to provide reassurance as needed in that world, yet, at the same time, maintain a safe physical, emotional, cognitive, and spiritual container for the explorer. 

This course provides a self-reflective and self-compassionate approach to Right Relationship—an internal approach that focuses on motivations, those deep, not always conscious urges that precede our behaviors with clients. The self-inquiry of Right Relationship complements and amplifies the external, behavioral approach of traditional ethics education (the laws, codes, and standards that guide us behaviorally).

Ethical Right Relationship in Psychedelic Therapy (Ethics 102)

The practitioner using psychedelic-assisted therapy is responsible for creating the Right Conditions so that the inner healing capacity of the client can mobilize to do its work with the assistance of the psychedelic and therapeutic support. 

This course provides a self-reflective and self-compassionate approach to Right Relationship. This internal approach puts our focus on motivations, attitudes, and biases—those deep, not always conscious urges that precede our behaviors with clients. Self-inquiry complements the external, behavioral approach of traditional ethics education (the laws, codes, and standards that guide our behavior). 

This second part of the Ethical Right Relationship in Psychedelic Therapy course introduces students to two additional means to assist in a practical way with awareness and maintaining Right Relationship with clients in the therapeutic container.

Peer Consultation Groups: Supporting Ethical Alertness in Community (Ethics 103)

Therapists and practitioners use the structure of an InnerEthics® Peer Consultation Group to create a safe enough container in which they can serve one another by taking turns in the roles of a consultation. This will bring greater benefit to their clients and support one another in maintaining ethical alertness.

This video course provides instruction about the structure (the roles and functions) that supports vulnerability with attention to compassion and learning instead of judgment so that group members can grow more conscious and skillful together. You will observe five therapists use role-play to demonstrate how the easily learned roles and functions work to support one another’s insight and consciousness development.

The value of this structure is that members can feel safe enough with their like-minded, compassionate peers to pull back the curtain bit by bit from their Shadows, from their unconscious motivations, biases, and patterns. With more consciousness and clarity, members can make better choices when they are in the role of “Responsible Party”.

Considering the Ethical Issues of Professional Dual/Multiple Relationship (Ethics 104)

The Ethics 104 course addresses one of the most complex and under-taught areas of professional ethics: the complexity of dual and multiple relationships, especially in psychedelic and other profound states of consciousness. While these multiple roles are often unavoidable—and sometimes built into the roles practitioners hold—there is very little formal guidance on how to navigate them ethically, especially when clients are in heightened, vulnerable, and highly suggestible states.

Taught by Kylea Taylor, this course offers a rare, in-depth exploration of the legal, ethical, and relational implications of dual relationships in contemporary psychedelic and consciousness-based practice. Drawing on decades of clinical experience and ethical consultation, the course moves beyond simplistic prohibitions to examine real-world complexity, ethical discernment, and the skills and capacities required for responsible practice.

Ethics 104 provides ethics Continuing Education (CE) credits for licensed practitioners, offering unique ethics training that is both professionally relevant and deeply applicable to the realities of modern therapeutic, spiritual, and community-based work. For professionals who work where relationship itself carries therapeutic power, this course offers clarity, grounding, and practical ethical support.

The Ethics of Caring: Finding Right Relationship with Clients (Ethics 105) 

Ethics 105 is a 6-hour continuing education home-study course based on the required reading, The Ethics of Caring: Finding Right Relationship with Clients (2017 book) by Kylea Taylor. This course offers an in-depth exploration of ethics as a lived, relational practice, complementing traditional ethics education by focusing on legal and ethical guidelines. Participants are invited to examine how ethical caring, presence, boundaries, power, responsibility, and professional self-awareness shape the therapeutic relationship.

Rather than focusing solely on prohibitions or risk management, this course emphasizes ethical discernment, right relationship, and the practitioner’s ongoing responsibility to engage in self-reflection, humility, and accountability. The text addresses complex clinical realities such as professional love, boundary crossings, vulnerability, dependency, misuse of power, and the emotional and relational impact of therapeutic work on both client and practitioner.

This course is particularly relevant for professionals who work relationally, experientially, or in depth-oriented modalities, including those working with clients in emotionally vulnerable, regressed, or non-ordinary states of consciousness. Through careful reading and examination of ethical dilemmas, participants deepen their capacity to recognize subtle ethical risks, respond with integrity, and maintain client welfare as the central guiding principle.

Peer Consultation Groups & Ethical Awareness Tools for Psychedelic Practitioners (Ethics 106)

Ethics 106 provides licensed mental health and healthcare professionals with an in-depth introduction to the InnerEthics® approach to ethical awareness, ethical self-management, and peer consultation, with particular relevance for practitioners doing work involving psychedelic-assisted therapy and other profound or non-ordinary states of consciousness.

This course is delivered as an independent home-study program consisting of a required text and a comprehensive post-reading assessment. Participants will read Peer Consultation Groups & Ethical Awareness Tools for Psychedelic Practitioners by Kylea Taylor and demonstrate mastery of the material by successfully completing a multiple-choice examination.

The course emphasizes ethical alertness, self-reflection, compassionate inquiry, and relational accountability, offering concrete tools that can be used for self-supervision, peer consultation, or formal supervision. Particular attention is given to ethical vulnerabilities that are amplified in psychedelic and other extraordinary states of consciousness, including dual/multiple relationships, power differentials, boundary challenges, conflicts of interest, and truth-telling.