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”.

Connection and Practice

This course helps you to connect with peers interested in convening a group. We’ll provide you with a way to find others who have completed the ethics series.

***Receive 20% off! Buy ETHICS 101, ETHICS 102, and ETHICS 103 ***

[ETHICS 103 can stand alone as a course, but if members of your Peer Consultation Group have taken ETHICS 101 and ETHICS 102, you will all have been introduced to the InnerEthics® Ethical Awareness Tools for finding Right Relationship with Clients. You will be able to utilize these well in your Peer Consultation Group. Using the same terms and speaking the same “therapeutic ethical shorthand” saves time and allows members to be much more helpful to each other.] 

Who is this course for?

This course is for practitioners who are presently practicing or being trained to do psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy or assisting clients with the integration of these kinds of profound experiences. This ethical approach is helpful to anyone working therapeutically. This particular course is focused on how practitioners can support each other in compassionate self-reflection about therapeutic relationships. These elements require self-awareness, ethical awareness,  and trigger management by those working with patients or clients in the field of psychedelics: psychologists, therapists, mentors, physicians, medical professionals, bodyworkers, teachers, and other practitioners.

1. Structure of an InnerEthics® Peer Consultation Group
   • Description of reciprocal group roles and functions that support professional vulnerability and consciousness development that increases the possibility of client safety.
   • Research and rationale for the effectiveness of structured Peer Consultation Group roles and functions. 
2. Demonstration of a Peer Consultation Group with Role Play
   • Demonstration of trust building, skill-building, and ethical learning.
   • Demonstration of how functioning in the roles provides for learning and skill-building of therapeutic skills.

Learning Objectives

After this course, you will be able to:

1. Describe the rationale for a simple structure with group agreements, clearly defined roles, clearly defined role functions, and reciprocity in performing the group roles. 
2. Explain the rationale of providing a safe container for peers to discuss vulnerable self-inquiry in a Peer Consultation Group.
3. Identify at least two of the benefits available to Peer Consultation Group members who follow the structure outlined for such a group.
4. Utilize Ethical Awareness Tools in Peer Consultation Groups.