August 2024 Cohort
Psychedelic Therapy and Integration

The Fluence certificate in Psychedelic Therapy & Integration is a new core program that provides clinicians with a foundational education in psychedelic-assisted therapy and integration. It has been designed specifically to prepare therapists and healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills needed to begin a path towards practicing psychedelic therapy as approved avenues to do so continue to expand. This is the first required component for Fluence’s certification path. The program is built primarily around this live online course, with a cohort that meets weekly for two hours over the course of 6 weeks.

• Explain the different clinical roles in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy and psychedelic harm reduction and integration.
• Discuss the similarities and differences between the scope of practice in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy versus psychedelic harm reduction and integration.
• Describe the key areas covered in screening and assessment for psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy in current clinical research to assess for appropriate treatments.
• Assess the ethical considerations of psychedelic-assisted therapy as treatment for various cultures and target populations.
• List the unique aspects of psychedelic assisted therapy that inform the consent and screening process.
• Explain how an inner directed approach impacts the therapeutic stance and clinical tasks to support the wellbeing of the client.
• Describe the synergistic effects of an inner directed approach, client autonomy, therapeutic stance, and therapeutic alliance.
• Identify key clinical considerations of transference in therapeutic relationships with clients using psychedelics.
• Discuss the session flow of an atypical psychedelic therapy intervention from research settings.
• Identify examples of supportive interventions being utilized by researchers and clinicians during a psychedelic administration session.
• Explain how principles of trauma-informed care can be applied to the three phases of psychedelic assisted therapy.
• Describe how psychedelic therapy-induced changes can impact family and social systems.
• Assess the areas of follow-up care for a client that has participated in psychedelic assisted therapy.