Psilocybin Mushroom Support Specialty
Training in psilocybin mushroom support services for people who want to guide or assist personal-use sessions in Colorado. The course covers safety, contraindications, dosing protocols, guiding techniques, and legal compliance under the Natural Medicine Health Act.
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Course Overview
Psilocybin Mushroom Support Specialty is a harm-reduction and support training for personal-use psilocybin mushroom sessions. It is designed around Colorado’s legal framework and focuses on safe, compliant support for clients in private or community settings. The curriculum includes safe dosing protocols, psilocybin safety and contraindications, professional practice protocols, informed consent and waiver documents, potency testing for cubensis species, and preparation and integration education. Students also receive Q&A with experts and learn specific guiding strategies for psychedelic spaces. The program is delivered through webinars, three weekly classes, and an intensive retreat. Each student guides once and journeys once during the retreat, and ongoing supervision is provided through an advanced credentialing program.
Who is this for?
People interested in guiding or assisting psilocybin mushroom sessions, including graduates of Psychedelic Guide Training.
Prerequisites
Open to graduates of Psychedelic Guide Training.
About the Provider
Operating since 2012 as the training program of the Center for Medicinal Mindfulness in Boulder, Colorado, Psychedelic Sitters School trains licensed clinicians and guides-in-training in Mindfulness-Based Psychedelic Therapy® across four medicines—cannabis, ketamine, psilocybin, and DMT—through in-person, hybrid, and online formats. Now in their 13th year with over 35 cohorts completed, they are one of the longest-running psychedelic guide training programs in the United States.
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- Price$1-$5,500
- FormatHybrid
- Lifecycle statusNo New Dates
- SkillsHarm ReductionIntegrationFacilitationPsilocybin Therapypsilocybin safetycontraindications screeningsafe dosing protocolspsychedelic guidinginformed consentwaiver usepreparation and integration supportpotency testinglegal compliancedosing protocols
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Part 1
Standard on-demand access without CE credit processing.
15 years
This option is not currently open for enrollment.
Guide Training
Standard on-demand access without CE credit processing.
4 to 6 months
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Part 2
Standard on-demand access without CE credit processing.
15 years
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Specialty Track
Standard on-demand access without CE credit processing.
5 day
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Specialty Track
Standard on-demand access without CE credit processing.
3 weekly classes plus a 5-day intensive retreat
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NMHA Track
Standard on-demand access without CE credit processing.
6 months or 12 months
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Credentialing Pathway
Standard on-demand access without CE credit processing.
One 3-month module per credentialing level; includes 2 individual mentorship sessions and 12 weekly 2-hour group mentor
This option is not currently open for enrollment.
Self-Care Track
Standard on-demand access without CE credit processing.
One day, plus more than 5 hours of pre-recorded webinar content
This option is not currently open for enrollment.
Dragon Training
Standard on-demand access without CE credit processing.
1 year
This option is not currently open for enrollment.
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