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.
Psychedelic Sitters School
English
5 day
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.
People interested in guiding or assisting psilocybin mushroom sessions, including graduates of Psychedelic Guide Training.
Open to graduates of Psychedelic Guide Training.
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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