Who is this course for?
Addiction Counselors Case Managers Counselors Marriage and Family Therapists Nurses Psychologists Psychotherapists Social Workers Therapists Psychiatrists Other Mental Health Professionals
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Psychedelics, Hallucinogens and Entheogens: What Clinicians Need to Know
Psychedelics, Hallucinogens, and Entheogens equips mental health practitioners with crucial insights on addressing psychedelic usage in therapeutic settings
Decision Summary
- Best fit
- Addiction Counselors Case Managers Counselors Marriage and Family Therapists Nurses Psychologists Psychotherapists Social Workers Therapists Psychiatrists Other Mental Health Professionals
- Format
- Self-paced
- Time commitment
- Estimated 6.3 hours
- Credential signal
- NASW
- Delivery
- Self-paced
- Medicine self-experience
- No medicine self-experience listed
Course Overview
Psychedelics, Hallucinogens and Entheogens: What Clinicians Need to Know provides mental health professionals essential knowledge for addressing psychedelic use in clinical contexts. Taught by psychedelic researcher and clinician Dr. Peter Addy, this course bridges the gaps between prohibitive misconceptions, emerging science, and clients' real-world psychedelic experiences.
Through online modules, participants gain updated understandings of classic and atypical psychedelics, traditional uses, current research, therapeutic mechanisms, integration models, ethical dilemmas, and clinical applications. Clinicians develop skills for competently navigating discussions of psychedelics in therapy, determining risks and benefits, and leveraging psychedelics' potential to catalyze healing from trauma, addiction, mood disorders, and more.
This course equips clinicians to meet the needs of an increasingly psychedelic society.
Who is this for?
Addiction Counselors Case Managers Counselors Marriage and Family Therapists Nurses Psychologists Psychotherapists Social Workers Therapists Psychiatrists Other Mental Health Professionals
About the Provider
PESI is a leading continuing education provider for mental health professionals, offering accredited online courses on psychedelic-assisted therapies including MDMA, psilocybin, ketamine, and microdosing, covering clinical frameworks, ethics, harm reduction, and client communication for therapists, counselors, nurses, and psychiatrists. Their trainings help clinicians build competence in this rapidly emerging therapeutic field and earn CE credits required for licensure.
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What is the format and time commitment?
Format: Self-paced. Time commitment: 15 years.
How much does it cost?
The listed price is $110. Confirm the latest tuition, fees, and payment options on the provider website.
Does it offer a certificate or CE/CME credit?
Accreditation note: NASW. Listed CE/CME credits: 6. Confirm credential eligibility directly with the provider before enrolling.
Can I start anytime?
This course has a self-paced signal in the current listing. Confirm current access terms with the provider.
Is this course currently available?
The current listing status is Active. Use the provider website for the latest enrollment status.
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