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Alef Trust

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Alef Trust is a UK-based transpersonal psychology educational institute founded by Emeritus Professor Brian Les Lancaster, offering an MSc in Consciousness, Spirituality & Transpersonal Psychology validated by Liverpool John Moores University and a professional certificate in Psychedelics, Altered States & Transpersonal Psychology taught by Dr. David Luke (Imperial College) and other leading researchers. The institute also offers collaborative PhDs and open learning courses integrating consciousness studies, parapsychology, and integrative healing traditions.

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Blossom’s read

Alef Trust sits in the more academic, spiritually-oriented end of the psychedelic education space rather than the clinical therapist-training lane. Its strongest fit is for people who want a serious transpersonal studies frame, with recognised university validation on the MSc side and a clear research lineage through Brian Les Lancaster and David Luke. It is best approached as an online, postgraduate-style learning environment for reflection, theory and research literacy, not as a route to medical or psychotherapy qualification.

Who Alef Trust is for

Best for graduates, practitioners and researchers who want a rigorous but non-clinical grounding in transpersonal psychology, consciousness studies and psychedelic/altered-states scholarship. It is also likely to suit people already working in coaching, counselling, wellbeing or adjacent fields who want an academic lens rather than a hands-on licence.

Prerequisites

For the two-year MSc route, applicants need a degree in psychology or a cognate science discipline with at least a UK 2:1 or equivalent, plus capacity for around 25 to 35 hours' study per week. The three-year MSc route is framed more broadly, but the source set does not give full entry conditions here.

Accreditation & recognition

The MSc in Consciousness, Spirituality and Transpersonal Psychology is validated by Liverpool John Moores University, and successful completion leads to an LJMU award. Alef Trust also says some professional certificates, such as Transpersonal Coaching Psychology, can lead to eligibility for coach accreditation from the International Association of Coaches, Therapists & Mentors, but that is not the same as a regulated clinical credential.

Cost

The MSc application fee is £100 and the full MSc fee for 2026-27 is £12,400, payable to Alef Trust. The Entheogens and Psychedelics open-learning course is listed at £450 for 10 weeks, while the Transpersonal Coaching Psychology certificate is listed at £4,000 for 12 months; these pages indicate online tuition, webinars and guided learning, with the coaching programme also including practice hours.

What you walk away with

Learners on the MSc receive a university-validated postgraduate degree and training in transpersonal theory, research design and applied transformative psychology, culminating in a dissertation. Certificate learners receive an Alef Trust certificate, and the coaching certificate also states eligibility for IACTM coach accreditation and structured coaching practice hours.

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