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Institute of Psychedelic Therapy

Also known as: IPT UK

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United Kingdom

The Institute of Psychedelic Therapy (IPT) is a UK-based professional training organization offering a comprehensive two-year psychedelic-assisted therapist training program combining weekly online lectures, in-person meetings, and 5-day experiential residential retreats each year. IPT emphasizes slow, relational skill cultivation, robust ethics, and integration of psychedelic work within long-term therapeutic frameworks, with graduates eligible for professional membership.

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Blossom’s read

IPT looks like a thoughtful, UK-rooted professional network and training space rather than a quick-fix psychedelics course. Its centre of gravity is relational, psychodynamic and ethics-led, with a clear emphasis on long-form practitioner development, integration and community. It will likely suit established therapists who want to deepen into psychedelic-assisted work within a broader therapeutic frame, rather than people seeking a brief facilitation certificate or a more medically standardised route.

Who Institute of Psychedelic Therapy is for

Best for qualified counsellors, psychotherapists and allied health professionals who want a long, reflective training in psychedelic-assisted therapy. It also appears to suit practitioners already working in the field who want CPD, peer supervision and a UK professional community.

Prerequisites

The membership pages indicate three tiers, with affiliate membership for health and allied professionals such as psychiatrists, doctors, somatic experiencing practitioners, mental health nurses, social care workers and clergy, and professional membership for counsellors and psychotherapists in private practice. The training page says eligibility details are on the membership page and that personal psychotherapy is mandatory; it does not clearly list licensure requirements on the pages reviewed.

Accreditation & recognition

IPT says graduates of the two-year course will be eligible to become professional members of the Institute of Psychedelic Therapy. The site reviewed does not state formal external accreditation, CME/CE approval or registration with a statutory professional body.

Cost

For the 2026 to 2027 cohort, the fee is £5,500 per year. This includes weekly online lectures, two 2-day non-residential in-person meetings each year, and two 5-day experiential residential retreats each year, but excludes flights, accommodation and the cost of mandatory personal therapy.

What you walk away with

Learners walk away with training in psychedelic-assisted therapy through IPT’s Depth Relational Process model, including exposure to psychodynamic, attachment, transpersonal, embodied, trauma, systems, research and indigenous-informed perspectives. Graduates are eligible for IPT professional membership and access to its CPD, networking and special interest groups.

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Non-Profit
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United Kingdom
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