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- Strong match: 3 shared learner audiences
- Also shares: professional level
- Also shares: hybrid delivery
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OPEN Foundation
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Dutch nonprofit organizer in the psychedelic field, including stewardship of the ICPR conference series and related professional convenings.
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Blossom’s read
OPEN Foundation looks like one of the more established, academically anchored players in European psychedelic education rather than a glossy consumer training brand. It is probably best for clinicians, researchers, and other mental-health professionals who want structured, evidence-led professional development, especially those seeking a pathway into psychedelic-assisted therapy in a European context. Its standing comes less from marketing and more from its long-running conference and research convening role, though much of its training is clearly aimed at an already-qualified audience rather than the curious general public.
Who OPEN Foundation is for
Best suited to mental-health professionals, clinicians, researchers, and people on licensure tracks who want serious, science-led psychedelic education. Foundations is the more accessible entry point, while ADEPT is aimed at licensed practitioners seeking a longer professional pathway.
Prerequisites
For Foundations, the site says it is open to professionals with a background in mental healthcare who meet minimum criteria, with relevant backgrounds including psychology, mental health, medicine, social work, nursing, or spiritual care. For ADEPT, enrolment requires a licensed mental health professional, for example psychotherapist, clinical psychologist, psychiatrist, or a medical doctor with psychotherapy training.
Accreditation & recognition
Foundations awards a Certificate of Completion from OPEN Foundation, and successful completion counts as partial accreditation towards ADEPT if eligible. ADEPT is described as a two-year hybrid professional training that ends with a Certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy from OPEN Foundation, subject to attendance and course requirements. I did not find a clear independent regulator accreditation claim on the OPEN site beyond OPEN’s own certification and the mention of partial accreditation toward ADEPT.
Cost
The OPEN site’s FAQ says Foundations includes tuition and fees information, but the specific price was not surfaced in the pages I reviewed. The programme is presented as mission-driven rather than profit-driven, and the cost framing appears to be for a formal professional course rather than a low-cost public workshop. I did not find a reliable source for an exact fee.
What you walk away with
Learners on Foundations appear to gain a structured grounding in the principles, evidence, ethics, and practice context of psychedelic-assisted therapy, plus an OPEN Foundation certificate and a possible route into ADEPT. ADEPT is positioned as a full two-year professional pathway culminating in a Certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy and advanced clinical skill development.
Foundations & Philanthropy Snapshot
Psychedelic-Specific FoundationsClassification
Private Foundation
Geography
Global
Coverage
Global
Last Verified
Apr 10, 2026
Funding Focus Areas
Academic Research FundingJournalism & Public EducationTraining & Workforce Development
Support Types
Grant FundingProgrammatic Sponsorship
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Verification
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Psychedelic Focus
Explicit Psychedelic Focus
Engagement Status
Active
Verification Notes
Verified against OPEN Foundation official research pages.
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Quick Facts
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- Non-Profit
- Founded
- 2007
- HQ
- Netherlands
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