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PRATI

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Non-profit community of practitioners, researchers, and educators based in Fort Collins, Colorado, committed to integrating psychedelic medicines into mental health care through training and clinically relevant research. PRATI offers Foundational KAP (ketamine-assisted psychotherapy), End of Life care, and Colorado Natural Medicine Health Act facilitation programs, and has trained over 140 healthcare professionals.

ProfessionalIn personMid costPsychedelic-assisted therapy trainingFacilitation trainingContinuing educationOtherLicensed cliniciansFacilitatorsOther

Blossom’s read

PRATI looks like a serious, clinically oriented training shop with a distinctly holistic and slightly spiritual frame, rather than a purely protocol-led medical school. Its strongest fit is for licensed clinicians and care professionals who want grounded ketamine-assisted psychotherapy training and, in Colorado, a route into natural medicine facilitation work. The reputation signal is decent rather than glamorous: it is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, has a visible faculty board with names like Janis Phelps, Andrew Weil and Joe Tafur, and says it has trained over 140 healthcare professionals, but it does not appear to offer formal CE accreditation.

Who PRATI is for

Best suited to licensed clinicians and other care professionals who want practical psychedelic-medicine skills, especially in ketamine-assisted psychotherapy and end-of-life or palliative contexts. It is also relevant for people pursuing Colorado natural medicine facilitation, provided they already meet state requirements.

Prerequisites

Foundations in Psychedelic Medicine is designed for clinically licensed professionals in medical or mental health-related fields. The End of Life and Existential Distress training requires completion of a recognised experiential KAP or PAT training first. The Colorado practicum requires participants to obtain the appropriate Natural Medicine Facilitator licence before the start date.

Accreditation & recognition

PRATI states that it is not currently accredited to offer CEUs for its training programmes. For the Colorado practicum, it says the programme meets Colorado Natural Medicine Health Act requirements, but also says it does not itself fulfil all requirements to become a licensed facilitator in regulated states; it may only satisfy some prerequisite components.

Cost

Foundations in Psychedelic Medicine lists $3,000 for professionals and $4,450 for physicians, plus a separate $330 medical services fee for the optional ketamine experiential component, and travel, accommodation and meals are not included. The End of Life training page indicates scholarship and deposit-based pricing, but I did not find a clean standard tuition figure on the pages reviewed. The Colorado practicum is listed at $3,000 with a $1,000 deposit, and excludes accommodation, meals and natural medicine costs.

What you walk away with

Learners walk away with foundational skills for psychedelic medicine practice, with a specific emphasis on ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, plus a training-hours statement on request rather than a formal CE credential. The end-of-life course builds clinical capability for palliative and existential distress work, and the practicum is intended to deepen facilitation skills for Colorado natural medicine work.

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