- Strong match: 3 shared modalities
- Strong match: 2 shared learner audiences
- Also shares: professional level
- Also shares: hybrid delivery
3 domains / 6 areas / 3 specializations
SoundMind
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SoundMind Institute is a Philadelphia-based psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy training, treatment, and research organization founded by Dr. Hannah McLane, offering a comprehensive year-long Psychedelic Practitioner Training Program and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy treatment. Integrating Indigenous healing traditions with clinical evidence, its nonprofit arm has provided over $280,000 in scholarships to BIPOC and underrepresented psychedelic providers.
Blossom’s read
SoundMind sits in the more clinician-facing, quasi-clinical end of the psychedelic training market rather than the loose general-interest space. It appears best suited to psychotherapists, physicians and other professionals who want a year-long, structured grounding in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy with a strong emphasis on ethics, inclusion and a psychodynamic, somatic and ceremonial blend. The reputation signal is mixed but real: it has visibility, named faculty and some independent discussion, yet much of the public evidence is self-reported and it should be read as an emerging training outfit rather than an established academic institution.
Who SoundMind is for
Best for clinicians and other professionals who want structured psychedelic facilitation training, particularly those interested in ketamine, psilocybin and broader psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy frameworks. It also seems intended to be accessible to some non-clinicians, but the content and positioning are primarily professional.
Prerequisites
SoundMind states that the programme is designed for clinicians, especially psychotherapists and physicians, but that being a clinician is not a requirement for acceptance. I did not find a firm prerequisite such as licensure, though some offerings are framed around state-licensure pathways in Colorado and Oregon.
Accreditation & recognition
SoundMind says its curriculum fulfills requirements for state licensure in Colorado, but also states on its Global Access page that its certificate does not fulfil state licensure requirements for practicing as a psychedelic facilitator in Colorado or Oregon. It describes the Global Access offering as an educational training certificate, not a professional licence, and I did not find independent confirmation of formal accreditation or CME/CE credit.
Cost
Public pricing found includes the 2025 to 2026 full-payment programme at $11,800, a 4-month plan at $3,097.50, and the 2026 to 2027 4-month plan listed at $2,703.75 per month for four months. The 12-month Global Access programme is listed at $5,800. The site indicates payment plans are available; I did not find a clearly detailed inclusions list beyond lectures, readings, homework, reflection prompts, office hours and, for some cohorts, recorded classes.
What you walk away with
Learners appear to walk away with a SoundMind training certificate or completion of a facilitated training programme, plus foundational competencies in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, integration, ethics and clinical frameworks. The site emphasises preparation for work with ketamine, MDMA, psilocybin and huachuma, though this is framed as education and training rather than a state licence.
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