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Synaptic
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Synaptic Institute is a Portland-based nonprofit offering entheogenic medicine training programs and holistic healing experiences, with certification in ketamine-assisted psychotherapy for healthcare professionals. The institute provides comprehensive KAP training designed to equip clinicians with the skills to safely and ethically integrate ketamine into psychedelic-assisted therapy practice.
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Blossom’s read
Synaptic looks like a serious, clinically oriented psychedelic training provider rather than a broad public-facing wellness brand. Its strongest fit seems to be practitioners who want a structured route into ketamine-assisted psychotherapy and Oregon psilocybin facilitation, with a clear emphasis on ethics, screening, integration and real-world clinical practice. The faculty page suggests a mixed lineage of naturopathic medicine, psychology, hospice/palliative care and transpersonal/experiential work, which gives it a holistic but still professional flavour. The main caveat is that some of the recognition appears to be programme-specific rather than a large external accreditation stamp, so it reads as pragmatic professional training rather than a prestige credential.
Who Synaptic is for
Best suited to licensed healthcare professionals, and in some programmes graduate students near completion, who want to add ketamine-assisted psychotherapy or psilocybin facilitation to their practice. It also appears open to some unlicensed and out-of-state applicants for the psilocybin track, but the most obvious audience is clinicians building a psychedelic-therapy skillset.
Prerequisites
For ketamine training, the site says it is open to licensed healthcare professionals. For the psilocybin facilitator programme, applicants must be at least 21, hold a high school diploma or equivalent, and both licensed and unlicensed professionals, including those from out of state, may apply.
Accreditation & recognition
The ketamine programme says it is approved by the Oregon Board of Naturopathic Medicine for 4 hours of pharmacy and 2 hours of ethics for NDs in Oregon. The same page says they are currently seeking CE accreditation for psychotherapists, while psychologists can receive CE through the Spiritual Competency Academy, which is APA-approved to sponsor continuing education. The psilocybin facilitator programme page says graduates qualify for licensure as psilocybin facilitators under Oregon’s Measure 109.
Cost
Ketamine training pricing is split by component: the core didactic plus workshop is listed at $800, with an optional experiential component at $600 for group format and about $1,600 at Synaptic for one-to-one experiential work. The psilocybin facilitator programme is listed at $9,000 and includes didactic material, opening retreat with lodging and meals, practicum, final workshop, lunch and graduation, while transport, practicum lodging and psilocybin itself are extra; payment plans add fees.
What you walk away with
Learners in the ketamine track should walk away with clinical competencies in KAP screening, preparation, administration, ethics, harm reduction and integration, plus a pathway to CE/CME recognition depending on profession. The psilocybin programme appears aimed at preparing graduates for Oregon facilitator licensure and practical facilitation competence, with community consultation, practicum and ethics embedded.
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- Strong match: 4 shared learner audiences
- Also shares: certification level
- Also shares: hybrid delivery
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