Course Provider
Nonprofit platform focused on psychedelic education, cultural justice, and Indigenous reciprocity with programming at the intersection of ethics, policy, and community knowledge.
Chacruna sits a little apart from skills-first psychedelic training providers: it is strongest as a justice-led, research-informed education platform rather than a clinical or retreat school. The reputation signal is decent and fairly distinctive, especially for people wanting Indigenous reciprocity, ethics, culture, and critical theory around psychedelics, with well-known names from anthropology, psychiatry, and psychedelic research appearing in its faculty lists. It looks best for thoughtful practitioners and researchers who want context, not a simple how-to, though the offer is not a formal professional qualification in the way some clinician-facing programmes are.
Best for therapists, facilitators, researchers, chaplains, ceremonial guides, and informed members of the public who want a deeper, ethics-heavy understanding of psychedelic culture and plant medicine. It is less suited to people seeking hands-on delivery training or a regulated clinical credential.
No blanket prerequisite is stated for Chacruna’s trainings on the general training page. Individual courses may be aimed at specific audiences such as therapists, clinicians, ceremonial leaders, or psychedelic facilitators, but the sources reviewed do not show a universal licence or entry requirement.
Chacruna says some trainings offer optional continuing education credits, and specific courses list CE credit amounts or pending approval. The sources reviewed do not show institutional accreditation or a regulated professional qualification; Chacruna also describes itself as a public education platform rather than a formal academic journal, and courses may provide certificates of completion or participation rather than licensure-level certification.
Pricing varies by course. Examples reviewed include Foundations of Plant Medicine Facilitation, Integration, and Ethics at $1,100 with scholarships available, Roots of Psychedelic Therapy at $1,100 with scholarships available and 28 CE credits, Diversity, Culture and Social Justice in Psychedelics at $700 plus a separate $320 CE-credit option, Science of Psychedelic Healing at $700, and Ayahuasca Healing, Science and Indigenous Knowledge at $950. Some pages also note Chacruna membership can provide free or discounted access to courses, workshops, and forums.
Learners typically walk away with a certificate of participation or completion where offered, plus topic-specific competencies in facilitation ethics, integration, cultural context, Indigenous perspectives, reciprocity, harm reduction, and psychedelic science. For some courses, learners may also receive CE credits and access to ongoing discussion with faculty and peers.
Linked Courses
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Active Listings
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Primary Formats
Live Classes, Self-paced, Hybrid
Programs linked directly to this provider in the Blossom course dataset.
By Chacruna
A course on plant medicine facilitation, integration, and ethics. It focuses on foundational concepts for working with plant medicine experiences and supporting integration responsibly.
By Chacruna
Queering Psychedelics: Intersectionality, Healing, Spirituality and Liberation is a Chacruna course focused on queer and intersectional perspectives in psychedelic work. It addresses healing, spirituality, and liberation through a social and cultural lens.
By Chacruna
Chacruna is hiring a Courses Coordinator to support its courses program and related operations. The role appears focused on coordinating course logistics and administration rather than delivering course instruction.
By Chacruna
Reducing the Impact of Bias on Therapy, Education, & Training is an interactive workshop that introduces participants to the concept of implicit bias, including what it is, why it happens, and how it affects our interactions with others
By Chacruna
The Roots of Psychedelic Therapy course offered by the Chacruna Institute is an introduction to the foundations of the use of sacred plants. Through lectures, students will explore topics such as shamanism in Amazonia, peyote use among the Wixárika, psilocybin use among the Mazatec, and iboga in Afr
By Chacruna
This article examines the history of psychedelic medicine being used in conversion therapy and the ongoing harms of heteronormative assumptions in psychedelic science. It outlines the need for LGBTQ-affirmative psychedelic therapy and identifies key areas for change in clinical practice and training.
By Chacruna
Course on ayahuasca healing, science, and Indigenous knowledge that examines global ayahuasca use, traditional Amazonian healing, psychotherapy, clinical research, conservation, and legal frameworks. It combines recorded lectures with live Zoom discussion sessions.
By Chacruna
Critical Perspectives on Knowledge Production in Psychedelic Science is a course that aims to examine a wide range of critical issues and perspectives in psychedelic science, equipping students with a broader and more integrated understanding of how research is conducted across a variety of settings
By Chacruna
Diversity, Culture and Social Justice in Psychedelics introduces students to basic concepts around psychedelics and justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion (JEDI). The goal of the course is to explore how psychedelics influence and are influenced by factors such as social justice, privilege, and d
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