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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.
Synaptic Institute sits in the practical, clinician-facing corner of psychedelic education rather than the academic mainstream. It is best suited to licensed professionals and serious practitioners who want structured training in ketamine-assisted psychotherapy or Oregon psilocybin facilitation, with an emphasis on ethics, cultural context, and supervised experience. The faculty mix combines naturopathic medicine, psychotherapy, palliative care, somatic work, and psychedelic practice, which gives it a credible field lineage without feeling overly theoretical.
It best suits healthcare professionals, therapists, and other adult applicants who want hands-on psychedelic training, especially for ketamine-assisted psychotherapy or psilocybin facilitation in Oregon. It also welcomes unlicensed applicants with relevant experience in helping roles, provided they meet the entry conditions.
For the psilocybin facilitator training, applicants must be at least 21 and hold a high school diploma or equivalent. The programme invites both licensed and unlicensed professionals, including out-of-state applicants; preference is given to people with psychedelic experience and professional experience working with people in a healing capacity. For the KAP certificate, the programme is described as healthcare professional training.
Synaptic states that its psilocybin practitioner training is fully accredited by the Oregon Health Authority and the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, and that graduates qualify for licensure as psilocybin facilitators under Oregon’s Measure 109 framework. Its ketamine-assisted psychotherapy training page says the team is currently seeking CE accreditation for psychotherapists. The institute also says it has been accredited by the GAC, although that body is described on the site in broad terms rather than as a profession-specific clinical accreditor.
The psilocybin facilitator programme costs $9,000 and includes didactic materials, the opening in-person retreat with lodging and meals, practicum, the final in-person workshop, lunch, and the graduation event in Portland. It excludes practicum lodging, the cost of psilocybin used during training, and transportation. The KAP training page shows a hybrid format with three hours of asynchronous teaching and a five-hour live workshop, but the public page excerpt does not publish a single programme price.
Graduates of the psilocybin programme are positioned for Oregon psilocybin facilitator licensure and gain supervised practicum, consultation, journal club participation, and an alumni support channel. The KAP training is framed as a certification that prepares healthcare professionals to use ketamine safely within psychedelic-assisted therapy practice.
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By Synaptic Institute
Explore the Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy Program. Gain skills in ketamine administration, harm reduction, and altered states ethics. Ideal for licensed healthcare professionals.
Source lists: 15 hours
Delivery: Online + Seattle; Portland, United States
Includes medicine self-experience
By Synaptic Institute
The Psilocybin Training Program at Synaptic Training Institute is designed to prepare graduates for licensure as psilocybin facilitators under Oregon’s Psilocybin Services Initiative (Measure 109).
Source lists: Estimated 85 hours
Delivery: Online + Beaverton, United States
Includes medicine self-experience
By Synaptic Institute
Synaptic's Psilocybin Practitioner Training is a 6-month hybrid program that qualifies graduates for licensure as psilocybin facilitators under Oregon’s Psilocybin Services Initiative (Measure 109). It combines online instruction with in-person retreats, practicum, apprenticeship, and supervised experiential learning i
Delivery: Online + Beaverton, United States
Includes medicine self-experience
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