Hello Reader,
A few questions have come in since the course announcement. Here are the ones I keep seeing.
The most common: Is this only for clinicians who plan to do facilitation work? No. The course is for licensed MH professionals who encounter psychedelic use in clients they're already seeing, not clinicians planning to add facilitation to their practice. If a client discloses, if a client asks a question, if you're trying to understand what your scope actually covers: that's who this is for. You don't have to be moving toward psychedelic-assisted practice to need clinical competence in this area.
The second: my clients don't use psychedelics. An estimated eight million Americans used psilocybin in the past year, and most don't tell their clinician. If you practice in Oregon or in a major metro area, or if you work with adults under fifty, the probability is that you've already had at least one psychedelic user in your caseload this year who didn't say anything. The question isn't whether your clients use psychedelics. It's whether they'll tell you.
The third: Does this count for my CE hours? The course is NBCC-approved for 3 CE hours. If you hold an NBCC-affiliated license (LPC, LCMHC, and many state equivalents), it counts. Psychologists and social workers: check with your state board, as NBCC approval doesn't apply universally. Oregon psilocybin facilitators: the course meets OPS curriculum requirements for Safety, Ethics, Law, and Responsibilities. If you're not sure whether it counts for your specific license and state, reply here, and I'll help you figure it out.
Psychedelics and the Therapeutic Frame — 3 CEs, $137 →
— Peter
P.S. If you downloaded the First-Contact Language Guide a couple of weeks back, the course is the full framework it came from. The three-phase sequence in the guide is one piece of a much larger body of clinical content.