Training Content and Learning Objectives

Augmented psychotherapy Training (APT)

An Outcome-Based Psychedelic Therapy Training

The APT Program has been developed following the principles of outcome-based education. The specific learning objectives that are pursued through different learning formats are aligned with the following set of 13 APT Outcomes:

  1. Applying psychotherapeutic concepts, methods, and attitudes to shape psychedelic-augmented and integration therapy
  2. Understanding the scientific and philosophical basis of psychedelic-augmented and integration therapy
  3. Communicating and cooperating with health care institutions and colleagues in multi-professional teams
  4. Screening patients and planning individualized treatments
  5. Preparing patients for psychedelic experiences
  6. Inducing, monitoring, and supporting psychedelic experiences in psychotherapeutic settings
  7. Supporting patients in the process of integrating psychedelic experiences
  8. Preparing patients for the post-treatment phase
  9. Communicating harm-reduction to colleagues, patients, and supporting systems
  10. Complying with legal requirements and understanding ethical challenges of psychedelic-augmented and integration therapy
  11. Comprehending the anthropological, social, and medical history of psychedelics
  12. Acknowledging the relevance and limits of self-experience with altered states of consciousness for shaping therapeutic processes
  13. Understanding existential dimensions of the psychedelic experience and incorporating this knowledge in therapeutic practice and self-development

Learning Formats

The APT program follows a hybrid learning model: Over the course of 15 months, three intensive on-site trainings take place in Berlin, Germany. The on-site curriculum includes a varied program of theory units, practical exercises, and self-experience in altered states of consciousness. Furthermore, weekly online training sessions are held over the entire duration of the program. The online sessions include various formats: Lectures with leading international experts, a journal club (i.e. reading group presentations), mentoring sessions with experienced therapists, and meditation training.

In addition to these formats, which follow a fixed schedule, participants complete the MIND Foundation’s educational online program Molecules as well as the integration workshop Beyond Experience at their own pace.

Timeline

The next English-language APT course (see timeline graphic below) starts on November 16, 2024.
The next German-language APT course starts on March 08, 2025. Learn more about the German-language course.