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:
- Applying psychotherapeutic concepts, methods, and attitudes to shape psychedelic-augmented and integration therapy
- Understanding the scientific and philosophical basis of psychedelic-augmented and integration therapy
- Communicating and cooperating with health care institutions and colleagues in multi-professional teams
- Screening patients and planning individualized treatments
- Preparing patients for psychedelic experiences
- Inducing, monitoring, and supporting psychedelic experiences in psychotherapeutic settings
- Supporting patients in the process of integrating psychedelic experiences
- Preparing patients for the post-treatment phase
- Communicating harm-reduction to colleagues, patients, and supporting systems
- Complying with legal requirements and understanding ethical challenges of psychedelic-augmented and integration therapy
- Comprehending the anthropological, social, and medical history of psychedelics
- Acknowledging the relevance and limits of self-experience with altered states of consciousness for shaping therapeutic processes
- 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.