- Live CE Webinar
September 18, 2026
12:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Introduction
Clients are already bringing psychedelics into the therapy room, and many clinicians are unprepared to respond. One client asks how to prepare for a ketamine infusion. Another wants help integrating a psilocybin retreat they attended in Oregon. A third casually discloses using mushrooms monthly “for personal growth.” This gap carries real clinical and liability risk.
Psychedelic-informed psychotherapy addresses this directly. Unlike psychedelic-assisted therapy, it involves no substances in session—making it fully within the scope of practice of any licensed clinician today. This training equips participants to handle these conversations competently: understanding the substances clients are most likely to use, assessing risk accurately, applying harm reduction principles, and supporting integration in ways that translate psychedelic experiences into lasting therapeutic change.
The course provides a plain-language overview of the substances clients are most likely to ask about, including mechanisms of action, critical drug interactions, and contraindications. Participants will learn to navigate the current legal landscape, apply a three-tier screening framework for assessing client readiness and risk, and implement three evidence-based integration techniques. The training closes with practical guidance on clinical documentation and referral, so participants leave with tools they can use in their very next session.
This is a 4-CE online seminar delivered virtually in real-time via an industry-standard webinar platform.
Attendance and Location Details
Friday, September 18, 2026
12:00 pm – 4:30 pm (CT)
1:00 pm – 5:30 pm (ET)
10:00 am – 2:30 pm (PT)
Live Webinar Attendees: Zoom link and course materials will be made available to you 24-48 hours prior to event date.
Agenda:
Welcome, Introductions, and Overview
- Scope and limitations disclosure; conflict of interest disclosure
- Overview of objectives and session structure
Foundations and Science
- The critical distinction: psychedelic-informed psychotherapy vs. psychedelic-assisted therapy
- The professional spectrum
- Historical context
- Science and pharmacology overview
Legal Landscape and Clinical Response
- Current legal framework
- What clinicians can and cannot do
- When a client discloses psychedelic use
- Clinical scenarios
- Q&A
Risk Assessment and Harm Reduction
- Comparative risk profiles
- Three-tier screening framework
- Critical drug interactions
- Set and setting
- Safety planning with clients
- Q&A
Integration Techniques and Professional Practice
- Integration theory: definition, three phases, and six life domains
- Technique 1 — Body-based somatic tracking
- Technique 2 — Expressive arts journaling
- Technique 3 — Nature-based mindfulness
- Clinical documentation language
- Q&A
Closing
- Key takeaways
- Building a psychedelic-informed referral network
- Next steps for applying the course content in practice
- Q&A
Objectives:
This training will provide participants clinical knowledge and tools to:
After completing this training, participants will be able to differentiate between psychedelic-informed psychotherapy and psychedelic-assisted therapy, including their distinct scope of practice and legal implications for licensed clinicians.
After completing this training, participants will be able to describe the current legal landscape for psychedelic substances, including federal scheduling, FDA-approved options, and state-level access programs relevant to clinical practice.
After completing this training, participants will be able to apply a three-tier screening framework to clinical decision-making with clients who use or are considering psychedelics.
After completing this training, participants will be able to demonstrate three evidence-based integration techniques for use with clients processing psychedelic experiences.
Target Audience:
Professional Counselors, Clinical Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists, Psychologists, Psychiatrists, and anyone providing services in the Behavioral Health Care industry.
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Instructor(s): Peter H. Addy, PhD, LPC
Material Author(s): Peter H. Addy, PhD, LPC
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Course Materials & Delivery Method:
- Course Materials – (including the link to view the scheduled live webinar) are made available to all registered attendees 24-48 hours before the event start time
- This training is interactive and provides opportunities to ask direct questions to the trainer as well as request immediate help from staff if needed. The attendee will view the presentation in real-time from their connected device via an industry-standard internet webinar platform.
CE Approvals:
National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)
Online CE Credits has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6795. Programs that do not quality for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Online CE Credits is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
Mind Works Professional Education, Inc. DBA Online CE Credits, #1974, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: July 23, 2025 – July 23, 2028. Social workers completing this course receive 4 clinical continuing education credits.
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