Introduction
Date Course Created: November 2026
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.
DISCLAIMER: This program has been developed and offered by Online CE Credits, and it is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any other organization, center, clinic, institute, psychotherapy broker, person, or other business entity.
This is a 3.75-CE noninteractive, self-paced online video course delivered in home study format via an industry-standard online learning platform.
Agenda
00:00 – 01:00 → Introduction, The Professional Competency Spectrum, Pharmacology, Clinical Evidence, Research
01:00 – 01:50 → FDA Statuses, Research Based Treatment Protocols, Education and Harm Reduction, Risks of Unregulated Use
01:50 – 02:30 → Unsupervised Harm Reduction Strategies, Quantifying Relative Harm, Specific Harms of Unregulated Ketamine
02:30 – 03:10 → Specific Harms of MDMA / Ayahuasca, Psychedelic Preparedness Assessment Scales, Testing Kits and Strips
03:10 – 03:53 → Meaningful Integration, Managing Challenging Experiences, Legal / Ethical Boundaries, Next Steps
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:
The target audience for this course includes psychologists, social workers, counselors, MFT’s, and other clinical mental health professionals.
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Instructor(s): Peter H. Addy, PhD, LPC
Material Author(s): Peter H. Addy, PhD, LPC
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National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)
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