Psychedelic Trip Sitting Training

Learn to hold safe, ethical space for psychedelic journeys. This self-paced course covers harm reduction, facilitation skills, integration, and cultural competency—empowering you to support healing with confidence and care.

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Course curriculum

1. Introduction to the Psilocybin Trip Sitter Course
  FREE PREVIEW
2. Medicine or Malice?
3. Connecting with the Essence of the Medicine
4. Disclaimer
1. A Brief History of Psilocybin
2. QUIZ
1. The Importance of Learning from an Elder
2. Decolonization
3. MAPS Conference Closing Ceremony Disruption
4. QUIZ
1. Medicines vs. Drugs and Psychedelic Exceptionalism
2. QUIZ
1. What are Psilocybin and Psilocin?
  FREE PREVIEW
2. How Does Psilocybin Work?
3. QUIZ
4. QUIZ
1. Mental Health Conditions that Psilocybin Addresses
2. QUIZ
1. Supportive Evidence for Psilocybin
1. Contraindications and Relative Contraindications for Psilocybin
2. Data on SSRIs and Psychedelics
3. Psilocybin-Medication Interaction Checker
4. QUIZ
1. Psilocybin as a Treatment for Addiction
2. Data Supporting the Use of Psilocybin for the Treatment of Addictive Disorders
3. Parallels Between Alcoholics Anonymous and Psychedelic Work
4. Applying the 12 Steps to Psychedelic Therapy
5. QUIZ
1. How Long Do the Benefits of Psilocybin Therapy Last?
2. QUIZ
1. Safety of Psilocybin
2. QUIZ
1. Is Psilocybin Detectable on Drug Tests?
2. QUIZ
1. Long Term Risks & Health Impacts of Psilocybin Use
2. QUIZ
1. Psycholytic Vs. Psychedelic Experiences
2. QUIZ
1. Important Terms and Concepts in Psychedelic Work
2. QUIZ
1. Obtaining and Storing Psilocybin
2. QUIZ
1. Psilocybin Preparation and Dosing
2. Duration of Effects and Potency
3. QUIZ
1. What Can People Expect to Feel on Psilocybin?
2. QUIZ
1. Microdosing
2. QUIZ
1. What is the Role of a Trip Sitter?
2. QUIZ
1. The Goals and Purpose of Psychedelic Healing Sessions
2. QUIZ
1. Encourage Connection with the Client’s Inner Healing Intelligence
2. Promote an Internal Experience
3. Empathetic Listening, A Non-Directive Approach and Witnessing
4. QUIZ
1. Psychedelic Harm Reduction
2. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Harm Reduction
3. QUIZ
1. Sitter Self Care and Fostering Presence
2. QUIZ
1. Music in the Psychedelic Space
2. QUIZ
1. Generational/Ancestral trauma/intergenerational or trans-generational trauma/historical trauma/racial trauma
2. QUIZ
1. Cultural Competence
2. QUIZ
1. Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
2. QUIZ
1. Microaggressions and Cultural Appropriation
2. QUIZ
1. Touch in Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness
2. QUIZ
1. Bad Trips vs. Difficult Experiences
2. QUIZ
1. The Importance of the Mystical Experience
2. QUIZ
1. Ego Dissolution
2. QUIZ
1. How to Respond in Atypical Circumstances
2. QUIZ
1. How Many Providers Should Be in a Psilocybin Session?
2. QUIZ
1. Should Sitters Dose Themselves with Psilocybin When Sitting for a Journey with a Client?
2. QUIZ
1. Preparing for the Journey
2. QUIZ
1. Preparing the Journey Space
2. Video: Dr. Lerman's Journey Space
3. QUIZ
1. Ceremony and Ritual
2. QUIZ
1. The Seven Directions
1. Journey Space Rules
2. Client Commitment
3. Provider Commitment
4. QUIZ
1. Before the Client Arrives
2. The Client Has Arrived!
3. During the Journey
4. When is the Journey Over?
5. QUIZ
1. Mirror Work
1. What Should the Sitter Expect During a Client’s Journey?
2. The Distressed Client
3. Entity Possession
4. Past Life Regression
5. QUIZ
1. After the Journey
2. QUIZ
1. Integration
2. QUIZ
1. Journaling
2. Physical Integration
3. Spiritual Integration
4. Emotional Integration
5. Skylight Psychedelics Recommended Integration Practices
1. Meditation: David Romanelli
1. Hallucinogen Peristing Perception Disorder
2. QUIZ
1. Munchausen by Proxy-Like Syndrome in the Psychedelic Space
1. Psilocybin Group Experience
2. QUIZ
1. Holotrophic Breathwork
2. QUIZ
1. How Much to Charge for Psilocybin Sessions
2. QUIZ
1. Minimizing Liability: Consents, Waivers, Insurance & More
1. Legal Status
2. QUIZ
1. Psilocybin Experiential
1. Closing
2. Organizations Needing Your Support
1. Final Exam
1. References

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Introduction

A Brief History of Psilocybin

The Importance of Learning from an Elder and Decolonization

Medicines vs. Drugs and Psychedelic Exceptionalism

What are Psilocybin and Psilocin?

Mental Health Conditions that Psilocybin Addresses

Supportive Evidence for Psilocybin

What are the Contraindications for Psilocybin?

Psilocybin as a Treatment for Addiction & Supporting Data

How Long Do the Benefits of Treatment Last?

Safety of Psilocybin

Is Psilocybin Detectable on Drug Tests?

What are the Long Term Risks & Health Impacts of Psilocybin Use?

Psycholytic Vs. Psychedelic Experiences

Important Terms in the Psychedelic Space

Psilocybin: Obtaining, Growing and Storing

Psilocybin Preparation, Dosing and Duration of Effects and Potency

What Can People Expect to Feel on Psilocybin?

Microdosing

What is the Role of a Trip Sitter?

The Goals of and Purpose of Psychedelic Healing Sessions

Sitter’s Role When Holding Space

Psychedelic Harm Reduction

Self-Care and Fostering Presence for the Sitter

Music in the Psychedelic Space

Generational/ Ancestral trauma/intergenerational or transgenerational trauma/historical trauma/racial trauma

Cultural Competence

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Microaggressions and Cultural Appropriation

Touch in Non-Ordinary States of Consciousness

Bad Trips vs. Difficult Experiences

The Importance of the Mystical Experience

Ego Dissolution

How to Respond in Atypical Circumstances

How Many Providers Should Be in a Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy Session?

Should Sitters Dose Themselves with Psilocybin?

Preparing for the Journey

Preparing the Journey Space

Ceremony and Ritual

The Seven Directions

Journey Space Rules

The Day of the Journey

Mirror Work

What Should the Sitter Expect During a Client’s Journey?

After the Journey

Integration

Ways to Integrate Psychedelic Experiences

Meditation: David Romanelli

Hallucinogen Persisting Perception Disorder

Munchausen by Proxy-Like Syndrome in the Psychedelic Space

Psilocybin Group Therapy

Holotrophic Breathwork

How Much to Charge for Psilocybin Sessions

Minimizing Liability: Consents, Waivers, Insurance & More

Legal Status

Psilocybin Experiential

Closing

Final Exam

References

About this course