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THE SYNTHESIS INSTITUTE PRESENTS
The Ecology of Psychedelic Practice
What Every Practitioner Must Know About Supporting Non-Ordinary States
LIVE ❘ Thursday July 9, 2026

9 a.m. - 12 p.m. PDT ❘ 12 p.m. - 3 p.m. EDT ❘ 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. CEST
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A Complimentary 3-Hour Live Workshop

 

Psychedelic experiences can move across emotional, psychological, somatic, spiritual, relational, and existential dimensions, often within the same journey. This workshop explores the interdisciplinary skills and competencies involved in supporting these experiences across preparation, medicine session, and integration, through real-world practice examples from experienced practitioners.

Learn From Experienced Psychedelic Practitioners
Psychedelic and Buddhist Chaplain
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Daan Keiman
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CEO of Art to Healing and Yoga for Freedom, Expressive Art Therapist, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Yoga Teacher, Counsellor & Coach
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Atira Tan
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MA, LPC Certified IFS Therapist & Approved IFS Consultant
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Heather Smith
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Psychedelic-Assisted Therapist, Somatic Trauma Therapist & Psychedelic Educator
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Emma Knighton,
MA, LMHC
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As Psychedelics Enter Mainstream Care, Defining Competent Practice Becomes Increasingly Critical

As psychedelic medicines become more widely accessible, attention is increasingly turning toward the question of how practitioners are trained to meet the complexity of this work.

For some, the path into this field begins with personal experience and a growing interest in supporting others responsibly. For others, it emerges through established clinical, therapeutic, somatic, or spiritual practice and curiosity about how psychedelic care may complement existing approaches.

Both pathways enter a field where there is still no shared consensus on what competent practice requires. At the same time, research and lived experience continue to show that practitioners play an active role in shaping how psychedelic experiences are held, navigated, and integrated.

The Need for Multidimensional Care

Contemporary psychedelic care draws from clinical science, trauma-informed care, somatic practice, relational psychology, spiritual traditions, Indigenous lineages, and lived human experience.

Most practitioners enter this work through a primary training lens. While each lens brings valuable strengths, no single framework fully prepares practitioners for the range of experiences that may emerge in psychedelic states.

This creates gaps in how practitioners recognize, interpret, and respond to different dimensions of the experience.

In lived contexts, this may appear as:

  • Clinically trained practitioners encountering spiritual or existential experiences that fall outside their training frameworks

  • Spiritually oriented facilitators overlooking psychological risk factors or physiological considerations

  • Somatic practitioners encountering the limits of their approach when narrative, symbolic, or meaning-making processes become central

    This raises important questions for emerging practitioners: What competencies does this work require? How do those competencies relate to my existing training? Where might my current strengths be complemented by further development?

If you recognize your own entry point in any of these questions, this workshop is designed for you. Through real-world practice examples, we will explore the interdisciplinary skills, competencies, and qualities that support multidimensional practice across preparation, medicine session, and integration, while examining the strengths and limitations different practitioner backgrounds can bring to this work.

Exploring Effective Practice Across the Arc of the Psychedelic Journey

This workshop examines the core competencies involved in supporting psychedelic experiences across preparation, medicine session, and integration, drawing on real-world practice examples from experienced practitioners across different approaches to care.

Screening, Assessment & Readiness
Understand how practitioners assess psychological, medical, and contextual factors when determining suitability for psychedelic work.
Preparation Session Facilitation
Explore how preparation establishes relational trust and orienting frameworks that support the full arc of the experience.
Embodied Presence & Nervous System Regulation
Explore how practitioner presence and nervous system regulation contribute to safety, stability, and containment during psychedelic experiences.
Cultural Humility & Positionality Awareness
Examine how culture, identity, and training lineage shape the therapeutic container and influence relational dynamics.
Informed Consent as an Ongoing Process
Examine consent as a dynamic process that evolves throughout preparation, experience, and integration.
Navigating Challenging Experiences
Explore how practitioners support states such as panic, grief, fear, and ego dissolution while maintaining presence and discernment.
Epistemic Humility & Worldview Awareness
Understand how practitioners work across diverse meaning systems without imposing interpretation during heightened states of suggestibility.
Supporting Meaning-Making
Explore how to support participant meaning-making without directing interpretation or closing down emergent insight.
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Who This Complimentary Workshop Is For

Designed for those exploring a future in psychedelic care and seeking a clearer understanding of the skills, competencies, and qualities involved in supporting others through non-ordinary states.

  • Professionals and career-transitioners exploring a future in psychedelic work

  • Coaches and facilitators

  • Medical and healthcare practitioners

  • Spiritual care providers

  • Somatic practitioners

Meet Our Guest Faculty
Psychedelic and Buddhist Chaplain
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Daan Keiman
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CEO of Art to Healing and Yoga for Freedom, Expressive Art Therapist, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Yoga Teacher, Counsellor & Coach
Click to read more
Atira Tan
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MA, LPC Certified IFS Therapist & Approved IFS Consultant
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Heather Smith
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Psychedelic-Assisted Therapist, Somatic Trauma Therapist & Psychedelic Educator
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Emma Knighton,
MA, LMHC
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Workshop Materials

Complimentary Access

Complimentary Access

to All Four Live Sessions
Join us live on Thursday, July 9th, for the full 3-hour experience, including all four segments and one short break in between.
Lifetime Access

Lifetime Access

to All Session Recordings
Can't attend live or want to revisit the conversations? All registered participants will receive lifetime access to video recordings.

Whether you are exploring a professional path in psychedelic care or seeking to integrate this work into an existing practice, this workshop offers those at all levels of psychedelic education a practical overview of the competencies required to navigate the multidimensional nature of psychedelic experiences.

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Secure Your Complimentary Seat

Thursday, July 9, 2026
 
9 a.m. PDT | 12 p.m. EDT | 5 p.m. BST | 6 p.m. CEST