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This course will help guide participants through the application of current psychedelic-assisted therapy approaches to mood and anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress, substance use disorders, and distress associated with end-of-life care. As the second course in the certification pathway, this course will require learners to apply core skills learned in the Fundamentals of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy, in the context of various health conditions.
In this 6-week program, you will learn how to approach various health conditions using psychedelic-assisted therapy skills and tools through case-based learning. The cases will explore decision making regarding what medicine and psychotherapeutic approaches may be most appropriate in specific contexts. We will focus on four key indications: Mood and anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress, substance use disorders, and distress associated with chronic and serious illnesses.
This course includes 18 hours of live sessions and 6 hours of online pre-work.
In order to register for this course, you must have:
If you do not meet these prerequisites, please reach out to training@numinus.com for recommendations to support you.
After the course, you’ll be able to
| In this module, we apply the Numinus care model to critically evaluate the shortcomings of the DSM and other models to demonstrate the importance of applying a transdiagnostic approach. |
Throughout this module, we will compare depressive and anxiety disorders using a transdiagnostic lens. We will also look at how psychedelic-assisted therapy can help with the treatment of these disorders.
In this module, we will look at how post-traumatic stress disorder is diagnosed in the DSM. We will also look at common comorbidities, transdiagnostic considerations, and PTS outside of DSM criteria.
In this module, we will explore chronic and serious illness. Unlike treating other mental health conditions, chronic and serious illness doesn’t seek to treat the underlying condition or the symptoms.
We will look at some first-hand accounts of people who have struggled with a substance use disorder and subsequently underwent psychedelic-assisted therapy.
In our final module of the course, we will revisit transdiagnostic criteria in the context of complex PTS and solidifying this concept for your practice moving forward.
Yes, you will need to complete the following before registering:
If you do not have this, please reach out to training@numinus.com for recommendations to support you.
We will be reviewing mood and anxiety disorders, PTSD, end of life distress, substance use disorders, and complex PTSD.
Yes, once you complete 24 hours of training.
You will need to be able to commit to live sessions each week, however we will be able to accommodate make up sessions if there’s a week you’ll be unable to make. Please email training@numinus.com if you have any special circumstances.
Unfortunately, recordings are not provided and used only for internal quality assurance purposes.
Yes, just be mindful of the time zones! Please also note that daylight saving time in North America typically comes into effect on different dates than some other parts of the world.
Please consult the Numinus Training Policies for more information about our policies.
Yes, this course is recognized by the following organizations for continuing education credit.
Canadian Psychological Association
Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association
L’Ordre des psychologues du Québec
Numinus Wellness has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7360. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Numinus Wellness is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
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