Psychedelic Sitter and harm reduction Training

Psychedelic harm reduction and Sitter Training

In-person and Virtual Options

JournEase Office

355 N 300 W ste 1

Salt Lake City, UT 84111

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Training Details

Schedule times subject to change

Virtual Lectures only

$375

Schedule:

TBD

Lectures & ketamine experiential

Our next experiential session will be offered in October. You can do the lecture component in April and join us in October for the experiential session.

$625

Virtual Prep Session and Integration Session: one week before and after training

Schedule:

TBD

Our philosophy

We believe it is crucial to have personal experience with the psychedelic medicine you are using with clients, in order to fully understand what your client may go through, and in order to provide meaningful support and safety. As a result, our training offers the option of an experiential session, which will enable all participants to be on both sides of the healing experience.

Our training also has a strong emphasis on ethics, which is of the utmost importance when working in these vulnerable states. We also recognize and accept that there are multiple ways to work with ketamine, which can be beneficial, as long as ethics are upheld. It is important to be familiar with the different techniques, styles, and protocols and to determine which way works best for you. We focus on working with ketamine, as it is the only legal medicine (outside of research studies) at this time. However, the information we teach can be utilized in spaces with other psychedelic medicines as well.

We choose to work in a relation way, because we believe a large part of the healing experience happens in and as a result of this relationship and we extend that relationship to those in our trainings. Please be prepared to be in relationship during this training, be fully present, be open to sharing, and be opening to learning more about yourself.

We believe in community and collaboration and encourage participants of all backgrounds to apply to our training. We all bring different skills, knowledge and experience to the table and we want to learn from all of you as well!

The Team

  • Stephanie Lyn Coleman MD, MPH

    Experienced Ketamine Provider and Psychedelic Therapy Trainer

    Dr. Coleman believes in an integrative approach to health and wellness with psychedelic medicine being a part of that. Dr. Coleman has worked with ketamine for 4 years providing relief for clients struggling with mental health symptoms. In addition, she has been a part of facilitating trainings with Inbodied Life in California and with JounEase in Utah for 4 years and over 10 trainings. She is not your typical physician and works in a team approach with clients to empower them to take part in their own healing.

  • Morgan Gonzales MSW, LCSW

    Psychedelic and Trauma Therapist and Psychedelic Therapy Trainer

    Morgan has worked as a trauma therapist in hospital settings and private practice for over 15 years. She has experience working with ketamine in mental health for more than 7 years. She utilizes multiple modalities to support her clients in their healing journey, which include parts work (IFS), somatic therapy, ACT therapy, narrative therapy, breathwork, inner child work and more. She has helped facilitate ketamine and sitter trainings with JournEase over the past few years.

Curriculum Overview

Background and Foundational Information

  • Introduction to psychedelics and healing

  • Basic Mechanism of Ketamine and other Psychedelics

  • What is Harm Reduction

    Basics of Psychedelic Medicine Preparation

  • Client Assessment and Preparation (mindset)

  • Introduction to Motivation Interviewing Techniques

  • Practice of Preparation Skills

    Psychedelic Sitter Guidelines

  • Defining and understanding the role of a psychedelic sitter

  • The Medicine Session (setting)

  • Trauma Informed Care

  • Ethics of Working with Non Ordinary States of Consciousness

    Psychedelic Medicine Integration

  • Defining Integration and Re-Integration

  • Learn Techniques and Tools to Provide Integration for your Clients

  • Practice Using Integration Techniques

Professional and Personal Development

  • Creating community and collaboration

  • Ongoing supervision and education

  • Optional Experiential Session

Business of Psychedelic Medicine

  • Appropriate roles and ways to support

  • Best practices for working in teams

  • Scope of practice and risk assessment