Dr Janis Phelps - Training the Next Generation of Psychedelic Therapists

The Center for Psychedelic Therapies and Research at the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) provides an academically accredited, professional certificate program for licensed health practitioners. The training curriculum focuses on delivering professional instruction in clinical, medicinal, and spiritual aspects of psychedelic therapy. This provides clinicians with essential competencies in preparation, assisted session management, and post-session integration support. The educational model addresses risk mitigation and benefit enhancement in psychedelic-assisted therapy. Students develop crucial skills in empathetic presence, transpersonal understanding, somatic observation of the breath, and maintaining a non-judgmental, meditative stance to support patients through transformative, non-ordinary states of consciousness.