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The maintained registry now covers psychedelic-assisted therapy, California Gestalt routes, perinatal mental health, trauma/EMDR, and couples/family EFT. Availability is always dated; “not stated” is a result, not a blank to guess through.

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psychedelic · checked 6 August 2026

Certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies and Research

California Institute of Integral Studies — Center for Psychedelic Therapies and Research (CPTR)

Not currently enrolling. Verified 6 August 2026: the program page states "Applications for the 2026-2027 cohort are now closed. Our 2027-2028…

Format / place
San Francisco, CA — hybrid (three in-person weekends in San Francisco) or fully online; optional add-on training in…
Published cost
$9,400 reference price
Hours / credit
140–150 hours of professional instruction (~150 hybrid, ~140 online), plus 30 hours of individualized learning…
Audience
As of the 2025 expansion, three tiers, all requiring at least a bachelor's degree. (1) An advanced degree (M.A. and above) that can lead to…

The oldest and largest university-based psychedelic therapy training in the US — 12 months, ~150 hours, $8,900–$9,400 — that teaches you about psilocybin and MDMA but only qualifies you to practice ketamine-assisted psychotherapy and integration, unless you pay extra…

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psychedelic · checked 6 August 2026

Bachelor of Science in Psychedelic Studies

California Institute of Integral Studies — School of Undergraduate Studies

Enrolling, with Fall starts. Verified 6 August 2026: the program page lists 'Next Cohort: Fall' and CIIS' Fall Open House dates of 3 and 17 October…

Format / place
Online (CIIS is in San Francisco, CA); four virtual weekend intensives per year, no required travel
Published cost
No single total published
Hours / credit
37–60 units, depending on transferred credit. Ten named courses in the published course of study (nine 4-unit…
Audience
A bachelor's degree-completion program, so it is open to transfer students only — you must have completed a minimum of 54 transferable…

A three-semester online bachelor's degree-completion program — the first undergraduate psychedelics degree in the US — that is explicitly not a facilitator training and is almost certainly the wrong purchase for anyone who already holds a clinical license.

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psychedelic · checked 6 August 2026

Somatic Psychedelic Facilitator Certificate

The Embody Lab

Enrolling — verified 6 August 2026. Sold as an on-demand product with lifetime access and no registration deadline. The URL still carries a '2025' slug…

Format / place
Fully online — self-paced, on demand
Published cost
$1,047 reference price
Hours / credit
50 hours total: three modules of 12 hours each (36 hours), plus pre-recorded video content and 3 hours of…
Audience
Open to everyone. No license, degree, prerequisite or admissions process. The site lists the intended audience as psychedelic facilitators,…

A $1,047 self-paced online certificate that teaches somatic and harm-reduction skills for preparation, sitting and integration — open to anyone, licensed or not, and it changes no one's scope of practice.

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psychedelic · checked 6 August 2026

Fluence Professional Certificates (Psychedelic Harm Reduction and Integration Therapy; Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy; Psilocybin Facilitation)

Fluence (Fluence International, Inc.) — founded by Dr. Ingmar Gorman and Dr. Elizabeth Nielson

Enrolling — verified 2026-08-06. Essentials of Psychedelic Therapy cohorts open for 10 Sep – 15 Oct 2026 (Thursdays 12–2pm ET) and 20 Oct – 1 Dec 2026…

Format / place
Live-online (US-based; registered in New York), with an in-person practicum in Denver, Colorado for the psilocybin pathway
Published cost
$5,500 reference price
Hours / credit
Essentials of Psychedelic Therapy: 6 weeks live-online, 22 CE hours, plus 12 hours of on-demand video from…
Audience
'Licensed Psychotherapist' is listed as the requirement on Essentials and on all three certificates. Fluence, verbatim: 'Fluence certificate…

The training built explicitly for licensed clinicians working inside current law: three certificate tracks at $5,500–$7,000, all requiring a psychotherapy license, all APA-CE-bearing, and only one of which — the Colorado psilocybin pathway — leads to any state…

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psychedelic · checked 6 August 2026

Introduction to Psychedelic Facilitation (Level 1) — and the Level 2 Oregon/Colorado licensure track

InnerTrek

Enrolling — verified 6 August 2026. Level 2 Fall 2026 (September 2026 - April 2027) is in open enrollment with an open house on 12 August 2026 and…

Format / place
Portland / Damascus, Oregon — hybrid, with required in-person practicum in Oregon or Colorado
Published cost
$3,200 reference price
Hours / credit
Level 1: 60 hours — 30 didactic (8 self-paced online, 4 required live online, plus recorded expert sessions) and…
Audience
Level 1: at least 21, no formal education required, no prior psychedelic experience required, but applicants 'must demonstrate emotional and…

The only program in this directory whose certificate is attached to a real regulator: InnerTrek's Level 2 track is on the Oregon Health Authority's approved-curriculum list and leads to an actual state psilocybin facilitator license — but the license only works inside…

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psychedelic · checked 6 August 2026

IPI Psychedelic Therapy Level I Certification (Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Training)

Integrative Psychiatry Institute (IPI)

Enrolling. Verified 6 August 2026: the page advertises the September 2026 – December 2026 cohort, with Virtual Intensive I on 4 September 2026, Virtual…

Format / place
Niwot, Colorado — training delivered fully online; the only in-person component is a separately-priced 4-day psilocybin…
Published cost
$7,000 reference price
Hours / credit
140 hours of learning, of which 55 hours are live virtual sessions. Advertised on top of that: 40 hours of…
Audience
Open to LMFTs. IPI states it is 'now accepting applications from' Professional Clinical Counselors (LPC), Clinical Psychologists (PhD/PsyD),…

A four-month, fully online, 140-hour certificate that explicitly states it is not approved for Oregon or Colorado licensure — but IPI's separate $3,000 psilocybin practicum in Eugene turns it into a combined program that does appear on Oregon's approved-curriculum…

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psychedelic · checked 6 August 2026

Augmented Psychotherapy Training (APT)

MIND Foundation gGmbH (partner of OVID Clinic Berlin)

Enrolling / waitlist — verified 2026-08-06 on the MIND admissions page: 'Enrollment for the waiting lists of both courses is open; you can apply... A…

Format / place
Berlin, Germany — hybrid (three on-site intensive weeks in Berlin + weekly online sessions)
Published cost
€15,000 reference price
Hours / credit
MIND does not publish a total contact-hour figure. Published components: three on-site intensive weeks in Berlin…
Audience
Applicants must hold one of nine listed qualifications. Two tiers, and MIND is explicit about the difference. Qualified after certification to…

A 15-month, €15,000 European training in psychedelic-augmented psychotherapy, with three residential weeks in Berlin — rigorous and explicitly anti-underground, but it confers nothing legally in the United States, and its supervised personal-experience component is…

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psychedelic · checked 6 August 2026

Psilocybin Facilitator Training (PFT) Certificate Program — now run by the Memoru Center for Visionary Healing Arts, not Naropa University

Formerly the Naropa Center for Psychedelic Studies, Naropa University; separated from the university in December 2024 and now operating independently as the Memoru Center for Visionary Healing Arts, Boulder, CO

Running, but under a different organization. Verified 6 August 2026: Naropa University's own pages state the Center for Psychedelic Studies separated in…

Format / place
Boulder, CO — six-month hybrid program, live online plus in-person components; practicum in person in Colorado
Published cost
No single total published
Hours / credit
150 hours of didactic instruction (Colorado's rule minimum) + 40 hours supervised practicum + 40 hours…
Audience
Set to match the state rules rather than to gatekeep clinically: at least 21 years of age, a high school diploma or equivalent, US resident,…

The rare training that can genuinely end in a state license — but Naropa no longer runs it, the successor organization is Colorado-approved only, has dropped Oregon, and publishes no price.

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psychedelic · checked 6 August 2026

Psychedelics and Depth Psychology certificate series (Level 1 introductory; Advanced Level 2)

Pacifica Graduate Institute — Pacifica Extension

No cohort scheduled. Verified 6 August 2026: the Advanced Psychedelics Graduate Certificate Level 2 is listed on Pacifica Extension's program index and…

Format / place
Carpinteria / Santa Barbara, CA — delivered entirely online via Zoom
Published cost
$1,095 reference price
Hours / credit
Level 1: 14 CE credits, 16 live two-hour sessions plus recorded presentations and readings. Level 2: 10 CE…
Audience
Open enrollment — no license, degree, prerequisite or application required. The course page states the material is 'open to everyone' and names…

Not a facilitator training — a pair of $1,095 online CE lecture courses on psychedelics through a depth-psychology lens, with a strong faculty roster, no practicum, and no state approval anywhere.

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psychedelic · checked 6 August 2026

Polaris/Rainfall Certificate of Training in Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy

Polaris Insight Center (with Rainfall Medicine)

Enrolling — verified 2026-08-06. Module 1 dates listed for 10 September and 5 November 2026; the 2026 Cohort is announced as 'starting in September' with…

Format / place
San Francisco, CA — live-online modules plus five-day in-person practicum retreats (2026 retreats in Berkeley, CA and…
Published cost
$1,950 reference price
Hours / credit
Full-day modules are 8 hours each (9am–5pm Pacific), 8 CE credits. Half-day modules (Music, ACT) 4 CE credits;…
Audience
Modules are open to 'physicians, psychologists, therapists, nurses, chaplains, and other healthcare professionals'; the Ethics and Healing the…

Modular, à-la-carte KAP training from a San Francisco clinic that has been doing this since 2018 — you can start for $375, get a usable foundation for $1,950, and only commit to the full 1–2 year certificate if you want it.

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psychedelic · checked 24 August 2026

Foundations in Psychedelic Medicine Training

Psychedelic Research and Training Institute (PRATI)

Enrolling — rechecked 24 August 2026. The September 3–6 event page still displayed Select Options and 18 standard tickets in stock. The scholarship…

Format / place
Loveland, Colorado — in-person residential at Sunrise Ranch, about an hour from Denver
Published cost
$3,000 reference price
Hours / credit
About 20 hours. PRATI is not accredited to offer CEUs; on request it provides “a statement and summary of…
Audience
Open to LMFTs and other licensed clinicians — not prescriber-only. Two hard requirements: (1) an active professional license in good standing…

A four-day residential Colorado retreat in ketamine-assisted psychotherapy whose main draw is two optional, physician-supervised ketamine sessions for the trainees themselves; $3,000 for non-physicians, no CE credit, and no state facilitator standing.

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psychedelic · checked 6 August 2026

Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy & Integration Training

Psychedelic Coalition for Health (PCH)

Paused / Unknown. Verified 6 August 2026: the training page states 'Applications ARE currently closed. New cohort date TBD', all dates render as 'DATE…

Format / place
Los Angeles, CA — residential training week at a retreat center in Topanga Canyon, bookended by two virtual cohort meetings
Published cost
$5,000 reference price
Hours / credit
Not published as a total. The nearest proxy is the CE figure: 50 CEs are available for the in-person training…
Audience
Open to LMFTs, and to pre-licensed therapists. 'This professional training requires applicants to have an advanced degree in either mental…

A short, expensive, residential Los Angeles training built around actually taking ketamine yourself and sitting for a peer — deliberately unhurried, APA-sponsored CE that counts for a California LMFT, and, as of August 2026, apparently dormant: applications closed,…

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psychedelic · checked 6 August 2026

SoundMind Psychedelic Facilitator Training Program

SoundMind Institute (training arm of SoundMind; affiliated with SoundMind Center, Philadelphia)

Enrolling. Verified 6 August 2026: 'Enrolling for 2026 Cohort', training begins September 2026, with enrollment open from 15 March to 15 September 2026…

Format / place
Online nationally, with in-person practicum hubs; DORA lists the program at 555 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Suite 105,…
Published cost
No single total published
Hours / credit
Not published as a single total. Weekly: 2 hours of live class, 1 hour of small group, and 8–10 hours of readings…
Audience
Deliberately open. 'We open the application to everyone who is interested in psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy facilitation. About 30% of…

A 12-month, mostly online facilitator training that is currently on Colorado's approved training program list — so its Colorado track leads somewhere real — but is no longer on Oregon's, despite having been one of the first three programs OHA approved back in 2022.

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psychedelic · checked 24 August 2026

Psychedelic Process Training for Therapists

Spiral Process Therapy

Registration deadline passed — rechecked 24 August 2026. The page still publishes the September 11–13 and 25–27 cohort and an Apply Now link, but its…

Format / place
Santa Cruz, CA — fully in person
Published cost
$1,950 reference price
Hours / credit
Six days at 10am-5pm including a one-hour lunch and two 15-minute breaks — roughly 5.5 instructional hours per…
Audience
Stated as open to 'all healing practitioners including coaches, shamans, nurses, doctors, licensed therapists and registered associates (LMFT,…

A six-day, $1,950 in-person ketamine-and-somatics intensive in Santa Cruz run by one LMFT, where the tuition includes two ketamine sessions for you as a student.

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psychedelic · checked 6 August 2026

Berkeley Psychedelic Facilitation Certificate Program

UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics (BCSP), in partnership with the UC Berkeley School of Education

Paused. Verified 6 August 2026 at https://psychedelics.berkeley.edu/facilitation-certificate-program/future-programming/, which states enrollment is…

Format / place
Berkeley, CA — mostly in person, plus one residential retreat per year in Northern California
Published cost
$14,000 reference price
Hours / credit
200 hours: 160 instructional (about 90% in person) across seven three- to five-day modules, plus monthly online…
Audience
Closed. When open: advanced religious, spiritual care and healthcare professionals — chaplaincy, ministry, medicine, nursing, midwifery, mental…

A nine-month, $14,000, chaplaincy-flavored facilitator training from a major public university — Oregon-approved, distinctive, and closed to new students since 2025 with no announced restart.

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psychedelic · checked 24 August 2026

Vital — Certificate in Integrative Psychedelic Studies

Psychedelics Today

Enrolling — rechecked 24 August 2026. The first-party home page still says applications are open for the October 2026 cohort and links to Apply Now. The…

Format / place
Fully online — “All classes are 100% digital, requiring no travel”
Published cost
$10,500 reference price
Hours / credit
No total hour count is published for the current program. What is published: “at least 3.5 hours per week in…
Audience
Open to anyone. “No license or prerequisites are required.” Vital states the program “is not limited to licensed mental health professionals…

A $10,500, 12-month, entirely remote psychedelic education program from the Psychedelics Today podcast company that requires no clinical degree, awards a certificate with no legal force, and — for a licensed California therapist — is worth buying mainly for up to 68…

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gestalt · checked 23 August 2026

Bay Area Gestalt Institute

California Gestalt route

Dated 2026–27 cycle; current availability not stated

Format / place
San Francisco, Oakland, and Zoom
Published cost
Program fee and compensation not stated in reviewed evidence
Hours / credit
Not stated
Audience
Registered AMFT, APCC, or ASW

The only verified California entry in this inventory specifically organized around registered associates after graduate practicum.

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gestalt · checked 23 August 2026

Gestalt Associates Training Los Angeles (GATLA)

California Gestalt route

Current 2026–27 program details published

Format / place
Los Angeles region; synchronous online and an in-person track with location TBD
Published cost
$2,100 for 2026–27; $800 deposit
Hours / credit
72 continuing-education hours stated
Audience
Clinicians and trainees seeking multi-year Gestalt training

A multi-year clinical training sequence combining theory, demonstrations, personal work, therapist practice, and live supervision.

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gestalt · checked 23 August 2026

Pacific Gestalt Institute

California Gestalt route

Current 2026–27 weekend sequence published; application deadline has passed

Format / place
Los Angeles; delivery may be online or in person depending on enrollment
Published cost
$2,300 for 2026–27; $500 deposit; limited scholarships stated
Hours / credit
50 continuing-education hours stated for the weekend program
Audience
Licensed and prelicensed psychotherapists, licensure-track graduate students, and consultants

Relational Gestalt training with a clearly documented boundary: PGI does not grant an accredited degree or official state credential.

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gestalt · checked 23 August 2026

Gestalt Institute of San Francisco / GETI

California Gestalt route

Historical/current-status-not-stated: visible event evidence ends in December 2025

Format / place
San Francisco and Mill Valley evidence; GETI relationship stated
Published cost
Not stated for a current California cohort
Hours / credit
Not established from the reviewed page
Audience
Clinicians and people seeking experiential Gestalt study

A historically important Bay Area institute whose site describes Gestalt study and a GETI relationship, but whose current California training status needs confirmation.

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gestalt · checked 23 August 2026

West Coast Institute for Gestalt Therapy with Children and Adolescents

California Gestalt route

Current page publishes a 2027 three-phase sequence

Format / place
Fresno administrative base; published 2027 phase details
Published cost
$3,500; $350 deposit; travel, lodging, and food excluded
Hours / credit
CAMFT provider 1000126 and APT provider 04-152 stated
Audience
Clinicians working with children and adolescents

A child- and adolescent-focused Gestalt play-therapy sequence, distinct from general adult Gestalt institute training.

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gestalt · checked 23 August 2026

Gestalt Therapy Institute of Los Angeles (GTILA)

California Gestalt route

Current organization pages reviewed

Format / place
Los Angeles
Published cost
Membership or event terms vary; not a program tuition
Hours / credit
Event-specific; not a standing training claim
Audience
Gestalt clinicians, trainees, and people seeking referrals

A professional home and scholarship/referral resource that must remain separate from the two Los Angeles institutes it supports.

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gestalt · checked 23 August 2026

Church Street Integral Counseling Center

California Gestalt route

Current CIIS clinic and graduate-program pages reviewed

Format / place
1782 Church Street, Noe Valley, San Francisco; in-person and online services
Published cost
Not a standalone training purchase; CIIS degree tuition and placement rules apply
Hours / credit
Not applicable to this graduate-practicum classification
Audience
Advanced graduate students enrolled in CIIS Integral Counseling Psychology

CIIS describes Church Street as the country’s only university-affiliated Gestalt/existential therapy center, where advanced CIIS counseling students provide low-fee care under licensed supervision.

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gestalt · checked 23 August 2026

CIIS Integral Counseling Psychology

California Gestalt route

Current program page reviewed

Format / place
San Francisco; weekday and weekend pathways described
Published cost
See the university's current tuition disclosures
Hours / credit
Not applicable to the degree classification
Audience
Prospective LMFT/LPCC graduate students

A California licensure-track graduate program with a named three-unit Gestalt course, not a Gestalt-only degree.

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perinatal · checked 13 September 2026

Maternal Mental Health Certificate Training

Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health with Postpartum Support International

Published 5 September 2026 registration deadline has passed for the September-December cohort; the page still says open, but late enrollment is not stated

Format / place
Online; nine Monday sessions, 10:00 a.m.-noon Pacific; recordings available
Published cost
Not stated on the reviewed course page
Hours / credit
18 continuing-education credits where applicable; certificate of completion
Audience
Mental-health and clinical professionals

Foundational perinatal curriculum. The provider explicitly says the certificate is not PMH-C certification, though it can satisfy that pathway's foundational-training step.

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perinatal · checked 24 August 2026

Advanced Perinatal Mental Health Psychotherapy

Postpartum Support International

Virtual dates published for 16 October and 11 December 2026; seat availability must be confirmed

Format / place
Live virtual; time zone varies by date
Published cost
Not stated on the reviewed schedule page
Hours / credit
Advanced PMH-C-path training; PSI requires at least 6 advanced hours
Audience
Psychotherapy/mental-health track after a qualifying foundational course

An advanced step in PSI's PMH-C pathway. PSI separately requires foundational training, an advanced course, experience prerequisites and an examination; this course alone is not the credential.

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trauma-emdr · checked 24 August 2026

In-Person EMDR Basic Training by Christine Sells

EMDR Center for Southern California; event listed by EMDRIA

Four-module series began 8 August 2026; later modules remain dated, but late entry is not stated

Format / place
Newport Beach; 8-9 Aug, 12-13 Sep, 17-18 Oct, 14-15 Nov 2026
Published cost
Not stated on the EMDRIA event page
Hours / credit
Four two-day modules; 10.5 consultation hours built into the schedule
Audience
Licensed mental-health professionals working in a clinical setting

The EMDRIA event page says the curriculum meets EMDRIA training requirements. EMDRIA does not handle registration, and the page does not say whether someone may join after module one.

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couples-family · checked 24 August 2026

Live-Online EFCT Externship series

International center for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy

November and December 2026 externships display a registration route on the current catalog

Format / place
Live online in North American time zones; four-day / 24+ hour format
Published cost
Course catalog varies by cohort; confirm the selected event before paying
Hours / credit
24 CE hours stated for the four-day externship format
Audience
Therapists beginning formal Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy training; no prerequisite stated

ICEEFT describes the externship as the first formal EFCT training step, not completion of certification. Event price, dates and remaining tickets are cohort-specific.

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