Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy for Clinicians (2 CE credits)

Presented by Jyoti Nadhani, LMFT Michael Pollan’s 2018 book caused interest to explode. How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us about Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence pushed psychedelics mainstream. Providers are seeking training to become more informed about psychedelic experiences. They also want to know how to become certified to administer psychedelics in clinical trials and potentially become a licensed psychedelic therapist. In this presentation we will learn about how psychedelic assisted therapy is going to look like. We will focus on the legality and ethics.  Program Goal The goal of this program is to introduce an overview of different approaches to psychedelic assisted therapy, review methods of applying this therapy, and present the benefits to clients. Learning Objectives At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to: 1. Name three commonly held mistaken beliefs about psychedelic assisted psychotherapy 2. List the three major steps of ketamine assisted psychotherapy 3. Give five reasons that makes integration important 4. Name five side effects of using ketamine 5. Describe the four aftercare steps for ketamine assisted psychotherapy About the Presenter Jyoti Nadhani is an Immigrant Tech-Entrepreneur-Turned Psychotherapist. Currently she is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Jyoti started her career in business after receiving a MBA and then co-founding a software company in 2004, which was eventually acquired. To begin her career in counseling she did her Masters in Clinical Counseling from Palo Alto University. She is trained in MDMA assisted psychotherapy from MAPS, Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy from Fluence and is training in Psilocybin facilitation from UC Berkeley. To get the CEUs, send an email to mail@scv-camft.org after viewing the recording. More event details: https://scv-camft.org/event-5068325