Course Overview
Psychedelic integration is the process by which one weaves the experiences, lessons and insights from a psychedelic experience into everyday life. When this intricate process unfolds in the context of the psychotherapeutic container, not only does it allow for a safe exploration of the contents that emerged in the non-ordinary state, but it can also support the formation of a strong therapeutic alliance and catalyze transformations that will have a profound impact on the therapeutic process.
During this 6-week introductory course we are going to explore what it means and what it requires to hold a safe container for our clients to process their psychedelic experiences, while learning about the unique characteristics of different substances, the different ways that mindfulness and body-centered awareness can support the process, the relationship between traumatic and psychedelic experiences, and the different ways to support the client in translating these profound experiences into new perspectives, behaviors and ways of being in the world.
At the end of the course, participants will have a basic understanding of:
- What psychedelic integration is and how to safely facilitate it within the psychotherapeutic process
- The potential benefits, risks and phenomenologies of different psychedelic substances
- How mindfulness-based techniques can support us and our clients during the psychedelic integration process in the clinic
- Best practices around the navigation of traumatic content that came up during a psychedelic experience and around traumatic psychedelic experiences
- What practices can support the client in implementing meaningful change into everyday life
This course will be recorded and available to registered participants for a duration of 14 days. Live attendance is encouraged for the best learning experience.
Nir Tadmor, MSc
Nir Tadmor, M.Sc is a transpersonal psychotherapist in private practice, Director of Education and Training at Impulse - an integrative psychotherapy center based in Israel, and a co-founder of Safe Shore - a psychedelic education, harm reduction and peer support project. He holds a Master’s in Consciousness, Spirituality and Transpersonal Psychology from Middlesex University and trained in Hakomi body-centered psychotherapy. Nir is also a co-researcher in the Neurophenomenological lab in Haifa University, where he is in charge of phenomenological interviews in two psychedelic studies: one about Ayahuasca and death perception and one about Psilocybin mushrooms and ego dissolution. For his Master's thesis Nir conducted a phenomenological study about the psychedelic integration process that unfolds in the lives of Western mental health professionals who use psychedelics for personal and professional growth and he currently serves as an advisor to the Israeli government's Special Committee for the Fight Against the Damages of Drugs and Alcohol. Nir’s private practice is based in Israel where he provides support to people who deal with a wide range of issues, many of them interested in integrating their psychedelic experiences as a part of the psychotherapeutic process. During the last 6 years, he worked as a mental health guide in various psychiatric-hospitalization alternatives, supported hundreds of psychedelic crises at parties and festivals and trained more than 1000 psychedelic harm reduction sitters through Safe Shore's Holding Space workshop in Israel, the UK, The Netherland and Estonia.
