Year-Long Certificate Course
Year long course including Cannabis and Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy, Harm Reduction and "The Therapeutic Envelope"
ACPT Israel is proud to present the comprehensive training program in psychedelic-assisted therapy for 2025. The program is designed for mental health professionals and offers in-depth training combining theoretical knowledge with practical experience.
Program Structure
The program lasts 10 months, from October 2024 to August 2025, and consists of three main parts:
- Harm reduction and the psychotherapeutic framework
- Training in cannabis-assisted therapy
- Training in ketamine-assisted therapy
The program combines hybrid learning including:
- Online group meetings
- Lectures and recordings for independent viewing
- Intensive face-to-face workshops
- Practical experiences
Harm Reduction and the Psychotherapeutic Framework
This part provides a broad perspective on integrating psychedelic experiences into clinical work:
- Introduction to the harm reduction approach as a therapeutic paradigm
- IPHR model for integrating psychedelic experiences in therapy
- Clinical examples and assessment for integrating psychedelic experiences in individual psychotherapy
- Starting work with psychedelic harm reduction in clinical practice
- Somatic interventions for trauma treatment combined with ketamine
Training in Cannabis-Assisted Therapy
This part includes:
- Over 30 hours of recorded lessons
- Monthly Zoom meetings for discussion and Q&A
- 5-day intensive workshop (at a retreat or from home)
- 2 practicum meetings to experience guiding cannabis-assisted therapy
Participants will acquire skills in using cannabis as a tool for psychedelic therapy, preparing patients, creating a safe and effective setting, guiding challenging and meaningful moments, and assisting in the integration of psychedelic experiences.
Medicinal Mindfulness classes are with an international audience and will be conducted in English – with the option of simultaneous translation if needed.
Training in Ketamine-Assisted Therapy
This part consists of:
- Comprehensive theoretical basis from Fluence Training (with Hebrew translation)
- Online meetings to discuss recorded lectures
- 5-day intensive retreat in Jerusalem, including experience and guidance of ketamine treatments
Topics covered include:
- Ketamine-induced states of consciousness and neurobiology
- Preparation and informed consent for ketamine-assisted therapy
- Set and setting considerations
- The role of ketamine in disrupting fear memory reconsolidation
- Demonstrations of psychedelic ketamine therapy and dosing
- Integration of ketamine experiences
- Socio-cultural context of ketamine-assisted psychotherapy
This comprehensive training program offers therapists a unique opportunity to acquire knowledge and practical experience in the developing field of psychedelic-assisted therapy. Participants will leave equipped with skills and a deep understanding of the use of cannabis and ketamine in therapy, with an emphasis on safety, ethics, and harm reduction.
For more details and registration, please contact ACPT Israel.
General background
ACPTIsrael ‘s annual Psychedelic Assisted Therapy program is designed to provide a broad theoretical base, and then proceed to experiential workshops with personal accompaniment (1 on 1) with ketamine. After that, we will learn how to create an appropriate therapeutic environment and delve into the details during the cannabis part of the training .
Who is the program for:
Clinical therapists (psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical attorneys or equivalent) with prior training in trauma, etc.
What does the program consist of?
Weekly Zoom meetings
70 hours
Tuesdays 18:30-20:30
Recorded lectures
50 hours
Available online
Intensive workshops
2 workshops
4+5 days
Workbooks, articles and more
November 2024 - Introduction and Harm Reduction
In the first month of the program we will focus on getting to know each other and learning Harm Reduction.
Due to the personal and sensitive nature of the program, special emphasis will be placed on getting to know each other and quickly building trust between the participants.
The theoretical studies will focus on a harm reduction approach, which will allow reference to both therapeutic use and problematic use as well as addiction. We will explore the gap between therapeutic use by a professional and dangerous addiction, and we will examine tools for assessing risks and damages. In addition, we will learn the harm reduction approach in the clinic, known in Israel as psychedelic-informed therapy .
December 2024 – KAP
In December we will learn about KAP – Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy. After three weeks of theoretical and psychological preparation, we will gather for our first practical workshop at the end of December – 4 days in which there will be an opportunity to experience ketamine in a therapeutic setting and accompany a person under the influence of ketamine. A week after the workshop we will begin an integration process, where we will learn both from theory and from our personal experiences .
January-February 2025 - The move over to cannabis
In the first week of January we will continue the integration of the ketamine experience, with a special meeting that will deal with the art of integration. From the second week we will join the Medicinal Mindfulness team for their Psychedelic Guide Training program . Working with cannabis requires an emphasis on preparation, set and setting. During these two months we will learn, together with international students, how to prepare the patient, ourselves and the environment to build a safe container for this work. In addition to the basic studies of MM, we will participate in a therapist training program . MM has been operating a legal treatment center that has been working with plants within the framework of the law and professional responsibility for about fifteen years. The course also includes the practical side – from the required equipment to legal forms and professional support to ensure accountability.
March 2025 – Cannabis Intensive
In the second week of March we will gather for the second workshop. This workshop will be offered in two options – gathering in a central place or studying with MM from home. During the 5 day workshop there will be 3 evenings where the students will be invited to experience therapeutic psychedelic experiences using cannabis, with or without breathwork. In the weeks after the workshop, when the Americans are on holiday, we will meet for integration, delve deeper into the topic of music and start talking more about trauma in psychedelic work .
April-May 2025 - therapeutic work with trauma
In these months we will continue with MM to learn about working with trauma, and we will finish with lectures from local experts. We will deepen the knowledge about trauma, how it appears in psychedelic therapy and what to do with it when it appears. We will learn tools from the world of mindfulness, somatic therapy and other less familiar approaches that are suitable for use in psychedelic therapy .
June 2025 - closing the circle
In June we will bring local experts to get to know the Israeli scene better and learn how to adapt the approaches to the Israeli public.
July 2025 – Summing up
During the month of July there will be a presentation of student works, a summary meeting and a course graduation ceremony with the distribution of certificates in the middle of the month .
* There may be changes in the program.