Certificate in Psychedelic Assisted Therapy: Difference between revisions

</div>'''A Certificate in Psychedelic Assisted Therapy (CPAT), is the result of the successful completion of a Psychedelic Assisted Therapy Course (PATC). PATCs are courses developed by various organisations (see below) in order to teach [[Guided Psychedelic Therapy|guiding clinicians]] best practice techniques when guiding patients prior, during, and following a psychedelic experience.'''  

Numerous studies<ref>'''Ethical and legal issues in psychedelic harm reduction and integration therapy'''. Brian Pilecki, Jason B. Luoma, Geoff J. Bathje, Joseph Rhea & Vilmarie Fraguada Narloch. Harm Reduction Journal volume 18, Article number: 40 (2021)</ref> and a systematic review<ref>'''A systematic review of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy for mental health''': An evaluation of the current wave of research and suggestions for the future. Wheeler, S. W., & Dyer, N. L. (2020).  Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice, 7(3), 279–315. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.1037/cns0000237</nowiki></ref> have concluded that supportive therapeutic guidance should be considered the standard of care in the majority of uses of psychedelic medications for the treatment of psychiatric disorders. As there is currently a world wide shortage of psychedelic integration guides<ref>'''MDMA-Therapy Expert Dr. Rick Doblin''': Boston Magazine. Initially published in 2019 accessed on 9th August 2022 via <nowiki>https://www.bostonmagazine.com/health/2019/09/10/rick-doblin/</nowiki></ref> a wide array of courses have been developed to encourage more people to become guides. Psychedelic Assisted Therapy training guidelines were initially developed in the US<ref>Developing Guidelines and Competencies for the Training of Psychedelic Therapists. Phelps, J. (2017). Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 57(5), 450–487. doi:10.1177/0022167817711304</ref> however, more recently there has been the establishment of an increasing amount of courses worldwide, these include:    

* '''[https://cybin.com/embark/ Embark]''' - Canadian / US proprietary training created by Cybin ltd first released in June 2022<ref>'''Models of Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy''': A Contemporary Assessment and an Introduction to EMBARK, a Transdiagnostic, Trans-Drug Model. William Brennan and Alexander B. Belser. Cybin, Inc., Toronto, ON, Canada and Fordham University, New York City, NY, United States. Front. Psychol., 02 June 2022 <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.866018</nowiki></ref>.

By comparing and contrasting each offering a new [[Open Source Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy]] has been developed by an online multidiscipinary group including psychotherapists, psychiatrists, doctors, neuropsychopharmacists and mental health nurses. Below is a brief summary of the analysis.

Due to the inducement of a [[Neuroplasticity|neuroplastic]] state the vulnerability of the patient increases. Conduct of practice should be guided by a specific code of ethics and followed by a transparent clinical governance mechanism.