The authors offer a model for curriculum for education and training in substance-assisted psychotherapy (SAP), that is, psychedelic, psycholytic, and entactogen/MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine)-assisted psychotherapy, addressing both the detailed contents of training and the question of experiential training. All authors of this model have an abiding interest and extensive experience in both the theory and practical aspects of SAP and questions relating to training. The model curriculum has been written through an international consensus building process and represents a consensus statement about the topic. The model includes an enumeration of theoretical themes and topics, which we suggest for inclusion in an SAP curriculum. The practical part of the curriculum includes experiential training with the following components: (1) apprenticeship observation: learning from observing experienced therapists, (2) ongoing clinical supervision: conducting treatment under direct supervision of experienced SAP therapists, and (3) a proposal for the inclusion of self-experiences for the trainees. Other parts address the use of peer supervision and conventional supervision. The authors are aware of the abiding need for respect of intercultural differences. We are conscious that the proposed model is one largely adapted to western industrialized countries with established graduate level education and training procedures for psychotherapists. However, the model curriculum includes teachings about the use of related substances and treatment techniques in indigenous cultures and traditions. This curriculum model may be valuable to psychedelic researchers, those endeavoring to train therapists for research studies, and those preparing for the clinical work to follow, once SAP is conducted outside of research settings.

ARQ National Psychotrauma Center Diemen The Netherlands

Center for Psychedelic Therapies and Research California Institute of Integral Studies San Francisco CA USA

Charles University Prague Czech Republic

Department of Psychiatry Leiden University Medical Center Leiden The Netherlands

Dept Psychiatry Leiden University Medical Center Leiden The Netherlands

Division of Psychiatry Dept Brain Sciences Centres for Neuropsychopharmacology and Psychedelic Research Imperial College London London UK

Dr Senckenberg Institute for History and Ethics in Medicine Goethe University Frankfurt Main Germany

Fluence International Inc Woodstock NY USA

Hannover Medical School Hannover Germany

Heffter Research Institute Greenwich CT USA

Medical University of South Carolina SC and Columbia University NY USA

National Institue of Mental Health Klecany Czech Republic

Nierika Institute for Intercultural Medicine Ocuilan Mexico

NYU School of Medicine New York NY USA

OPEN Foundation Amsterdam The Netherlands

Østfold Hospital Trust Grålum Norway

Private Practice Basel Switzerland

Private Practice Charleston SC USA

Private Practice Solothurn Switzerland

The Lundquist Institute Harbor UCLA Medical Center Torrance CA USA

UCLA School of Medicine Los Angeles CA USA

UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics Berkeley CA USA

Yale School of Public Health Yale University New Haven CT USA

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