Course Description

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This is a 12-week live online advanced mentorship and professional development program for licensed clinicians, psychedelic facilitators, and allied mental health professionals seeking to strengthen ethical, trauma-informed practice when working with queer, trans, and other marginalized populations in psychedelic and altered-state contexts. The program integrates somatic awareness, identity-informed care, and ethical decision-making to support responsible space-holding and clinical presence. Participants explore topics including power and oppression in therapeutic relationships, energetic and interpersonal boundaries, projection and transference dynamics, consent practices, and group facilitation ethics. Through didactic instruction, case consultation, guided reflection, and experiential learning, participants develop practical skills for maintaining professional boundaries, navigating complex relational dynamics, and preventing harm in clinical and ceremonial environments. Participants leave the program with increased cultural humility, stronger ethical discernment, and enhanced capacity to provide trauma-informed, culturally responsive care to diverse clients and communities. 

 

Teachings are appropriate for healthcare professionals as well as the general public. Healthcare professionals will be able to incorporate the tools and practices offered in this program in ways beneficial to clients or patients.

 

22 CE units offered. 

 

THE DETAILS 

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When: Mondays 4/27-7/27 6pm-8pm EST (no class 6/15 & 6/22)

Where: Live Online

Cost: Sliding Scale $1600-$2200 and $200 for 22 CE 

Faculty: Syre Saniyah, Ph.D

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Learning Objectives: 

• Describe key principles of trauma-informed care in ceremonial and altered-state contexts

• Discuss ethical, somatic, and culturally responsive frameworks for clinical practice

• Explain ethical considerations relevant to working with queer, trans, and marginalized populations in clinical and facilitation settings

• Identify dynamics of power, privilege, and oppression as they arise in therapeutic and group environments

• Use somatic awareness techniques to support client regulation and practitioner presence

• Describe the difference between transference, countertransference, and projection in altered-state and relational work

• Demonstrate strategies for maintaining clear interpersonal and energetic boundaries in clinical practice

• Assess risk factors for boundary violations and ethical harm in altered-state settings

• Utilize consent-based practices within therapeutic and group facilitation contexts

• Explain the impact of identity and lived experience on clinical relationships and treatment outcomes

• Utilize culturally responsive approaches with queer, trans, and marginalized clients

• Assess group dynamics and collective field processes in therapeutic settings

• Demonstrate techniques for supporting clients through complex emotional and somatic experiences

• Utilize ethical decision-making processes in complex or ambiguous clinical situations

• Demonstrate practices for practitioner self-regulation and professional sustainability

• Describe intergenerational and systemic trauma and its relevance to clinical and facilitation work

 

22 CE Credits 

 

Information on Continuing Education Credit for Health Professionals

 

• CE credits for psychologists are provided by the Spiritual Competency Academy (SCA) which is sponsoring this program. The Spiritual Competency Academy is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Spiritual Competency Academy maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

 

• The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE credits for LCSW, LPCC, LEP, and LMFT license renewal for programs offered by sponsors of CE who are approved by the American Psychological Association.

 

• LCSW, LPCC, LEP and LMFTs, and other professionals from outside of California need to check with their state licensing board as to whether or not they accept credits from programs offered by approved sponsors of CE by the American Psychological Association.

 

• SCA is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN Provider CEP16887) for licensed nurses in California. RNs must retain their certificate of attendance for 4 years after the course concludes. Nurses outside of California must confirm acceptance with their licensing boards.

 

•For questions about your certificate or the content, logistics, or other support issues regarding this course, please contact Liberation Centered Healing at syre@liberationheals.com 

For questions about whether APA CE is valid for you, contact your licensing board directly. 

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For general questions about APA CE, contact SCA at ce@spiritualcompetencyacademy.com.