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Global Competencies in Psychedelic Facilitation

A curriculum of thirteen core functions and fifty criteria, spanning screening, preparation, facilitation, and continuing care.

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Entering practice

Before Competence Comes Fitness

The 50 criteria describe capacities a practitioner develops. This precursor addresses suitability to enter the learning environment, progression toward responsibility, and the practitioner’s present fitness when responsibility is assumed. Begin with the developmental pathway, then use the reflection and supervision tools as responsibility grows.

Explore the pathway and instruments

The manual

Competence across the course of care

The framework organizes facilitation around the work a practitioner performs, from screening and preparation to integration, referral, and record keeping. Each criterion has its own chapter with teaching material, practical exercises, and references.

Explore all fifty chapters. Worksheets for Criteria 1 through 20 are available to download. Additional criterion worksheets are in development. Printable Ibogaine templates and the Eight Circuit crosswalk are available in Practice Tools.

13Core functions
50Criteria
50Chapters
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Chapter directory

Explore the curriculum

Core function IScreening

Core function IIIntake

Core function IIIOrientation

Core function IVAssessment

Core function VPreparation

Core function VIIntegration Planning

Core function VIICeremony

Core function VIIICoaching and Counseling

Core function IXCommunity Engagement

Core function XCrisis Intervention

Core function XIClient Education

Core function XIIReferral

Core function XIIIReports and Records