Fundamentals of Psychedelic Care
This 50-hour training is designed for caretakers and facilitators who may find themselves supporting others in altered and non-ordinary states. We prioritise trauma-informed, nature-centric and community-oriented frameworks. Please note: to offer psychedelic care to vulnerable individuals or intentionally guide and facilitate, requires robust training beyond this fundamentals course (we’ll explore academic, clinical, and legal pathways to expand your training) Please honour your scope of practice and safety of others. This course is not clinical training, but is a first step in understanding the psychedelic care landscape and will give you key insights on how to support others.
Fundamentals of Psychedelic Care
50 Hour Training
Based in Auckland
November 4 - 8, 2026
Tuition Sliding Scale: $1,100 to $1,800
*We aim to make this course accessible, please choose a pricing that reflects your financial means. For those who can invest more, this gives us ability to offer places with more financial assistance.
This training may be for you if…
You attend social settings like bars, festivals, parties where others may experience overwhelm due to psychedelic or mind-altering medicines.
Facilitate groups where people may be arriving on psychoactives.
Offer practices which may induce altered states through meditation or breathwork.
Want to support a loved one who is considering self-medicating.
This short course will give you the foundations of understanding how to walk alongside others within a present, grounded, and attuned relationship.
This course aims to prevent and reduce harm through education of trauma-informed principles, dosage and side effects of psychedelic medicines, routes of safety through crisis and distress management, and aftercare.
Your facilitators will be Raquel Minh, Tess Brady and guest experts.
Course Outline
1. Trauma-Informed Principles
Understanding your scope of practice
Boundaries, Consent, and Power Dynamics
Becoming an anchor of safety
2. Preparation
Overview of medicines, dosages, effects
Reducing risk and harm prevention
Understand the legal, clinical, and academic landscapes
3. Trip-sitting
Consider how environments influence an experience and creating contained spaces
Recognise Crisis & Distress
Honoring experiences
Co-regulation
4. Aftercare
Metaplasticity
Physiological Shifts
Integration Models
Rupture & Repair
Methods
Experiential practice and embodiment
Case studies from community and funded settings
Reflective inquiry and facilitated discussion
Nervous system tracking in real time
Small-group facilitation practice
Cultural and ethical reflection exercises
There is a 40% discount for SOMM Members applied at checkout.
If you’d like to connect with Raquel to learn more about this course - feel free to reach out to raquel@wearesomm.co
Or Book a Time to meet with her online to discuss.
Your Facilitators
Raquel Minh - specialises in educating and reducing harm of psilocybin mushrooms and cannabis. She is trained as an integrative somatic facilitator, plant medicine facilitator, and yoga teacher. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, alongside years of experience holding weekend retreats and workshops exploring non-ordinary states. She also teaches at SOMM:
Woman’s Journey on Mushrooms
Yin & Cacao
Tess Brady - has an International Honours Degree in Psychology and is currently pursuing a Masters in Psychotherapy. She studied Psychedelic Preparation and Integration through Dr Katherine Lawson at Awake in the Dream School.
She is passionate about helping you prepare for, and integrate, altered state experiences to find deeper meaning, untangle subconscious patterns, and weave learnings into your daily life.
She holds an uplifting, non-judgemental space, and am dedicated to supporting you on your journey towards greater understanding and alignment.
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