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Discover how to apply the Hakomi Method and Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy to help clients heal from trauma, repair attachment wounds, and connect with their own inner wisdom.

PESI AU has partnered with Embodywise to bring this unique training opportunity to dedicated clinicians in Australia for the first time ever.

The Hakomi Method’s gentle, effective, and fast-acting approach has helped thousands of clients across the world heal attachment wounds and developmental trauma.

Now, in this focused, in-depth programme, you’ll learn how to skillfully apply somatic and mindfulness interventions from the Hakomi Method along with new innovations from the emerging field of Psychedelic Assisted Therapy to guide your clients towards rapid healing.

This practical, hands-on training is wildly popular in the United States but it has never been available to clinicians in Australia, and this rare opportunity may not come again.

Spots are limited. Apply now to join the cohort.

Hakomi Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy (HPAP)
A Professional In-Person Somatic Training for Clinicians
Online & Live In Person Sydney, Australia

 Just $4,998.99 Today - Stunning Savings!

Plus, earn up to 84 CPD Hours

HOW THIS PROGRAMME WORKS
Join a select cohort of dedicated clinicians and advance your practice with new, evidence-backed interventions on the cutting edge of the field.

Together, we’ll focus on building practical hands-on skills so you can feel confident and prepared to use the Hakomi Method and work with expanded states of consciousness in your therapy sessions.

Our unique hybrid format combines the convenience and flexibility of self-paced training with in-depth, experiential live training.

You’ll get:
  • 10 days of in-person training to develop your skills with live, in-person practice sessions
  • 4 exclusive live webinars with guest experts to walk you through essential aspects of psychedelic assisted therapy
  • 2 online peer group meetings to collaborate with colleagues
Hakomi Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy (HPAP)
A Professional In-Person Somatic Training for Clinicians
Online & Live In Person Sydney, Australia

 Just $4,998.99 Today - Stunning Savings!

Plus, earn up to 84 CPD Hours

WHAT YOU’LL DISCOVER IN THIS PROGRAMME

Unlock the power of Hakomi’s relational philosophy to create profound safety for exploring expanded states of consciousness.

You’ll get focused training on the ethics, legal frameworks, and therapist self-awareness required to facilitate expanded states of consciousness. These skills are applicable to all aspects of psychedelic psychotherapy, including preparation and integration of psychedelic experiences, as well as deep-dive psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy sessions.

Clinical use of psychedelic psychotherapy

  • Compare and contrast the history of psychedelic uses
    • Indigenous perspectives
    • Western applications
  • Explore research including MAPS studies and trials
  • Consider Psychedelic impacts on neuroscience
  • Elucidate ethical standards and practices for psychedelic assisted psychotherapy
  • Apply the Foundational Hakomi Principles to Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy
  • Examine and develop the multidimensional seat of the therapist
  • Identify MDMA, Psilocybin, Ketamine differences in experiential qualities, duration, and uses
    • Observe and practice somatic skills for therapist self-care and presence
    • Observe and practice somatic skills for us with clients in preparation for psychedelic assisted psychotherapy
  • Consider psychoeducation and preparation discussion points to consider with clients about the appropriateness of psychedelic assisted psychotherapy including contraindications for therapy
  • Examine transference and Countertransference in the psychedelic realm


Clinical preparation for expanded state dosing sessions

  • Examine the therapeutic relationship
  • Consider preparations for the physical space
    • Determine use of music, silence, nature sounds, singing, and instruments
  • Explore Intention setting
  • Prepare client/patient for the flow of the session: Onset through peak and return to regular consciousness
  • Communicate psychoeducation regarding impacts of dosing session:
    • Articulate need for support and self-care
    • Construct after care plan for first 24 to 48 hours
  • Review resourcing and regulation interventions
  • Complete note taking
  • Provide mindfulness and somatic practices for practitioners


The Experiential Session - Psychology and Practice

  • Examine The Shumeric Myth of Inanna’s Descent into the Underworld: A theoretical framework for understanding the unfolding psyche
  • Classify the deeper dimensions of the unconscious
  • Distinguish techniques for relaxing into the body
  • Interpret the Organicity Principle: Trusting and supporting the client’s process
  • Make sense of encountering core fears
  • Analyze tools for working with discomfort and resistance
  • Recognize and work with traumatic material
  • Regulate extreme states: touch, breath and music
  • Support amplified transference and countertransference dynamics
  • Examine responses to unfiltered requests: boundaries, touch and intimacy requests
  • Develop a grounding repertoire for the therapist
  • Examine scribing for the client
  • Identify how to tend to the body’s needs: drinking water, temperature, bathroom, etc.
  • Define coming back to everyday consciousness - meeting patients with spacious receptivity
  • Create a post session support plan
  • Construct landing expectations and next steps toward integration.
  • Analyze ethics and special considerations in psychedelic work


Integrate experiential sessions in the immediate weeks and months following PAT

  • Use Hakomi Principles for receiving post session material
  • Review session notes and identifying core themes
  • Consider new insights and embodying new experiences
  • Practice supporting and working through the unfolding organic process
  • Create therapeutic homework to support new beliefs and insights for establishing lasting shifts in inner experience
  • Review intentions and assess the process: examine what has been learned, examine what remains, and account for shifts to diagnostic criteria
  • Examine the therapeutic relationship and set communication expectations post experiential session
  • Account for overarching themes, make sense of the experience, and tend to grief, celebrations, growth, and healing


Utilize practitioner self-care

  • Analyze and determine ethical support and special consideration for expanded state work
    • Demonstrations of somatic practices, mindfulness and centering practices
    • Develop consultation procedures
  • Explore collaboration with Medical Prescribers

Hakomi Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy (HPAP)
A Professional In-Person Somatic Training for Clinicians
Online & Live In Person Sydney, Australia

 Just $4,998.99 Today - Stunning Savings!

Plus, earn up to 84 CPD Hours

PROGRAMME ITINERARY

Live Webinars from 8-9am

  • Session 1 - Ethical Support and Special Consideration for Expanded State Work - Kylea Taylor
    • 8 November, 2024 | 8:00-9:00am AEDT
  • Session 2 - Explore the Latest MAPS-sponsored Clinical Trials - Annie Mithoefer
    • 13 December, 2024 | 8:00-9:00am AEDT
  • Session 3 – The Use of Psychedelics with Traumatic stress, PTSD, and Intergenerational Trauma – Rachel Yehuda
    • 10 January, 2025 | 8:00-9:00am AEDT
  • Session 4 - Understanding the Legal Contexts for the Beneficial Uses of Psychedelics – Rick Doblin
    • 14 February, 2025 | 8:00-9:00am AEDT


  • 27 November - 1 December, 2024 | 9:30am-5:30pm AEDT each day
  • 7 February - 11 February, 2025 | 9:30am-5:30pm AEDT each day

Online Peer Group Meetings

  • 5 December, 2024 | 4:00-7:00pm AEDT
  • 23 January, 2025 | 4:00-7:00pm AEDT
Hakomi Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy (HPAP)
A Professional In-Person Somatic Training for Clinicians
Online & Live In Person Sydney, Australia

 Just $4,998.99 Today - Stunning Savings!

Plus, earn up to 84 CPD Hours


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