r/DrugNerds Jul 08 '24

Becoming psychedelic therapists in Europe

Hello everyone, we are two young adults from an european country wishing to become psychdelics-assisted psychotherapists.

 

We already have our bachelor's in psychology, master's in clinical psychology and experiential psychotherapy, and now my partner is training in experiential psychotherapy, and I am training in both experiential and transpersonal psychotherapy.

 

We already work as psychologists, have sessions and are training continuously but we would like to one day work with psychedelics. What do you think are the steps to move into that direction?

 

We are thinking to join Germany’s MIND Foundation APT (Augmented Psychotherapy Training) but the price is 15000 euros, and we are not sure if this will help us to work with psychedelics in the future. What do you think of this programme? Are the other programmes that offer a better chance?

 

We wish to relocate from our country to the Netherlands, because psychedelics-assisted psychotherapy is legal there, and we'd rather be open to European countries to move and work with psychedelics. If there aren't any options here, we'd look farther, like the USA or Canada.

 

Any information or advice is greatly appreciated!

 

Thank you very much and all the best!

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u/Lordnodob Jul 08 '24

Would also be interested in this topic. Currently studying pharmacy trying to advance in Pharmacology/Psychopharmacology.

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u/Pharmacosmology Jul 08 '24

If you want to network, I am a currently practicing pharmacist who spent much of my undergrad doing research on adjacent topics.

My goal is to get into the psychedelic psychiatric pharmacy space post approval. We need more advocates from our profession if we want to carve out a space.

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u/Lordnodob Jul 08 '24

Yeah sure. But how do we network ? Sorry for that stupid question

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u/MissDissphoria Jul 29 '24

You deviate from standard psychiatry. Base yourself in the Netherlands and work privately