Course: Queering Psychedelics: Intersectionality, Healing, Spirituality...

July 15th – September 23rd, 2024, 10:30am-12pm PDT/1pm-3pm EST

Psychedelics have encompassed a colorful history of the enchanted, wayward, and weird; its history also includes concrete ways queer folk have fundamentally shaped the substance, style, and spirituality of the psychedelic movement. At the same time, some queer people have been harmed by psychedelic culture’s heteronormative assumptions. As the psychedelic renaissance reaches a pivotal moment of mainstream interest and regulatory legitimacy, this course aims to foster accessibility and diversity in psychedelic science, practice, and discourses by addressing and dismantling sexist, heteronormative, transphobic, and homophobic forms of oppression in the psychedelic movement. This course will cover topics such as the cruel effects of patriarchy, practicing self-acceptance, the dark sides of psychedelic research such as conversion therapy, the move towards LGBTQ+ affirmative psychedelic-assisted therapies, transpersonal queer spirituality, sex positivity, trans and BIPOC issues, Indigenous perspectives in queer psychedelia, and pleasure. The course also grapples with how modern psychedelic research might address the unique needs and traumas of sexual and gender minorities—populations that can suffer from challenging mental health conditions brought on by social exclusion, pathologization, criminalization, and stigmatization. It is vital that queer spaces be established for exploring the unique needs, gifts, and strengths that LGBTQ+ communities bring to psychedelic medicine, and how psychedelic medicine can help queer folks move towards healing and liberation.

We ask that students register for this course on Eventbrite using an email associated with their Youtube Account. We will need this email to share the video lectures during this course.

Price $700 USD

Price $320 for CE credits
CE Credits Offered: 16 total

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You can read more about the course, professors, and class details here!

Student Learning Objectives

At the end of the program, participants will be better able to…

1. Students will be able to name three characteristics of the patriarchy that influence life today
2. Students will be able to describe the difference between “positive psychology” and “clinical psychology”
3. Critique the heteronormative ideology that enforces a myth of “normal”
4. Apply the spiritual philosophies of polyamory and kink regardless of one’s own sexual behavior
5. Describe factors affecting clinician competence with transgender clients in psychedelic therapy
6. Analyze the cissexist impact of European colonialism and its impact on modern concepts of the sacred
7. Describe how identity-based trauma can impact the relationships, sexuality, and self-perception of LGBTQIA+ people
8. Discuss the role of pleasure in the psychedelic experience and how it can promote healing in queer people and communities

Information on Continuing Education Credits for Health Professionals

• CE credits for psychologists are provided by the Spiritual Competency Academy (SCA) which is co-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 approved sponsors of CE by the American Psychological Association.
• LCSW, LPCC, LEP, and LMFTs, and other mental health professionals from states other than California need to check with their state licensing board as to whether or not they accept 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.
• For questions about receiving your Certificate of Attendance, contact alejandra@chacruna.net

For questions about CE, contact Spiritual Competency Academy at info@spiritualcompetencyacademy.com.

CE Credit Requirements

• Student must be in attendance with their camera on for the entirety of the class session
• Student must be actively participating in the class session (asking questions, contributing to discussion, etc.)
• Student must fill out an evaluation and assessment form at the end of the course, which will be provided by Chacruna
• Collective CE credits will be awarded at the end of the course given that all of the above requirements are met

*please note that you must purchase a ticket for CE credits on Eventbrite in order to receive CE credits

*please note that if you miss a class, you will not be awarded CE credits for that session and cannot be refunded for the CE cost

*please note that the first and last class do not count towards CE credits

To view our recording policy and answers to other frequently asked questions, please visit this page.
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If you have general questions about this course, please contact Alejandra, who is Chacruna's Program Coordinator, at alejandra@chacruna.net