Ketamine-assisted Therapy Training, Colorado

Elemental's 32 hour experiential KAP training touches on the clinical, mental, physical and spiritual aspects of providing ketamine-assisted psychotherapy and is held in a small container promoting community and deep connection.

Participants will take a deep dive into the skills and ethics of ketamine-assisted therapy and integration work for enduring change. This training includes two experientials with ketamine in low dose oral form. Open to clinical professionals from counseling, psychology, social work, health or mental health backgrounds. (Click "Show More" below to read more details and pricing.)

At the end of this training participants will be able to:

• Understand the essentials of ketamine-assisted therapy, including dosing, routes of administration, uses and indications, contraindications, and clinical assessment

• Explore the mental, physical, and spiritual aspects of ketamine therapy in an intimate container that promotes community and deep connection

• Take a deep dive into the skills and ethics of ketamine therapy and integration work for enduring change

• Gain firsthand experience through two experientials with ketamine as a psychedelic tool

• Navigate the terrain of transpersonal and psychospiritual experiences in ketamine therapy

• Managing common challenges and difficult experiences in ketamine therapy

• Describe the essential components and purpose of set, setting, and container as applied to ketamine-assisted therapies

• Explore topics of consent, touch, and an understanding of power in psychedelic spaces

• Understand the essential components of integration, and explore verbal and non-verbal modes of integration that might be useful in your practice

  
  

Participants will check-in the evening of May 13th and checkout is mid-morning on Sunday May 17th. A limited number of tickets include on-site lodging in a shared cabin with two people per cabin. Cabins have full kitchens, living rooms, and two small bedrooms with a queen/full or twin bed.  Alternatively, you may choose to stay in nearby Allenspark at an airbnb or other lodging option of your choosing. Have a RV or car camper? You can stay on-site with us and pay for a self-lodging ticket. No hook-ups for water or sewer are available but you can plug an extension cord for power if needed.

In either case, please start by purchasing a "reserve your spot" ticket with a $500 deposit and let us know in your registration form if you plan to stay on-site or off-site. We will follow up with an invoice accordingly to complete the remaining registration amount.

Onsite Queen/Full Room: $3,200 

Onsite Twin Room: $2,900 

Self-lodging: $2,600

All tickets include meals with our private chef, medical safety evaluations for ketamine, and all training activities. Participants may need to additionally pay ~$60 for a ketamine prescription for the training.

Payments for full registration fees must be complete at least 45 days in advance. Payment plans are available upon request. Refunds are available up to 30 days prior to the start of training. 

For licensed social workers, marriage and family therapists, addictions counselors, psychologists, and licensed professional counselors, a certificate of completion will be provided for 32 professional development hours that can be used toward demonstrating continuing professional competency for licensure renewal in the state of Colorado.

For questions, please email us at: admin@elementalpsychedelics.com

Participants also have the opportunity to join ongoing group clinical supervision cohorts and consultation groups to stay connected to a thriving practitioner community and expert consultation for your KAP practice.

About the Trainers

Dr. Craig Heacock

Dr. Craig Heacock is an adolescent, adult, and addiction psychiatrist in Fort Collins, Colorado and he also hosts and co-produces a psychiatric storytelling podcast called Back from the Abyss. He has a special interest in the use of ketamine and psychedelics to treat mood disorders and PTSD. He is a graduate of the University of New Mexico School of Medicine and did his psychiatry training at Brown University.

Bri Bendixsen, MA

Bri Bendixsen (she/hers) is a psychotherapist practicing Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) and psychedelic integration at Reflective Healing in Fort Collins, Colorado. She was also a MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies) certified therapist on the Phase 3 clinical trials for MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD. Bri is a founding member of PRATI (Psychedelic Research and Training Institute) and previously served as a lead faculty member, teaching on ethics and integration, and helped coordinate trainings for hundreds of mental health professionals from around the country in the clinical application of KAP. She completed her own KAP training with Dr. Phil Wolfson and the Ketamine Training Center in 2019. Bri is a current Board Member with The Nowak Society, a volunteer-run non-profit committed to psychedelic education, advocacy, and community outreach. Aside from talking about psychedelics, Bri is fueled by practicing yoga, snowboarding, devouring books, and playing in nature.

Rob Colbert, PhD, LPC-S

Dr. Rob Colbert (he/him/his) MA, PhD, LPC-S is therapist and owner of An Enduring Love, Co., in Fort Collins, Colorado.  Dr. Colbert is trained to work in collaboration with medical prescribers to support Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) for recommended clients, and was a sub-investigator in the MAPS Phase III clinical trials for MDMA-assisted Psychotherapy for PTSD. He is also a clinical supervisor, a former training consultant for Lykos, and published researcher on therapeutic and social uses of psychedelics. Dr. Colbert recently served as the cohort supervisor for the psychedelic-assisted therapy program offered at Naropa University and teaches in Naropa's psychedelic program and in Elemental's KAP training program. In his community work, Dr. Colbert is a co-founder of The Nowak Society 501c3, providing education and community organizing around psychedelic reform.  Dr. Colbert specializes in integrating “big state” experiences, whether related to psychedelics or other substances or intense life experiences.