Designed for facilitators, clinicians, and community stewards, this training weaves together neuroscience, pharmacology, holistic risk-reduction, and clinical insight into an essential foundation for safe and transformative practice. Dates: October 23-25 2026.
Neuroscience & Pharmacological Foundations: Build a working foundation in the neuroscience and pharmacology of MDMA, psilocybin, and ketamine ~ including how each medicine interacts with human physiology and psychology, and what that means for the people you serve.
Screening, Contraindications & Clinical Decision-Making: Learn to conduct thorough, trauma-informed health and psychological screenings, determine PAT candidacy, recognize yellow flags & contraindications, and make confident decisions about when to proceed, pause, administer basic first aid or refer out for further medical or psychiatric consultation.
Preparation, Session Support & Integration: Develop the skills to apply holistic risk-reduction approaches and guide participants safely through preparation, sessions, and integration ~ as well as respond effectively if medical or psychological emergencies arise.
Psychedelic-assisted therapies (PAT) are demonstrating remarkable therapeutic potentials across clinical, community, and spiritual settings ~ and as the field grows, so does the complexity that facilitators are asked to hold. This training offers a rigorous, holistic, and accessible foundation in the neuroscience, pharmacology, and clinical frameworks surrounding MDMA, psilocybin, and ketamine, supporting you to show up for the people you serve with greater knowledge, skill, compassion and confidence.
15 CE’s available for psychologists, LCSWs, LPCCs, LEPs, LMFTs, and RNs. Contact your licensing board to verify approval if residing outside California. Participants must attend all live sessions to qualify for CE’s.
Interested? Learn more about this training here.
Meet your Instructors
Julie Megler, MSNP-BC
Julie earned her Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Miami and a post-master’s certificate in psychiatry from UCSF. Her early ER work revealed gaps between medical and psychiatric care and inspired her integrated approach to practice.
As a psychiatric–mental health nurse practitioner, she blends allopathic treatment with holistic modalities, including yoga, plant-medicine traditions, and Ayurveda, supported by advanced training in Somatic Experiencing, Ketamine-Assisted Therapy, MDMA-Assisted Therapy, and a fellowship with the Integrative Psychiatry Institute.
For more than a decade, she has also been an advocate and educator in psychedelic medicine—speaking at conferences, teaching in programs such as Polaris Insight Center, CIIS, and UC Berkeley’s Center for the Science of Psychedelics.
Dr. Natalie Metz, ND, MA
Dr. Natalie is a licensed Naturopathic Doctor, herbalist, faculty member and mentor in the Center for Psychedelic Therapies and Research at the California Institute of Integral Studies, where she teaches courses on holistic health and psychedelic medicines.
She has presented about the therapeutic potential of psychedelic medicines at several conferences, offered continuing education courses through the California Naturopathic Doctors Association, served on the advisory boards for the Limina Foundation and the MAPS Harm Reduction Project, and has been volunteering with MAPS since 2009.
In her private practice she supports patients in their wellness with the support of plant medicines, diet and lifestyle counseling, ketamine therapies, and the integration of beyond-ordinary life experiences. She is currently developing Inner Alchemy, LLC, to house her educational offerings and experiential retreats.
She is a lifelong student of dance, a lover of art, travel, and all things purple, and truly enjoys sharing her passion for life with the world.
