Coaching Certification Program Online
COURSE INFORMATION
Theory
- Six Modules of Online Course Work
- Pre-recorded 2-hour Lectures from Industry Experts
- Pre-recorded Lectures with Paul F. Austin, the founder of Third Wave and The Psychedelic Coaching Institute
- Bi-weekly 2-hour LIVE Integration Sessions facilitated by trained experts with a small group of your cohort members (not recorded, attendance required)
- Monthly LIVE Q&A with Paul F. Austin
At-Home Breakthrough Experience
- Engage in a personal experience with medicine to understand your clients’ experience and to give you a model of preparation, breakthrough experience, and integration.
Practicum
- 45-Hour practicum
- A continuation of pre-recorded 2-hour lectures from Industry Experts
- A continuation of bi-weekly 2-hour LIVE Integration Sessions facilitated by trained experts with a small group of your cohort members (not recorded, attendance required)
- Five 2-hour Workshops breaking down the Key Elements of a Psychedelic Experience
Your key dates for the upcoming program are outlined below. LIVE Integration Pods will take place on Thursdays, bi-weekly. Please note that dates and times are tentative and subject to change.
Here are the key dates for your upcoming program:
2024
July 18th: Orientation (PT = 4pm -5pm / ET = 7pm – 8pm ET)
August 1st: First Integration Session (4pm – 6pm PT / 7pm – 9pm ET)
August 22nd: First Q&A with Paul (PT = 9am -10:15pm / ET = 12pm – 1:15pm ET)
October 17th: Last day of theoretical training
October 24th: Breakthrough Experience Preparation Call (PT = 4pm -6pm / ET = 7pm – 9pm ET)
*October 26th: Breathwork with Dr. Marie Mbouni (10am – 12pm PT / 1pm-3pm ET)
**October 26th – November 3rd: At-Home Breakthrough Experience Week
November 7th: Post-Breakthrough Experience Integration Call (PT = 4pm -6pm / ET = 7pm – 9pm ET)
November 8th: First day of Practicum Period
November 14th: First Practicum Period Integration Session (4pm – 6pm PT / 7pm – 9pm ET)
2025
March 14th: Final day of Practicum – Final Assessments Due
March 14th – 28th: Assessment Period
April 3rd: Graduation
You will communicate with your cohort members and facilitators throughout the course using a private Coaching Certification Program group in the Third Wave Community app (in Mighty Networks). You will receive an invite to join on Orientation day!
It’s a private online community that’s great for asking questions, connecting with your fellow trainees and coach facilitators, and sharing your proud moments and personal wins.
If you’d like to join the larger community of people on the Third Wave app before your program begins, click here.
Module 1 – Where We’ve Been & Where We’re Going: A Framework for the Third Wave of Psychedelics
- Course overview and setting the stage
- A short history of psychedelic use
- The Third Wave of psychedelics
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Module 2 – Safety, Ethics, and Integrity: A Sacred Trust
- Ethical boundaries and creating safe spaces
- A trauma-informed approach
- Ethical sourcing and Indigenous reciprocity
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Module 3 – Working With Medicines: Differences, Uses, Dosages, and Risks
- Different medicines for different purposes
- Dosing, consumption guides, and supplementation
- Psychedelics and neuroplasticity
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Module 4 – Qualified Guidance: Types of Psychedelic Coaching
- Coaching vs. facilitation
- Facilitator competencies
- Working with coaching clients
- Integration coaching
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Module 5 – Outcomes of Psychedelic Work: From Healing to Personal Transformation
- Purpose, flow, and creativity
- Optimal well-being
- Reimagining leadership
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Module 6 – From Theory to Practice: Building Your Business
- Forms to set up
- Client tracking
- Marketing support
- Boosting enrollment in your coaching program
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At-Home Breakthrough Experience
- Engage in a personal experience with medicine to understand your clients’ experience
- Experience the model of preparation, breakthrough experience, and integration.
- Gather for an online Breathwork session led by a trained facilitator before going into your breakthrough experience week to act as a preparation tool for the breakthrough experience.
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Practicum Lesson 1 – Assessment
- Discovery Calls
- Assessing Client Readiness
- Assessment Workshop
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Practicum Lesson 2 – Preparation
- The Role of Intuition While Preparing for Ceremony
- Preparation Workshop
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Practicum Lesson 3 – Holding Space
- Transference and Boundary Setting
- Holding Space Workshop
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Practicum Lesson 4 – Integrating Ceremony
- Protocols and Strategies for Integration
- Integration Workshop
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Practicum Lesson 5 – Microdosing Coaching
- Choosing a Protocol, Refining Dosage
- Microdosing Workshop
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Practicum Lesson 6 – Accessibility and Representation
- Sacred Justice and Equity
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In addition to the course materials, the following readings will be assigned as part of specific modules throughout the course.
- Stealing Fire, Kotler & Wheal
- Pharmako Gnosis, Dale Pendell
- The Path of Least Resistance, Robert Fritz
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Course Completion
To graduate successfully from the Program, Participants must:
- Review all course materials and complete 100% of homework assignments.
- Watch all lectures
- Attend 80% of the bi-weekly group integration sessions live (online): 3 missed sessions allowed.
- Attend 80% of the monthly Q&A sessions with Paul: 1 missed session allowed.
- Participate in an at-home breakthrough experience as well as the breakthrough experience preparation and integration calls.
- Complete the 45 required practice coaching hours.
- Submit and pass the final assessment: a 45-60 minute recorded coaching call, learning declaration, and hours log.
- Uphold the Psychedelic Coaching Institute Ethics Pledge.
Directory Eligibility
Participants will be expected to demonstrate consistent ethical and professional integrity. Only those graduates who demonstrate a full understanding of all course materials, receive passing marks from their facilitators on assignments, possess an appropriate level of coaching skills as determined by their facilitators, and demonstrate ongoing support for their fellow course participants will be invited to be listed on the Psychedelic Coaching Institute Directory as either verified or fully-vetted Coaches. Invited graduates will receive six-months of premium Vetted status for their listings, at no charge, after which they will have the choice of keeping a free, verified listing, or retaining the extra features of their Vetted status, for only $49/month.