Changa Institute

How to use this course

Course Syllabus

Class 1: Homework Before Class

Class 1: Introduction

Class 1: Zoom

Class 1: Homework DropBox

Class 2: State Of The Field And Awareness of Facilitator's Personal Bias

Class 2: Zoom

Class 3: Risk Mitigation and Module Quiz

Reading: Human hallucinogen research: guidelines for safety.

Reading: Survey study of challenging experiences after ingesting psilocybin mushrooms

Class 3: Classwork DropBox

Module 1 Quiz

Pre-Class 1: DropBox

Reading: Colorado's Facilitator Code of Ethics

Class 1: Colorado's Facilitator Code of Ethics and Ethical Considerations

Class 1: Lecture

Class 1: Lecture Response DropBox

Class 1: Homework DropBox

Class 2: Ethical Considerations I

Class 2: Lecture

Class 2: Lecture Response DropBox

Class 2: Homework DropBox

Class 3: Ethical Considerations II

Class 3: Homework

Survey study of challenging experiences

Class 4: Altered States of Consciousness

Class 4: Homework DropBox

Class 5: Appropriate Use of Touch and Touch Contract

Class 5: Slides

Class 5: DORA Preliminary Supportive Touch Regulations

Class 5: Homework

Class 5 Reading: Understanding Financial Conflicts of Interest Dennis F.Thompson

Class 5: Homework DropBox

Class 6: Financial Conflicts of Interest

Class 6: Homework

Reading - Analysis of social media compliance with cannabis advertising regulations:

Reading - Ethical Principles In Digital Advertising And Sample Analysis For Brands

Class 7: Ethical Advertising Practices

Class 7: Classwork DropBox

Class 7: Homework DropBox

Reading - Psilocybin produces substantial and sustained decreases in depression and anxiety in patients with life-threatening cancer/ A randomized double-blind trial

Class 8: Current Research

Class 8: Homework DropBox

Reading - Effects of Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy on Major Depressive Disorder

Reading - What is the clinical evidence on psilocybin for the treatment of psychiatric disorders? A systematic review

Class 9: Facilitator Scope of Practice

Class 9: Homework DropBox

Reading - Managing expectations with psychedelic microdosing

Class 10: Client Expectations

Class 10: Homework DropBox

Reading: Natural Medicine Rules and Regulations

Class 11: Training In Colorado Natural Medicine Rules And Regulations I

Class 11: Classwork DropBox

Class 11: Homework Dropbox

Class 12: Training In Colorado Natural Medicine Rules And Regulations II

Class 12: Homework Dropbox

Class 13: Module Review, Module Quiz

Class 13: Module Review Quiz

Pre-Class 1 Assignment DropBox

Class 1: Boundaries In The Facilitation Of Natural Medicines

Class 1: Homework DropBox

Reading: Examinig The Dark Side of Psychedlics

Class 2: The Historical And Contemporary Abuse Of Power And Implications For Facilitators

Class 2: Classwork DropBox

Class 2: Homework DropBox

Class 3: Facilitator Clients Boundaries

Class 3: Homework DropBox

Reading: Therapy as a unique human interaction: Management of boundaries and sexual countertransference.

Reading: The communication of emotion via touch.

Class 4: Touch Contract

Class 4: Homework DropBox

Class 5: Practical Training and Experience: Use Of Touch and Module Quiz

Class Slides

Module Review Quiz

Pre-Class 1 Assignment DropBox

Class 1: Training In Therapeutic Presence

Class 1: Homework DropBox

Class 2: Non-Directive Facilitation

Class 2: Homework DropBox

Class 3: Response To Psychological Distress

Class 3: Homework DropBox

Class 4: Managing Facilitator's Self-Care

Class 4: Classwork DropBox

Class 4: Breathwork

Class 4: Homework DropBox

Class 5: Identification And Facilitation Of Subjective Psilocybin Experience

Class 5: Homework DropBox

Reading: Safety, tolerability, and efficacy of psilocybin in 9 patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder

Class 6: Appropriate Modes of Intervention For Mental Health Concerns

Class 6: Homework DropBox

Class 7: Appropriate Modes of Intervention For Physical Health Concerns

Class 7: Homework

Reading: Are psychedelic medicines the reset for chronic pain? Preliminary findings and research needs

Reading: Intravenous psilocybin attenuates mechanical hypersensitivity in a rat model of chronic pain

Class 8: Natural Medicines for Chronic Pain

Class 8: Classwork

Class 8: Homework DropBox

Class 9: Adverse Medical and Behavioral Reactions

Class 9: Homework DropBox

Class 9: Slides

Part 1 Midterm Assignment

Class 10: Navigating Challenging and Unusual Situations

Class 10: Homework DropBox

Class 11: Scenario Role-Play Navigating Challenging and Unusual Situations

Class 11: Homework DropBox

Reading: Therapeutic effect of psilocybin in addiction: A systematic review

Reading: Psychedelic Therapy in the Treatment of Addiction: The Past, Present and Future

Class 12: Substance Abuse, Addiction, and Recovery

Class 13: Module Review, Module Quiz

Module Quiz

Class 1: Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics of Psilocybin I

Pre-Class 1 Assignment

Reading: The Promise of Therapeutic Psilocybin

Reading: Therapeutic use of psilocybin

Class 1: Homework

Reading: Psilocybin for alcohol use disorder

Reading: Psilocybin for treatment resistant depression in patients taking a concomitant SSRI medication

Class 2: Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics of Psilocybin II

Class 2: Pre-Recorded Lecture

Class 2: Presentation

Class 2: Homework

Reading: Pharmacokinetics of Escalating Doses of Oral Psilocybin in Healthy Adults

Reading: Towards an understanding of psychedelic-induced neuroplasticity

Class 3: Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics of Psilocybin III and Module Quiz

Optional Readings: Clinical Interpretations of Patient Experience in a Trial of Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy for Alcohol Use Disorder

Optional Readings: Individual Experiences in Four Cancer Patients Following Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy

Optional Readings: Patient perspectives and experiences with psilocybin treatment for treatment‐resistant depression: a qualitative study