Psychedelic Assisted Therapy and Hypnosis for the Seriously Curious (FSCH)

Organization: Florida Society of Clinical Hypnosis 

Website: https://www.fsch.org/workshops 

Event Title: Psychedelic Assisted Therapy and Hypnosis for the Seriously Curious 

Agenda:  FSCH_Agenda_May_2026

Dates: 05/2/2026 –  5/3/2026 

Location: In-person 

CE: 12 

Contact : Marie Wilson mariefsch@aol.com  

Description: This 12-hour workshop is designed for health professionals who want to learn more about psychedelic-assisted therapy (PAP) for their patients and possibly for themselves. This workshop is not intended to train practitioners to use PAP with clients. However, attendees will learn about the basic science of the agents most commonly used in PAP, indications for various medications for psychological challenges, the structure of typical sessions, and ethical issues such as legality, availability, and the significant potential for harm associated with this form of therapy. The workshop will address how psychotherapy approaches, including hypnosis, can facilitate the preparation and integration phases of a PAP experience. We will discuss how this type of facilitation can be done by a therapist who is independent of the actual PAP treatment. We will also provide experiential exercises to 1) create mystical experiences with hypnosis and 2) use the science of the unconscious to create significant emotional and behavioral shifts. The instructors pride themselves on using state-of-the-art research in neurophysiology and outcome research throughout the workshop. 

Learning Objectives: 

•  Describe the empirical evidence for the neurophysiological effects of psychedelic-assisted therapies (PAP) on brain function and psychiatric outcome. 

• Describe the steps of PAP interventions based on the target issue and the medicine being used. 

• Articulate how psychotherapy and hypnosis can facilitate the preparatory and integration phases of PAP. 

• Experience and be able to describe a hypnotically induced mystical experience. 

• Experience and describe the use of the unconscious to create emotional and behavioral changes through hypnosis. 

Speaker info: Ciara Christensen, PhD Ciara_Christensen_bio