Course Outline

    1. The War on Drugs

    2. Principles of harm reduction

    3. Call it a "Psychedelic Renaissance"?

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    4. The legal status of psychedelics and plant medicines

    5. Who are the qualified practitioners?

    6. Psychoactive substances and experiences

    7. Possibilities without substances

    1. Scope of Practice and confidentiality protections

    2. Creating policies

    3. Psychedelics, pain management, the opioid crisis, and massage therapy

    4. What can you say

    1. In this section...

    2. Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) Part I

    3. Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) Part II

    4. Psilocybin Mushrooms Part I

    5. Psilocybin Mushrooms Part II

    6. Traditional Ceremony Part I

    7. Traditional Ceremony Part II

    8. All Worked Up Part I

    9. All Worked Up Part II

    10. Cannabis Part I

    11. Cannabis Part II

    12. Documentaries Part I

    13. Documentaries Part II

    14. Disclosure Part I

    15. Disclosure Part II

    16. Examples Discussion

    1. Short quiz

    2. Until next time and resources

    3. Quick survey

About this course

  • $49.00
  • 36 lessons
  • Protect your practice
  • Interact with an experienced instructor
  • Learn through real-life scenarios

Reviews

“Every massage therapist needs this course. If you think this course does not apply because psychedelics don't interest you, or you don't specialize in integration massage, think again. Access to both legal and illegal psychedelic substances is increasing as people come to understand their healing potential.”

K. S.

“You can take the course at your own pace, make comments, view other students' comments, and actually receive a response from the instructor. This course is the best ethics course I have taken, and provides a lot of helpful resources that you can use to further educate yourself or provide for your clients. Do yourself a favor and take your time with it.”

“This course taught me how to navigate through potential scenarios and rethink past ones I've had. It taught me how to get very clear on boundaries and policies to keep everyone safe, our profession safe, and to serve my clients in the most professional manner possible. The course provides many scenarios, prompts you to think about your responses, and then offers guidance. ”

“I found this course helpful. It felt informative, open, well researched and included core concepts such as agency, harm reduction, history, cultural contexts, ect. Some parts felt like review for me and others felt like new learnings. Scope of practice was well described and the importance of maintaining professional boundaries and creating safe enough containers for your client to be themselves and be met with professional approaches.”

“This course provides guidelines and scenarios for speaking to clients about psychedelics, with thoughtful consideration of health, legal and ethical issues. Well researched and beautifully presented. ”

“A helpful course with lots of good, basic information that was clearly presented, and I most appreciated the opportunity to consider situations, scenarios and options.”

“The information was good, and easy to understand. I appreciate the conversations that were brought up, and I appreciate the focus on non-judgement.”

Instructor

Suz Vera Burroughs

M.S., Ed.; BCMTB

With over a decade in touch work, Suz brings a grounded, expansive approach to bodywork and psychedelic care. As a board-certified massage therapist and continuing education provider, Suz specializes in Ketamine-Assisted Therapeutic Massage (KATM) and psychedelic integration bodywork—methods that honor the body as both a guide and storyteller in the psychedelic experience. At Unwind Oakland, Suz embraces the language of ethical, attuned touch to support clients on their journey toward deeper connection with themselves and others. She values inclusive, co-created experiences where joy is sacred, fear is companioned, and humor transforms. Her work is rooted in a deep personal commitment to knowing this terrain and walking alongside others as they explore, restore, and integrate the wisdom of their embodied experience. As an educator, Suz combines three decades of experience in transformational learning with her nuanced understanding of touch in altered states. Her courses offer practitioners tools to expand their capacity for care—grounded in ethics, cultural sensitivity, and collaboration. Suz’s teaching reflects her belief that care should be relational, inclusive, and adaptable to the unique needs of each individual. At the heart of Suz’s practice is an invitation: to explore what it means to fully inhabit your body—changed, yet whole.

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