Are you encountering “bad trips” in your practice?

The current swell of media interest in psychedelic psychotherapy, combined with the fact that it in not currently legal to offer these services in Australia, has lead to a surge in the number of people experimenting with psychedelics on their own, or seeking out others “underground” who will facilitate these experiences.  Many of these people have positive experiences, but a significant number come away feeling troubled - often fragmented, haunted, or confused. Increasingly, these clients are showing up in our consulting rooms. To the uninitiated practitioner, these psychedelic-specific clinical presentations can be disconcerting and confounding.

In this workshop I will share the framework I have developed over the last 7+ years to effectively and efficiently help clients burdened with such experiences. 

Please note: this work is of relevance to clients experiencing psychedelics outside of clinical research trial settings. Research suggests that most of the difficulties discussed in this workshop can be mitigated/avoided through sound screening, preparation, dosing support, and integration, as is available in clinical research trials.

Bad Trip Integration

- Testimonials -

"Sean's incredible depth of knowledge and his warm, engaging, very practical, and passionate delivery of the content made this course an unforgettable and immensely valuable experience. Every week of the course my mind, heart and soul are being expanded in the most beautiful way, and it leaves me with longing for more. This was hands down a highlight in my professional development. A huge thank you.

- Birdy O'Sheedy (Clinical Psychologist)

"Sean...has an acute sense of awareness of every member in the room as he holds the space with experience, integrity and wisdom. He generously shares many vaults of knowledge and insight into the realm of altered state experience in a clear and tangible way. I'm thoroughly enjoying the course and I feel that what I am learning is practical and easily transferable to genuine clinical sessions. Get ready for plenty of A-ha moments as you buckle in for an educational ride into the depths of the human experience in Bad Trip Integration."

- Shariann Girgis (Clinical Hypnotherapist/Counsellor)

This training was by far the most engaging and well-developed training I have done in years. Sean’s warmth, depth of knowledge and humility, along with the enthusiasm of my co-participants, made the learning experience enjoyable every week. The highlights of the training were Sean’s maps and models of the psyche and psychedelic journey. Bad Trip Integration is worthwhile for all therapist interested in psychedelic assisted therapy and the learnings can also be applied to traditional/clinical therapy.

- Kelly Breen (Psychologist)

"Bad trip integration provides an excellent framework for dealing with any client working to integrate a psychedelic experience, whether good or bad. Sean brings a wealth of experience and background to this thoroughly interesting and enjoyable online course. I would recommend to anyone interested in the field of Psychedelic assisted therapy.”

- Steve Back (Gestalt Therapist)

I honestly believe this course will save someone’s life. Sean has researched and mapped what constitutes a ‘bad trip’, how to be present with someone who has had a difficult psychedelic experience and most importantly how to help them through it…

- Lynda Close (Certified Holotropic Breathwork Facilitator)

"Sean is a considered and generous teacher who knows his material intimately. He moves supplely from the academic to the experiential, showing great respect for the wide world of psychedelic journeying and his students alike. The maps and models he has created show deep thinking and deep understanding. Within the constraints of an online environment he brings the subject matter into full colour and nurtures a sense of community within the group. I am learning so much and can wholeheartedly recommend this course."

- Caroline Dale (Clinical Psychologist)

Sean’s BTI course was informative, accessible and inspiring. He has developed a framework for understanding psychedelic experiences within a ‘western’ philosophy - the theory makes sense, and is incredibly grounding for people using plant medicines outside of their original cultural context. This course has benefited my personal and professional life, and I feel excited for a generation of therapists who are equipped to support clients in their integration of psychedelic experiences.

- Maddy (BA, BPsych Science - Hons)

The course delivery format includes: seminars, practical exercises, small/whole group discussion, case studies, live supervision, demonstrations

About Sean O’Carroll:  

I work as a psychotherapist in private practice in Melbourne, Australia. I have worked as an academic in the field of psychotherapy for the past ten years, teaching transpersonal psychology offer supervision, training and consulting through the Wild Mind Institute, which I founded in 2015.

My focus is on mastering and sharing the craft of psychotherapeutic practice, and on exploring the role of nature and non-ordinary states of consciousness in health and wellbeing. Other key areas of interest and training include non-ordinary state trauma, eco-psychotherapy, transpersonal psychology, embodiment practice, arts-based psychotherapy, and psychedelic psychotherapy.

Other current work in the field of psychedelics: 

• Sean O’Carroll is the director of the Wild Mind Institute, head of psychotherapy at Clarion Clinics, and former supervisor and lead psychotherapist & trainer at the Monash University Clinical Psychedelic Research Lab.

This PD is open to all mental health practitioners.

Cost: $800 (+ GST)