Comprehensive Training in Psychedelic Preparation & Integration

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Whether you are a healthcare professional, therapist, coach or seeker, we’re here to guide you.

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Welcome

Join a global community of practitioners, explorers, and professionals dedicated to ethical and transformative work in this emerging field.

Offerings

Three Paths, One Calling

CE Credits Available

Foundations

Online and self-paced course in psychedelic preparation, ethics and safety

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Retreats

In person immersive training in Embodied Imagination® for Psychedelic Integration and Dreamwork

Certification

Professional certification as a psychedelic preparation and integration practitioner.
Including the Foundations, Retreat, and Supervised Practicum

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Methodology

Our Methodology

Our Embodied Imagination® for Psychedelic Integration Method Bridges Depth Psychology, Dreamwork, and Somatic Awareness

Embodied Experience

Upcoming Retreats

Immersive retreats to explore expanded states, connect deeply, and grow through Embodied Imagination® for Psychedelic Integration and Dreamwork.

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Portugal

10 Spots

Immersive Retreat in Portugal

15-20 Sep 2025

Costa Rica

20 spots

Immersive Retreat in Costa Rica

3-8 Jan 2026

Bali

Immersive Retreat - Bali

Coming soon

20 Spots Portugal

Retreat - Quinta Do Amor

15th - 20th September 2025

20 Spots Portugal

Retreat - Quinta Do Amor

15th - 20th September 2025

20 Spots Portugal

Retreat - Quinta Do Amor

15th - 20th September 2025

The Calling

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Our Embodied Imagination® for Psychedelic Integration Method bridges Depth Psychology, Dreamwork, and Somatic Awareness

•Facilitators and Ceremonialists • Wellness Practitioners • Healing Practitioners • Addiction Recovery Specialists

Healthcare Professionals • Mental Health Professionals • Public Health Professionals • End-of-Life Care Providers • Educators and Trainers • Policy Advocates and Activists • Researchers

Caregivers and Family Members • First Responders

Graduate Students • Spiritual Seekers and Explorers • Change Makers and Leaders • Personal Growth Seekers

By the Numbers

Measuring Impact

78%

of healthcare providers interested in psychedelic assisted therapy, but less than 5% feel trained

_‍_{(MAPS, 2024)}

100,000+

practitioners needed globally by 2031

_{(PFSC, 2021)}

62%

of challenging psychedelic experiences linked to poor preparation and integration

_{(Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2023)}

81%

of people expressing interest in psychedelic experiences said they desired therapist support during the experience, but only 15% actually received it

_{(Frontiers in Psychology, 2023)}

Dr. Katherine Lawson

Founder of the school and creator of the certification

Dr. Katherine Lawson is an Integrative Mental Health Specialist, certified Embodied Imagination® practitioner, psycho-spiritual counselor, author and international speaker with nearly two decades of experience at the forefront of psychedelic education and healing. As a BIPOC woman, mother, cancer survivor, and survivor of childhood sexual trauma, she teaches and utilizes holistic therapies for PTSD and other types of unprocessed wounds, as well as sharing stories of healing.

20 years experience in psychedelic healing

Author of "Dreamwork for Growth and Healing"

Integrative Mental Health specialist

Focus on the intersections between healing, dreaming, mysticism, and psychedelics

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Johanna Sopanen

Master of Arts in Depth Psychology

Johanna Sopanen is a scholar and facilitator specialising in psychedelics and Depth Psychology. Grounded in symbolic thinking and altered states, she works both online and in person, blending creativity, ritual, and ethical psychedelic practice

A facilitator and scholar focused on psychedelics and Depth Psychology

Guides altered states with symbolic and depth-based tools

Merges creativity, ritual, and ethics for transformation

Integrates ritual and care in online and in-person work

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Tess Brady

Honours Degree in Psychology

Tess Brady is a psychology graduate and future psychotherapist committed to helping clients prepare for and integrate altered state experiences. She offers a compassionate, uplifting space to uncover deeper meaning and weave learning into daily life

Psychology grad and future therapist focused on integration

Her approach is grounded in care, clarity, and deep listening

Holds compassionate space for insight and meaning

Brings warmth and presence to integration

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Testimonials

What Our Students are Saying

"In my private practice, I work with high-functioning adults and veterans using expressive arts and play therapy. Introducing embodied imagination can be especially powerful for veterans, helping them process and integrate traumatic memories more effectively.”

Jerri

Therapist

"I'm from Bogotá, Colombia, where interest in psychedelics is growing. Many people I know are confused by their experiences and struggle to make sense of them. In my field, I see profound trauma—especially from sexual abuse, war, and conflict. This practice will be incredibly beneficial for them"

Laura

Therapist

"I'm passionate about connecting with others and see this approach benefiting anyone, not just therapy clients. It’s valuable for exploring dreams, visions, and memories, and I look forward to sharing it with my community."

Orion

Explorer

"If you've ever believed in a higher consciousness, and even if you haven't, you will come to know it through your journey at School of Psychedelics. You will discover in your journey how destiny unfolds on three levels. In one way, you will discover the tools and teachings and techniques of embodied imagination for dream work and psychedelic integration. And you'll learn to feel confident with yourself or with clients about how to guide them through the world of the unconscious made conscious. And on another level, you'll discover healing for yourself that perhaps you were looking for and maybe didn't even know you need."

Maurielle

Founder, LiveSymbolic.com

"Being here has been a very powerful, profound experience. There's a lot of comfort in community and there's a lot of knowledge in community. In gathering with a group of people who have similar experiences as me and also not similar experiences as me sharing the same group of work, the same body of work, the same spirit experience has been very profound. The work itself, learning it, diving into it, has been like it's something I already know. But here's the map of diving into something that I already know. And when I say already know I mean on a deep spirit level I've already known this somehow and it's just pulling this out from my memory, some ancient memory of how to work with these images, these processes, these dreams. And it's great, it's been mind blowing to have a framework to actually be able to do that succinctly and powerfully."

Jaime

Therapist

"As we've been through the past four months, the material has been very, very in-depth, and I've gained a lot of good insight and knowledge and still have quite a bit of studying to do. There's a lot of content. There are applicable studies. I'm glad that they are so numerous because it allows us to really dive into the depth of what we're doing with embodied imagination… And, you know, many people understand that there's something to be gained from these experiences.But the actual integration piece is something that I find most folks don't have the experience or structure or knowledge to do… Through this learning I found that that integration piece is quite important. Taking those things that folks have picked up in a journey or a dream or experience and helping them apply it to their everyday life."

Henry

Graduate

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