This elective will revolve around the safe use of touch, providing you with practical approaches that will support you in
using (or not using) touch with the people you work with. The foundations of this course include psychedelic ethics,
somatic and relational psychedelic therapy, energetic boundaries, and relational mindfulness. You will learn and
practice various types of touch as well as a titrated approach to touch that can be done as prep work to build somatic
safety and embodied connection before the medicine session.
Learning Objectives
- What are the ethical considerations to consider before using touch in a psychedelic space?
- How do you get somatic consent?
- What are the benefits of touch?
- What are the types of touch and which ones are used in psychedelic work?
- What are the foundations of somatic and relational therapy?
- What types of self touch are useful?
- How can I use titrated approaches to safe touch?
- How does my relationship with touch influence how I use touch in my practice?
- What preparation can I do before the session to ensure somatic and relational safety?
WHAT YOU GET
- 10 hours of total content including 5 hrs of live-virtual sessions and 5 hours of pre-recorded webinars (see “Course Content” below)
- Powerful tools to work with your clients
- Experientials to explore the tender and evocative edges of connection
- A deeper understanding about the role of touch in a psychedelic experience
- Foundations of Somatic & Relational Therapy
- Foundations of Somatic & Relational Therapy – Part 2
Webinars included:
- Navigating Safe Touch: Introduction (52 mins)
- Navigating Safe Touch (52 mins)
- Activity: Energetic Connected Breath (14 mins)
- Psychedelic Ethics & Building Safety (1 hr)
- Foundations of Somatic & Relational Therapy (1 hr)
- Foundations of Somatic & Relational Therapy – Part 2 (1 hr, 9 mins)
- Foundations of Touch & Consent (1 hr, 12 mins)
- Enrollment closes 48 hours before the live class begins.
- Cancellations must be submitted no later than 1 week prior to the class start date to receive a 100% refund.
- No refunds will be issued for no-shows or same-day cancellations.
About Course Facilitators
FACILITATOR: Rich Tyo
Rich is an educator, therapist, and musician with 18 years of experience working in the mental health field. He has worked as a mental health and addictions crisis worker, case manager, psychotherapist, and psychedelic therapist. He currently teaches and offers supervision privately and through Therapsil, a Canadian non-profit that advocates for and teaches Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy for end of life distress. Rich is a passionate advocate and community organizer, focusing his energy on psychedelic education, harm reduction, safe use, accessibility, and equity. He utilizes touch in his practice in a minimal and titrated way that is informed by a somatic and relational framework. His use of touch supports the movement of trauma energy held in the body, to build upon resources, to support co-regulation and safety, and to build trust in the journeyers ability to work with boundaries and embodied consent. He offers education around safe touch to members of the psychedelic community and hosts regular virtual and in-person psychedelic cannabis circles.
CANCELLATION POLICY
Enrollment will end 48 hours before the live class begins. Participants need to cancel up to 2 weeks in advance to receive a 100% refund. If canceled after the 2 weeks in advance period they can receive a 50% refund.
