Become a Trauma-Informed Plant Medicine Facilitator:
A Journey of Healing, Growth, and Connection
Guide others with empathy, safety, and deep care, supporting their healing and
transformation through the wisdom of plant medicine.
Join a community of compassionate facilitators dedicated to creating safe, healing spaces where individuals can explore plant medicine in a way that honours their journey, respects their boundaries, and empowers their transformation.
This program is designed for practitioners, therapists, coaches, and facilitators who believe in the profound potential of plant medicine and seek to deepen their skills with trauma-informed principles. You’ll receive comprehensive guidance to confidently hold space in ways that are grounding, supportive, and sensitive to the unique needs of each participant.
As Plant Medicine and psychedelic facilitators, we have an ethical duty of both responsibility and care to the participant’s health and well-being, both before, during, and after the ceremonial experience. In doing so, it is fundamental to upskill our understanding of trauma and the nervous system and learn the best practices to respond effectively to the signs and symptoms of trauma when it arises.
OUR PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
TRAINING OVERVIEW:
This 85-hour certificate online program spans three modules, equipping facilitators to understand and apply trauma-informed principles in the three phases of psychedelic and plant medicine sessions, including preparation, the psychedelic session, and integration.
You will receive:
- 30 mini video lectures.
- 16 3-hour Zoom Workshops
- Bonus masterclasses working with Ayahuasca, Psilocybin, and Bufo.
- Q&A Sessions with Guest Teachers.
- Opening and Closing Ceremony sessions.
- Bonus demonstration sessions.
- PDF slides for all Zoom workshops.
- 600+ pages PDF Manual
- Self-Study Video Lecture Workbook.
- Access to our private community platform on Mighty Networks.
- Personal and professional reflection worksheets and resources.
- Personal and Professional Somatic Resources for Integration & Self-Care.
- Certificate of Completion upon submission of certificate requirements.
OUR CURRICULUM
Our Program Description:
This training is a deep dive into the world of somatic psychology, embodiment, trauma-informed foundations, neuroscience, plant medicine, and shamanist wisdom.
The self-paced program consists of a combination of video lectures and theory, recorded live zoom workshops and experiential explorations and learnings and a private Mighty Networks community platform where students will receive ongoing support to integrate the application of the learnings of the training.
Students will receive the knowledge, resources, and tools to start their trauma-informed facilitation journey, and will learn how to apply their learnings in a practical way in a ceremonial setting through this training.
Module 1:
- 18 mini-video lectures.
- 8 x 3-hour Zoom Workshops.
- Working with Psilocybin Masterclass.
- Q&A with Atira and Psilocybin guest teacher.
- Video Lecture Study Guide.
- PDF Slides for Zoom Workshops.
- 350 PDF Manual.
- Personal and Professional Self-Reflection Worksheets.
- Personal and Professional Somatic Resources for Integration.
- Recommended reading list & access to journal articles.
- Bonus Demonstration Sessions
MODULE 1:
FOUNDATIONS OF TRAUMA-INFORMED PLANT MEDICINE FACILITATION
- Overview of Trauma and the Nervous System
- Working with the Polyvagal Theory in Non-Ordinary States.
- The different categories of trauma that show up frequently in altered states of consciousness.
- The Shamanic Paradigm vs Western Contemporary Paradigms of Trauma Recovery
- Understanding Soul Loss and Disassociation
- Tips and Tools for mitigating the risk of re-traumatisation.
- Identifying nervous system patterns and presentations in clients.
- The Body is Key: Support the intelligence of the body for healing in non-ordinary states.
- The importance of Self-Regulation and Co-regulation.
- Essential somatic skills for safety, grounding and resourcing.
- Trauma-Informed Communication and relational skills.
- Using Somatic Touch as a resource.
- Consent, healthy boundaries and ethical responsibility.
- Your role as facilitator in each phase of the trauma-informed plant medicine paradigm.
- Working with Psilocybin and important tips for facilitators.
MODULE 2:
TRAUMA-INFORMED ASSESSMENTS, SCREENING, AND SOMATIC INTENTION SETTING
- The Principles of Trauma-Informed Plant Medicine Screening and Assessment.
- The Process of the Trauma-Informed Plant Medicine Preparation Flow Chart.
- Assessing the Participant and their Trauma History.
- Medical Screening Template for Psychedelic Sessions & Retreats
- Choosing the applicant from a Trauma-Informed Lens
- Building the Relationship with trauma sensitivity
- Trauma-informed interpersonal and communication skills.
- Decision Making: Is this person the right fit for plant medicine?
- Trauma-Informed Psychedelic Preparation: Intention Setting for trauma healing.
- The Somatic Plant Medicine Intention Setting model.
- Building resilience and resources to increase the “Window of Presence”.
- Working with Ayahuasca Masterclass with Guest Teacher
MODULE 3:
POST-CEREMONY CARE AND EMBODIED INTEGRATION
- An Introduction to Embodied Integration
- The Hero’s Journey: An Application to Trauma-Informed Integration
- The Objectives and Goals of Psychedelic Integration.
- Trauma-Informed Post-Ceremony Tips and Best Practices.
- Aspects of Self for Plant Medicine Integration
- Working with trauma imprints in post-ceremony care and integration.
- An introduction to Somatic Plant Medicine Integration approach.
- Post-Ceremony therapeutic care.
- Psychedelic Integration Document Templates
- Running an integration workshop.
- Working with groups in integration circles.
- Using art, metaphor and symbology in meaning-making in plant medicine integration.
- 3 Psychedelic Integration Categories.
- Working with Bufo Masterclass with Guest Teacher
AS A TRAUMA-INFORMED PLANT MEDICINE FACILITATOR,
YOU’LL BE ABLE TO…
- Reduce the risk of retraumatisation in participants.
- Recognise trauma imprints and identify signs of trauma in participants during the preparation, ceremonial and integration phases of plant medicine work.
- Create safe spaces and establish environments and facilitator-participant relationships that foster safety, trust and attunement.
- Understand trauma awareness based on neuroscience and somatic psychology.
- Posses knowledge of foundational principles of trauma and the nervous system to inform your facilitation approach.
- Skilfully navigate psycho-spiritual challenges in non-ordinary states, addressing them with sensitivity and expertise.
- Provide trauma-sensitive post-ceremony and integration support for trauma resolution.
- Communicate in a trauma-informed manner that is compassionate and empathetic, ensuring safety in the interpersonal relationship.
- Support trauma survivors in building their inner resilience and “Window of Presence” through somatic resourcing.
- Uphold your ethical responsibility by prioritising the well-being and health of participants, both physically and psychologically.
- Respond resourcefully to various trauma imprints and nervous system patterns, employing somatic resourcing strategies that lead to repair and prevent re-traumatization.
- Provide participants with psycho-education on trauma awareness and support them in preparing for their ceremonial experience with mindfulness, somatic resources and support
YOUR TEACHER
Passionate about creating safer spaces for everybody, and bringing healing and awareness in the “shadowy” areas of life, Atira has worked as a trauma-informed integration specialist in retreat centers such as the Temple of the Way of Light and is currently the head of integration at AYA Healing Retreats.
Atira has mapped the trauma recovery of hundreds of PM participants in her private practice as an integration trauma specialist and co-facilitates Trauma-informed and Somatic Experiencing Plant Medicine retreats and dietas in Peru with AYA Healing Retreats. She is also the pioneer and founder of the Trauma-Informed Plant Medicine Program, of which has over 150 graduates in 2 years.
She possesses an MA in Art Therapy, has a background in Transpersonal Art Therapy and Holistic Counselling, and is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, amongst decades of training in various other trauma-informed approaches.
Atira has also worked for over a decade internationally in community organizations and international development as a consultant, clinician, and supervisor, as well as an educator in non-for-profit settings. She is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the European Graduate School in Switzerland, researching the effectiveness of somatic and creative trauma recovery interventions for sex-trafficked survivors in Asia. Atira also has presented at numerous conferences alongside Dr. Peter Levine, Dr. Stephen Porges, Dr. Pat Ogden, and Dr. Gabor Mate, just to name a few.
The CEO and Founder of Art to Healing, an Australian charity which supports the recovery of child sex slaves, Atira has also initiated international women’s health, art therapy, and trauma-informed programs for women and girls who have experienced sex slavery and exploitation internationally for the past 15 years.
Pre-COVID, Atira taught workshops, retreats & teacher trainings in 4 continents around the globe including Australia, Europe, Asia, and South America. She specializes in supporting women, men, and children, particularly those who have experienced sexual abuse to recover from trauma, in groups & individually in her private practice and international development settings as a trauma specialist through the embodied somatic psychologies and other holistic approaches.
STUDENT TESTIMONIALS
“What a life-changing experience. This training is a true treasure of knowledge and wisdom and shared with a caring and loving presence.
The depth of insights into a variety of tools to create safer spaces is the most I have ever experienced in any training. However, besides the theoretical teachings, what touched me the most was how the space was held in such safety and care and naturally became the soil for our personal softening into the journey.
And with that, we were able to truly experience the effect of a teacher who fully embodies what she teaches. And that is a priceless gift I will benefit from for the rest of my life.”
“Atira’s extensive knowledge on the subject of trauma and working within the PM context has been immensely beneficial.
I’ve gained a deeper sense of how to hold the container of healing, which in turn, opens doors for journeyers to be met with more compassion, understanding, and safety to move through their process.”
“After completing the Trauma-Informed Plant Medicine Facilitator training, I organised an Ayahuasca retreat for close friends (with an experienced curandero) and implemented the trauma-informed principles throughout the entire journey.
Just WOW – the trauma-informed tools, resources and techniques was so well-received and created such a nourishing, supportive environment for the group to dive deeper into their own healing. Witnessing their breakthroughs and transformations was pure magic for me.
Thank you for equipping me with the education, tools, and the trauma-informed lens to be able to hold a safe container. It truly makes such a difference in everyone’s plant medicine experience, and I’m very grateful for all of the wisdom that Atira has shared with us!”
“Participating in this training gave me profound insight into my role as a ceremony guide and integration & microdosing coach. It illuminated areas where I can grow, and strengthened & expanded my toolbox of resources, practices, processes, protocols and tools to be able to support people in their healing journeys beyond my expectations.
Atira carries a strong and very clear vision of the importance of a trauma-informed approach and awareness to work in this rapidly growing field of plant medicine & psychedelic assisted therapies.
Being in her presence and receiving her teachings was extremely inspiring and motivating for me to continue showing up for this very much-needed work.
I highly recommend the Trauma Informed Plant Medicine Facilitation Training for anyone involved in facilitating, curating or providing psychedelic & plant medicine assisted therapies and healing who is interested in providing a space for embodied change and long-lasting positive results.”
“As different cultures around the world continue to share and integrate their wisdom for us to heal physically, socially, mentally, energetically and spiritually through psychedelics and plant medicine, I believe it is essential that we understand how to navigate the trauma imprints that each culture carries and how each modality or treatment can affect them differently.
Through the Trauma-Informed Plant Medicine Facilitator program, I was able to get a deeper and more detailed education and perspective in how to create safer spaces (before, during and after ceremony), in order to facilitate “real” trauma healing, and to truly care for a patient’s needs.
In my experience, this is something tremendously important and very few facilitators have yet managed to incorporate this approach of trauma-sensitivity into their practices. I’m very grateful to Atira and her team for sharing this knowledge and for creating a safe and beautiful container with wonderful humans who are on similar paths to mine.
I recommend this training 100%!”
“Wow!! I just want to say thank you for holding space for such an incredible informational experience.
I feel that I have SO many resources now to draw upon now. Atira is filled with experience and hold such beautiful, vibrant energy that is powerful. I feel safe, and seen in her presence!
True magic!”
“I cannot recommend this training enough for anyone working in the plant medicine space; whether you are pouring medicine, a supporter/facilitator, a pre or post-ceremonial integration specialist, or even a student of the plants. I strongly feel that this training should be the basic foundational training (alongside 1st Aid) for all healers and support plant medicine staff.
Atira is an excellent bridge and guide into the intersectional realms of plant medicine and trauma therapy.”
YOUR INVESTMENT
* This program can be taken as a self-paced learning experience. All students who have completed the program will have the opportunity of joining the Trauma-Informed Plant Medicine Mentorship 10-month journey commencing in 2026.
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This program is for education purposes only. Before practicing, always seek the advice of your physician, psychiatrist or psychologist, or other qualified healthcare providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical or psychological condition or treatment and before undertaking a regimen.
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PAYING IT FORWARD
We believe that every girl and woman deserves to determine her future.
As part of our social change model, this training “pays it forward” to assist women and girls from Nepal & India who have experienced sex slavery and exploitation with trauma recovery and psychosocial programs.
One student will sponsor ONE woman in shelter care to receive trauma support with our charity partner Art to Healing.
