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.
The TIPMF programme teaches you how to minimise harm, prevent re-traumatisation, and embody trauma-informed plant medicine principles from preparation to facilitation through to post-ceremony integration.
Deepen your capacity to recognise trauma responses, support nervous system regulation, and create containers that honour choice, agency and pacing. Gain the skills to navigate complexity, uphold ethical boundaries, and hold space with greater compassion, attunement and professionalism—so every journey is rooted in safety and supported transformation.
An essential training for all psychedelic facilitators who want to lead with greater clarity, confidence and integrity, TIPMF gives you the foundation you need, including trauma-informed frameworks, somatic tools, nervous system understanding, and access to our community of committed psychedelic practitioners. Learn how to hold safer, more grounded spaces and respond skilfully when trauma or activation arises—so you can support clients more safely, with trauma-attuned approaches and ethical care at every stage of their experience.
This is your complete self-paced training:
30 lectures, 16 workshops, bonus masterclasses, demos, a 600+ page manual, somatic tools, worksheets, community support, and a Certificate of Completion—all in one transformative programme that you can learn at your own pace.
“THIS JOURNEY HAS BEEN LIFE-CHANGING.”
– Riva Jean-Paul, Artist and Trauma-Informed Somatic Coach & Facilitator
OUR PROGRAM AT A GLANCE
TRAINING OVERVIEW:
This 85-hour online certificate training is delivered across three comprehensive modules, giving facilitators the skills to understand and embody trauma-informed principles throughout the full arc of psychedelic and plant medicine work—from preparation, through the ceremony or medicine session, and into integration.
WHAT YOU’LL RECEIVE:
- 30 bite-sized video lectures to build your foundational skills, step by step.
- 16 in-depth 3-hour Zoom workshops packed with practical tools and trauma-informed facilitation frameworks.
- Bonus masterclasses on working skilfully with Ayahuasca, Psilocybin, and 5-MeO-DMT.
- Q&A sessions with guest teachers, offering diverse perspectives and advanced insights.
- Opening + Closing Ceremony sessions to frame your learning journey with intention and integration.
- A comprehensive 600+ page manual across three PDFs covering theory, case studies, somatic practices, and trauma-informed psychedelic methodologies.
- Bonus demonstration sessions showing the model in real clinical and ceremonial applications.
- A self-study workbook to deepen your reflection and retention.
- Access to our private Mighty Networks community, where you can connect, learn, and share with fellow practitioners.
- Personal and professional reflection worksheets, integration tools, and somatic self-care resources.
- A complete library of somatic practices to support both your clients and your own nervous system.
- A Certificate of Completion upon fulfilling the programme requirements.
FULL PRICE: $1250
FACILITATE WITH CONFIDENCE:
This immersive training brings together somatic psychology, trauma-informed foundations, neuroscience and plant medicine wisdom into one powerful learning experience.
Learn at your own pace through lectures, recorded workshops and experiential practices—while receiving continual support through our private Mighty Networks community.
By the end, you’ll have the tools, knowledge and confidence to begin your trauma-informed facilitation journey and apply these principles ethically and effectively in ceremonial spaces.
OUR CURRICULUM
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 Dissociation
- 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
- Learn how to design and use a written application for ceremonial or psychedelic sessions
- Develop skills to review applications with trauma-informed discernment
- Assess participant suitability and prepare for interview screening
- Understand when and how to schedule an interview based on readiness and safety indicators
- Conduct a trauma-informed interview to understand intentions, history and context
- Observe and track a participant’s nervous system state
- Identify environmental, relational and emotional factors influencing readiness
- Ask skilful, clarifying questions that inform safety and suitability
- Evaluate whether a participant is appropriate for the ceremony
- Prepare participants holistically across physical, emotional, psycho-spiritual and environmental domains
- Provide clear informed consent rooted in safety and boundaries
- Offer psychoeducation about the process, expectations and potential challenges
- Teach somatic resourcing tools that support regulation before entering altered states
- Guide participants in setting somatic, trauma-informed intentions
- Orient participants to the ceremonial space with clarity and grounding
- Communicate safety protocols, support systems and group agreements
- Prepare participants for the arc and structure of the ceremony
- Offer psychoeducation on trauma responses and imprints that may arise
- Teach somatic resources for NOSC, such as Somatic Inquiry, Somatic Resourcing and Supportive Touch skills
- Learn how to establish co-regulation between facilitator and participants—and within the group
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 the 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 symbolism to support meaning-making in plant medicine integration
- Three 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
- Possess 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-traumatisation
- Provide participants with psychoeducation on trauma awareness and support them in preparing for their ceremonial experience with mindfulness, somatic resources and support
YOUR TEACHER
With over two decades of experience in international development, Atira has been a trailblazer on the frontlines of humanitarian work, from refugee camps to disaster zones, and among survivors of war, torture, and trafficking. Her advocacy for women’s rights and reproductive health has been groundbreaking, particularly in her work with sex-trafficked survivors across Asia and the Pacific. As the founder of Art to Healing, Atira has spearheaded initiatives that have empowered thousands of survivors and their communities, fostering freedom from trauma, slavery, and oppression.
Passionate about shining light on life’s most challenging spaces, Atira worked as the Director of Preparation and Integration at AYA Healing Retreats for 7 years. She is the visionary behind the pioneering Trauma-Informed Plant Medicine Facilitator Training and the Somatic Plant Medicine Integration Program, which have collectively trained over 1,000 graduates, setting a new standard for safety and ethics in the field.
Atira’s expertise has shaped psychedelic-assisted therapy and facilitator training programs globally. She collaborates with leading organizations, including ICEERS, Plant Spirit School, Inward Bound, Tam Integration, BMed, Kiyumi, Mind Medicine Australia, and Synthesis, where she serves as a faculty member. She also co-directs the Somatic Psychedelic Facilitator Certificate at The Embody Lab.
Born in Singapore and raised in Melbourne, Atira now resides between Spain and Thailand, as she advances her Ph.D. research at EGS. Her work continues to inspire a new generation of psychedelic-assisted therapists and ceremonial guides dedicated to trauma-informed care and the integration of plant medicine into modern therapeutic practices.
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
FULL PRICE: $1250
* This program is a self-paced learning experience. You’ll receive lifetime access to the program for as long as our company and learning spaces are running. In the unlikely event that we can no longer operate, access may end at that time. We encourage you to complete the training within 2 years.
* All students receive a certificate of completion upon the submission of certificate requirements.
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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.
