Friends & Family Ministry
Connect With What Matters Most
Gain the skills and confidence to safely and effectively hold space for your loved ones, while also learning essential best practices to protect and care for yourself throughout the process. Your journey of service begins with balance, compassion, and a foundation of personal well-being.
This not a training for a career in psychedelic therapy, it is a pathway for bringing meaningful change into your personal life and community. Join us in a vibrant community where every individual’s experience is honored and every path to healing is embraced.
Live Instruction
8 Interactive Modules
Weekly Asessments
Learn directly from the founders of Psanctuary, gaining insights from their experience and wisdom in real-time virtual sessions.
Engage with real-life anecdotes, challenges, and group participation to deepen your understanding of Friends & Family Ministry.
Reinforce key concepts with reflections and knowledge checks on sacrament practice, integration, and harm reduction.
Weekly Course Focused Calls | Tuesdays 12:30-2 PM Eastern
What's Covered in the Course?
The Group Experience
Learn the foundations of holding space for others in a group setting, including the dynamics, benefits, and responsibilities of communal ceremony.
Preparation, Orientation, and Integration
Understand how to prepare participants for ceremony, orient them within the experience, and support long-term integration.
Psychedelic Samurai – Core Skills of a Sacred Mushroom Facilitator
Develop essential facilitation skills rooted in presence, discernment, and spiritual humility to serve as a grounded guide.
Diversity in the Ceremony Space
Explore how to create an inclusive, respectful space that honors the varied backgrounds, identities, and experiences of each participant.
Risks and Benefits of Boundaries
Examine the role of healthy boundaries in ceremony, learning how they safeguard both participants and ministers while allowing trust to flourish.
Rules of the Sacrament Space – Participants and Ministers
Clarify the expectations and responsibilities of everyone in the ceremony space to ensure safety, harmony, and sacred focus.
Shamanic, Supernatural, Psychic, and Indescribable
Prepare for the full range of mystical or unexpected phenomena that can emerge during communion and how to hold space for the unknown.
Harm Reduction and Crisis Management
Build confidence in navigating difficult or destabilizing experiences, applying principles of harm reduction and compassionate crisis support.
Ongoing Support &
Bi-Monthly Integration Calls
Your journey continues beyond the course with ongoing calls for reflection, guidance, and community support. Connect with fellow ministers and experienced mentors to deepen your practice and integrate your experiences. You’re never alone on this path.
Expand Your Impact
Apply to host Psanctuary circles virtually or in your regional enclave. Volunteer at Psilobration Ceremony events.
Next Cohort - Spring 2026
Registration
Opens in Spring 2026
After applying, our team will review your submission and provide payment details during the payment period.
Payment Period
Closes on Date TBD
Our admin team will carefully review all applications and ensure a smooth process for all approved participants.