We are building the field infrastructure that turns isolated excellence
into transparent, verifiable standards for psychedelic practice.
Co-designed with experts across research, harm reduction,
and clinical and non-clinical practice.
Excellent psychedelic practice is complex. It draws on ethics, competence, safety, setting, preparation, integration, legal awareness, and the ability to work responsibly with people in vulnerable moments.
PsyStandard turns that complexity into a living verification framework —
co-designed with academic institutions, harm reduction experts, and
practitioner communities, and tested in practice.
Two parts, one system. The standard defines good practice. Membership
is how practitioners meet it and uphold it
What good practice is measured against
An evidence-based, multi-layer assessment of demonstrated competence — from credentials to observed practice. Published in full, co-designed with the field.
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How practitioners meet it, and stay accountable
Verified practitioners join a professional community with named supervision, continuing development, peer accountability, and a code of ethics.
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Being involved in clinical research with psychedelics, it is clear how important it is to develop rigorous, ethical and safe standards for those interested in working with these powerful compounds. PsyStandard provides a valuable framework for ensuring this work is conducted to the highest scientific standards, supporting safe and beneficial outcomes for all involved.
Through my work in mental health care, I’ve come to see how essential credible and recognisable standards are — particularly for start-ups in emerging fields. PsyStandard is uniquely placed to create that difference for all stakeholders and it is great to contribute to this.
It is an absolute privilege to join PsyStandard and to work alongside leading experts on raising standards and accountability across this field — spanning prescribers, pharmacies, therapists, and the wider community of practitioners. I’m excited to be part of building something the field can trust.
The couple in the room More couples are seeking psychedelic support together, and they arrive through different doors. Some come after one partner’s individual journey shifted something between them. Some arrive carrying a specific wound, a break in trust and agreement, a loss, and ask for repair before anything else. Many begin with conflict work […]
FOREWORD Psychedelic research is often framed around a simple question: do these treatments work? Over the past decade, that question has generated an exciting body of research. But as psychedelic-assisted therapy moves closer to clinical implementation, I think another question is becoming just as important: what actually determines whether someone benefits? In my PhD research, […]
Some of the most important experiences a client brings back are the ones no one taught their practitioner how to hold. A being that seemed to communicate, sense of having touched something sacred, the conviction that they briefly saw how everything connects. In almost every conversation we have about experiences like these, the same thing comes up: the person was left alone with the part that mattered most.
PsyStandard, a Pink Elephant Company, and Drug Science announce a co-design partnership to develop the clinical and ethical foundations of PsyStandard’s European practitioner verification framework. The partnership addresses a structural gap in how practitioner quality is assessed in psychedelic practice. People seeking support — whether through clinical therapy, retreat settings, or integration coaching — currently […]
The assumption is widespread and, on the surface, reasonable: a psychedelic experience has already happened, the person sitting across from you needs support working through what came up, and you are a trained therapist who knows how to hold difficult material. So what exactly is the problem? This article is about what integration work specifically […]
PsyStandard, a Pink Elephant Company, and Blossom announce a strategic collaboration to develop Europe’s first comprehensive practitioner verification framework for psychedelic care. The partnership addresses a critical infrastructure gap: people seeking psychedelic care — whether through clinical therapy, retreat settings, or integration coaching — currently lack reliable methods to assess practitioner competence. While credentials verify […]
Foreword by Laurin Angermeier I have sat with many people over the years who had done everything right. They had seen a clinical psychotherapist, often for years. They had followed a protocol, worked within a clinical setting, shown up consistently and in good faith. And yet something did not move. The change they came looking […]
Sarah Tilley explains how psilocybin therapy may hold the key to healthier relationships.
Non-clinical and clinical practitioners alike — coaches, facilitators, integration specialists, therapists. If you take this work seriously, it’s for you.
A listing is self-declared. Verification is assessed — credential review, a structured call, and observed practice, scored against published criteria.
Verified practitioners join PsyStandard membership — ongoing supervision, peer accountability, and annual review keep the badge valid.
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