29 Jun 2026
1 min Mental Wellness
WRITTEN BY
Sophie Spitzer
Head of Psychedelics Hub

PsyStandard and Blossom Announce Collaboration on European Psychedelic Practitioner Verification Framework

PsyStandard and Blossom Announce Collaboration on European Psychedelic Practitioner Verification Framework

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 legal qualifications, they do not capture psychedelic-specific training, safety protocols, or practical skills. This collaboration aims to establish transparent, evidence-based verification standards that go beyond credentials to assess demonstrable competence.

Partnership scope

Blossom will contribute psychedelic research intelligence spanning clinical trials, training programs, and regulatory frameworks across European jurisdictions. This data will inform the verification criteria, ensuring that standards reflect current evidence and the training landscape.

PsyStandard will integrate these standards into its European practitioner directory, making verification transparent and accessible. The framework will be co-designed with academic institutions and practitioner training organisations to ensure scientific rigour and practical applicability.

Institutional collaboration

Academic partners will co-design quality criteria, grounding standards in current research. Practitioner training organisations will validate criteria against real-world practice, ensuring standards reflect how practitioners are actually trained.

Floris Wolswijk, founder of Blossom, stated: “Psychedelic care is expanding rapidly across Europe, but practitioner quality varies significantly. Evidence-based verification standards are essential infrastructure. This collaboration brings together research intelligence and practitioner verification to build that infrastructure.”

Max de Rosnay, PsyStandard Lead, added: “Finding competent psychedelic practitioners shouldn’t be guesswork. We’re building verification infrastructure that makes competence transparent, evidence-based, and accessible across Europe.”

About PsyStandard

PsyStandard is Europe’s practitioner verification directory for psychedelic care, covering clinical practitioners, psychedelic coaches, integration specialists, retreat facilitators, and clinics. The platform verifies practitioner competence against evidence-based standards, making quality transparent and accessible. PsyStandard is part of Pink Elephant, a venture builder focused on psychedelic and mental health infrastructure.

About Blossom

Blossom is the psychedelic research intelligence platform, tracking clinical trials, publications, compounds, training programs, and regulatory frameworks globally. Blossom provides data infrastructure for researchers, clinicians, and institutions working in psychedelic medicine.

For further information, contact:

Max de Rosnay
PsyStandard Lead, Pink Elephant
[email protected]

Floris Wolswijk
Founder, Blossom
[email protected]

The information provided in this article is for general educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any medical condition. Always seek the advice of your physician or another qualified health professional. Do not disregard professional medical advice or delay seeking it because of something you have read here.
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