Colorado Natural Medicine Program

Domain VII · Transpersonal, psychedelic & altered states · 2022 · Colorado, USA

What it is

This is a state regulated-access programme, not a psychotherapy. It sets no therapeutic model and no theory of change. What it regulates is the frame: who may facilitate, how participants are screened and consented, and how preparation, supervised administration and integration are run. Voters…

Format

• The rules impose a fixed sequence for each participant. Session counts: the rules set minimums, not a course length. At least one preparation session is required (individual even for group participants), then one or more administration sessions, then at least one integration session. The first…
• Who may provide:

Who practises it, and how they are trained or regulated

• Licence types: Facilitator in Training (NMIT): the training licence used for practicum. Per a 2024 rules review, it is open to people who have completed the 150 didactic hours, and it lets them charge for services during a supervised consultation period;
• Pathways. DPO publishes separate licensing booklets for these pathways: Clinical Facilitator Pathway, Post Education (the standard route after an approved programme), Distinguished Educators, Facilitator and Clinical Facilitator Traditional Path, Legacy Healer Accelerated Path, Consultants, and Facilitator Endorsement. Endorsement for a Clinical Facilitator requires a valid Colorado licence in a qualifying secondary…
• Clinical Facilitator secondary licences: the applicant must hold a current Colorado licence as one of the following: psychologist;

Questions to explore with your client

• What drew you to it, and what are you hoping it will change?
• Is there physical contact? Was it explained beforehand, and do you feel free to say no or stop at any point?
• Does it involve any substance, plant preparation, remedy or supplement? Has your doctor or prescriber been told, especially about any medication you take?
• Does it involve intense or unusual breathing? Have you been told about the medical conditions for which that is not advised?
• Does it involve fasting, a special diet or 'detox'? Have you discussed this with your doctor?
• Who runs it, and what training or registration do they hold?
• What actually happens in a session or meeting, and how often?
• What does it cost, and is there pressure to commit to more?
• How do you feel afterwards, in the hours and days that follow?
• Does it fit with, or clash with, the work we do here?

What practitioners of it watch for

• clients choosing unlicensed paid providers. See 5.
• participants skimming documents. Check understanding verbally.
• residual disorientation. Extend the session rather than discharge.
• participants seeking repeated sessions as a substitute for other care.
• delaying a call to avoid disrupting the experience. The rules put safety first.

When to involve someone else

• New or worsening physical symptoms, or advice to stop or change prescribed medication: involve the client's doctor or prescriber.
• Signs of coercion, isolation from family and friends, escalating costs or secrecy: discuss openly and consider safeguarding.
• A crisis or thoughts of suicide: follow your crisis protocol. In the US, call or text 988; in the UK and Ireland, Samaritans on 116 123.

Drawn automatically from the guide's own sections. Stay curious: neither endorse nor dismiss what the client values, and check anything that matters against the full guide and its sources. Not medical advice.