In June 2026 we ran the Inwardbound Institute intensive experiential psychedelic facilitator training in the Netherlands. It was an extraordinary week of learning and co-creation.

Who was in the room

Our participants were doctors, therapists and psychotherapists from all around the world. Over the week they took a deep, experiential dive into:

• Psychedelic facilitation in practice
• Depth psychology
• Somatic, trauma-informed approaches
• Shamanism
• Transpersonal psychology
• The ethics of facilitation

This was a week of practice, reflection and honest conversation, held by a group who brought real clinical experience into the room.

Coming full circle

Before Inwardbound, I spent 15 years in education in Dublin, designing and delivering programmes up to honours degree level. Along the way I was trained in facilitation by Olympic sports coaches in Ireland.

I learnt so much from my students and mentors in those years, and it still shapes much of the work I do today.

When I left education to set up Inwardbound Institute in 2018, it felt like the end of that chapter. Eight years later, I'm stepping back into a teaching role, bringing together passions that once felt far apart: education, psychedelic-assisted therapy, and depth and transpersonal psychology.

It feels good. I'd almost forgotten how much I enjoy teaching, and how rewarding it is.

Part of a three-stage programme

This week was one part of our three-stage Psychedelic Facilitation Education Programme. It follows what I believe is best educational practice: theory, then experiential practice, then implementation.

1. Theory

   An online foundation in psychedelic-assisted therapy, studied at your own pace.

2. Experiential practice This week

   An in-person intensive like this one, held in the Netherlands or Costa Rica.

3. Implementation

   Bringing the work safely and ethically into your own practice.

Each stage builds on the last, so what you learn in theory is tested in experience and then carried into real work.