*Certification provided according to your corresponding professional training & licensure

Soul Surfing Psychedelics: Foundational KAP Training
Culminates in a 5-Day Experiential KAP Practitioner Retreat

The Arizona Relationship Institute                                     Clinica Synaptica

Mesa, Arizona                                                                          Barcelona, Spain

November 2-6, 2026                                                                   April, 2027

5-Day Experiential Training Retreat

An immersive clinical experience integrating:

KAP sessions, facilitation practice, & live support

       Includes:

  CERTIFICATION AS A PSYCHEDELIC-ASSITED PRACTITIONER

     (Psychotherapist, Medical Practitioner or Coach, according to professional training licensure)   

 

  4 Ketamine Session Experiences

       1 semi-private KAP session, facilitated by Dr. Gold and observed by your dyad partner              *prior to attending the in-person experiential

       2 Soul Surfing KAP sessions facilitated by your dyad partner, with support from Dr. Gold & The Soul Surfing team               *group setting
  1 Group Soul Surfing KAP session guided by Dr. Gold
 
 

  2 Facilitated Practice Experiences

       Facilitate 2 ketamine sessions for your dyad partner with support from Dr. Gold & the Soul Surfing Team              *group setting

 

  5 Group KAP Integration Sessions

     Structured processing and integration following each experiential phase

 
 

  Listing on the Soul Surfing Practitioner Directory

More Than a Training…

You Will Develop:

  • An embodied understanding of every phase of KAP
  • A clear, integrative map for guiding clients through transformative psychedelic-assisted work
  • Increased capacity to create and sustain a safe, effective therapeutic container
  • Conscious practices for regulating your own nervous system and the co-regulation skills to help clients develop that capacity for themselves
  • Greater relational attunement and therapeutic precision in facilitating corrective emotional experiences

This is not simply knowledge acquisition. It is the refinement of your clinical presence — ensuring that what you offer your clients arises from direct experience, regulatory stability, and embodied understanding.

CEUS and Certification as a psychedelic-assisted therapist.

Inclusion on Soul Surfing KAP Practitioner Directory

  • Name, bio, contact information, specializations, location, link to your website, & levels of training completed in Soul Surfing
  • There will be a fee for this in the future, but as early adopters of the Soul Surfing approach to KAP, you will be grandfathered in at a lifetime membership for no cost

Training Components

1. Asynchronous Online Training

  • Client-based preparation course
  • Soul Surfing worksheets and mapping tools

 

2. Live Zoom Group Instruction & Processing

  • Interactive teaching and discussion
  • Preparation walk-through
  • Clinical application and case consultation

3. Semi-Private Zoom Consultation & KAP Facilitation with Dr. Gold

Preparation Sessions

  • One 1.5-hour preparation session with you (your dyad partner present)
  • One 1.5-hour live observation of Dr. Gold facilitating your dyad partner’s preparation session

 

KAP Facilitation Sessions

  • One 2-hour KAP session with Dr. Gold facilitating (your dyad partner present)
    One 2-hour live observation of Dr. Gold facilitating your dyad partner’s KAP session

4. Group Integration

  • One 2-hour group integration session

    • Focused on integrating insights from your semi-private KAP sessions
    • Clinical processing and application

5. In-Person Experiential Retreat (5 days)

During the retreat, you will alternate between:

  • Receiving ketamine facilitation and support
  • Providing KAP support to your dyad partner

 

All sessions are supported by Dr. Gold and Soul Surfing therapists to ensure attuned, skillful facilitation

Dyad Training Format

Soul Surfing is a Relational Approach to Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP). It can be used to work with individuals, any safe relationship (couples, families with adult children, friends) or groups.

Because of this, all participants train in dyads (pairs).

Why a Dyad?

Soul Surfing requires every participant to experience the Soul Surfing process both personally and professionall–alternating roles as client and therapist/coach

This is foundational to the philosophy of the training: you can only guide clients as far as you have gone yourself.

Your nervous system must know how to intentionally inhabit the states you hope to help others access

Depth of personal work directly strengthens clinical skill— minimizing projection and increasing attuned, well-scaffolded support
Choosing a Dyad Partner

We strongly recommend attending with a trusted colleague.

This should be someone:

Who can engage professionally and relationally with integrity to maintain your confidentiality


With whom you feel safe sharing your vulnerabilities:
History
Attachment Style & Trauma Patterns
Current Challenges
Desired Growth


Although this training is not therapy, Soul Surfing KAP intentionally works with ketamine to temporarily lower emotional defenses and increase vulnerability. The Soul Surfing approach carefully maps vulnerabilities, strengths, challenges, and resources in preparation to intentionally scaffold ketamine-assisted corrective emotional experiences.

If you do not have someone in mind, we will thoughtfully assign a partner based on:

Years and level of professional experience

Clinical interests and specializations

Relevant demographics or practice context

Overall relational fit

Our goal is a safe, growth-oriented partnership.

Soul Surfing requires every participant to experience the Soul Surfing process both personally and professionall–alternating roles as client and therapist/coach

This is foundational to the philosophy of the training: you can only guide clients as far as you have gone yourself.

Your nervous system must know how to intentionally inhabit the states you hope to help others access

Depth of personal work directly strengthens clinical skill— minimizing projection and increasing attuned, well-scaffolded support
Choosing a Dyad Partner

We strongly recommend attending with a trusted colleague.

This should be someone:

Who can engage professionally and relationally with integrity to maintain your confidentiality


With whom you feel safe sharing your vulnerabilities:
History
Attachment Style & Trauma Patterns
Current Challenges
Desired Growth


Although this training is not therapy, Soul Surfing KAP intentionally works with ketamine to temporarily lower emotional defenses and increase vulnerability. The Soul Surfing approach carefully maps vulnerabilities, strengths, challenges, and resources in preparation to intentionally scaffold ketamine-assisted corrective emotional experiences.

If you do not have someone in mind, we will thoughtfully assign a partner based on:

Years and level of professional experience

Clinical interests and specializations

Relevant demographics or practice context

Overall relational fit

Our goal is a safe, growth-oriented partnership.

Soul Surfing KAP:

  • Integrates ketamine with empirically validated trauma-informed, attachment-based models

  • Clarifies and streamlines assessment and preparation

  • Provides a structured, attuned approach to facilitating medical administration sessions as corrective experiences for trauma and insecure attachment patterns
  • Strengthens clients’ capacity for integration

  • Supports lasting change long after medicine sessions conclude

Your dyad partner will attend your private KAP session (via Zoom if needed), and you will attend theirs.

This allows you to:

  • Experience Soul Surfing KAP personally
  • Observe by shadowing Dr. Gold’s facilitation approach in real time
  • Enter the experiential retreat with shared context and preparation

These sessions also provide a clinical baseline — helping us understand how your nervous system responds to ketamine and to the Soul Surfing process. This ensures we can support you thoughtfully and optimize your experience within the group setting.  

*Please Note:  

Our primary focus is your safety, stability, and overall wellbeing.  

If unresolved trauma emerges during your private session and you and/or Dr. Gold determine that additional individual therapy or coaching would be beneficial before participating in the group ketamine process, you may choose to attend the group sessions as an observer and support for your dyad partner rather than receiving ketamine in the group setting.

Dr. Gold also reserves the clinical discretion to recommend that a participant refrain from group ketamine administration if she determines that doing so would best support the participant’s safety and well-being.

Before the in-person retreat, each dyad will complete:

  • One 1-hour Preparation Session (Zoom)

  • One 2-hour Medical Administration Session

    • Via Zoom

    • Or in Barcelona if arriving the week prior

These sessions must be completed before the experiential retreat.

Scheduling Windows

Preparation Sessions:
 April 27 – May 8, 2026

Facilitation Sessions:
 May 9 – May 22, 2026

Group Integration Sessions (Required):
 May 15 & May 22
 9:00–11:00 AM Pacific (US)

This training is designed to be rigorous, relational, and transformative.
 You will leave not only with a framework — but with lived experience in your body, heart, and clinical presence.

 

Total Cost for the Entire Experience:  $6,500
Choose to attend in Arizona or Spain

*If you are unable to attend the experiential portion in Spain, you will be able to attend any of the future experiential trainings in Spain and in Arizona.

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