Learn to integrate ketamine with trauma-informed, attachment-based models of therapy!
Experience the process you will support your clients with of preparation, facilitation and integration.
This training is immersive, relational, and experiential.
You will learn to practice Relational KAP by experiencing it yourself.
Live Zoom Training: (20 CEUs for psychotherapists).
Asynchronous Training:
Available March 2026
Content required for participating in the live sessions. Short quizzes provided at the end of each section to verify you have completed the course. The modules corresponding with the live sessions must be completed prior to participation in the live zoom sessions.
Live Zoom Training:
You will:
Format includes:
*Dyad zoom meetings for personal preparation sessions with Dr. Gold will be scheduled the weeks of May 9th through May 21st
*All live sessions will be recorded. Live attendance of at least 4 is required to receive certification of completion.
5 Days in Catalonia Spain (on the coast north of Barcelona). May 25th-29th
Includes:
*Future In-Person Experientials will be held at The Arizona Relationship Institute the first week in November 2026. Food and Lodging are NOT included for this location.
*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.
Inclusion on Soul Surfing KAP Practitioner Directory
1. Asynchronous Online Training
2. Live Zoom Group Instruction & Processing
3. Semi-Private Zoom Consultation & KAP Facilitation with Dr. Gold
Preparation Sessions
KAP Facilitation Sessions
4. Group Integration
5. In-Person Experiential Retreat (5 days)
During the retreat, you will alternate between:
All sessions are supported by Dr. Gold and Soul Surfing therapists to ensure attuned, skillful facilitation
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:
Your dyad partner will attend your private KAP session (via Zoom if needed), and you will attend theirs.
This allows you to:
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:
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.
*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.
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 Trainings are experiential by design.
You don’t just learn about ketamine-assisted psychotherapy—you experience the process yourself, so you can facilitate it with depth, clarity, and embodied confidence.
This training is for clinicians who know that reading protocols isn’t enough.
To guide others safely through altered states, nervous system activation, vulnerability, and transformation—you must first understand these processes from the inside.
At Soul Surfing, we believe the most effective KAP clinicians are not just well-trained—they are well-resourced, well-oriented, and embodied.
You will learn how to facilitate ketamine-assisted psychotherapy by being guided through the same arc your clients experience: preparation, facilitation, and integration. This inside-out approach allows you to internalize the principles of trauma-informed, attachment-based KAP—not as theory, but as lived knowledge.
When you’ve felt it in your own body, nervous system, and emotional landscape, you can recognize it instantly in your clients—and respond with precision, presence, and attuned support.
You Will Learn How to Facilitate KAP Through Direct Experience, Including:
Ketamine does not reliably create orientation, meaning, or secure connection on its own.
Without skilled facilitation, clients may experience dissociation without integration, insight without embodiment, or relief without lasting change.
Soul Surfing trains you to become the steady, attuned presence your clients need—the longest pendulum in the room—so ketamine becomes a catalyst for developmental repair, emotional safety, and secure attachment, not just symptom relief.
This training is designed for licensed clinicians and medical providers who want to:
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