Working Groups
Elder Council
Professional Practice Guidelines
View Group Members Belinda Eriacho Sitaramaya Sita Stephanie Kilpatrick, PsyD Rob Krauss Greg Wells, PhD Darron Smith, PhD, PA-C, DFAAPA Felix Neals Karen Dunn
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APPA has drafted and will soon publish our Professional Practice Guidelines (PPGs), which are designed to address the evolving practice of psychedelic-assisted therapy. They are the first comprehensive field consensus-based guidelines for mental health providers practicing psychedelic-assisted therapy. The process of drafting these guidelines generated expert debate and ultimately consensus around professional standards for this treatment modality. These guidelines aim to describe the minimum standards of care as informed by existing clinical research and expert consensus in this area.
The document was initially drafted by the Research and Training group (below), and reviewed by APPA’s working groups.
Status: CLOSED
View Group Members Jordan Sloshower, MD, MSc Anthony Back, MD Mark Bates, PhD Shannon Carlin, M.A., L.M.F.T. Natalie Gukasyan, MD Andrew Penn, RN, NP, CNS, PMHNP-BC Gita Vaid, MD Will Van Derveer, MD
View Group Members Belinda Eriacho Sitaramaya Sita Stephanie Kilpatrick, PsyD Rob Krauss Greg Wells, PhD Darron Smith, PhD, PA-C, DFAAPA Felix Neals Karen Dunn
Research and Training
Practitioners
View Group Members Belinda Eriacho Sitaramaya Sita Stephanie Kilpatrick, PsyD Rob Krauss Greg Wells, PhD Darron Smith, PhD, PA-C, DFAAPA Felix Neals Karen Dunn
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This working group will be made up of established and respected elders in the field representing diverse lineages and practices that will serve many potential functions. This group can help ensure and broaden participation from the most experienced members of our community and ensure that wisdom from experience is reflected in policies and practices that APPA develops and supports including Standards, Treatment and Ethical Guidelines, and Accountability.
Status: WAIT LIST
View Group Members Jerome Braun, M.A., LMFT, IAAP Gary Bravo, MD Barry Walker, M.Ed., LMHC Ricci Coddington Karin Gagnon Patricia James Kristi Panik, MD David Presti, PhD Robert Strayhan, MD
The APPA working groups support our work toward adoption of psychedelics into the US healthcare system.
If you are interested in any of the open working groups below that are accepting applications, please email us with a letter of interest, a resume, your experience related to that group, and what you feel you bring to that effort.
View Group Members Belinda Eriacho Sitaramaya Sita Stephanie Kilpatrick, PsyD Rob Krauss Greg Wells, PhD Darron Smith, PhD, PA-C, DFAAPA Felix Neals Karen Dunn
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The Ethics working group will conduct a review of the dispersed ethical considerations and guidelines for treatment already in existence. They will then assess, synthesize, and propose an ethical code to govern the practitioners of the professional association. In coordination with the Accountability working group, the Ethics group will assist in breathing life into the ethical guidelines, operationalizing how these guidelines will be upheld in the field, and designing the process for preventative action and intervention when ethical violations occur. This group will also function as a consultant group on guidelines for industrial/corporate relationships, organization function, and training. Internal to the working group ecosystem, they will provide oversight, review, and consultation regarding all other working group efforts.
Status: APPLICATIONS OPENING SOON
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View Group Members Ivy Alvarez, MA, AMFT Solana Booth Jay Louie, LMFT Myriah MacIntyre Tim Michaels, PhD TaLisa Ramos-Watts MSW, LSW, CCTP-I Darron Smith, Ph.D., PA-C, DFAAPA Simran Sethi, MBA