FREE LIVE TRAINING
From SSRIs to Psychedelics: Real Cases, Real Tapers
Join Paul F. Austin and Dr. Raghu Appasani, a board-certified integrative & addiction psychiatrist who prescribes antidepressants, tapers them, and does the psychedelic work in the same practice, for a live case review. Step into the fold as we discuss how Dr. Appasani navigated the tapering to psychedelic process for three real clients. Watch how he reads each one, and take home what to do when the client is yours.
Paul F.
Austin
Paul F. Austin
Dr. Raghu Appasani
Dr. Raghu Appasani
Wednesday, September 23
10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
Wednesday, September 23 at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET
You probably only see one end of this.
If you prescribe, you write the taper and hand the client off. If you’re the therapist, you’re the one who notices the wobble and has nobody to call. If you’re the guide, you meet the client at intake and say “Come back when you’re off.”
Dr. Raghu Appasani sits at both ends. He writes the prescriptions, he runs the tapers, and he does the psychedelic work, with the same clients, in the same practice. The call most practitioners hand off is the one he makes himself.
On September 23rd, he’s bringing three of those clients into the room.
Three real cases from his practice, walked start to finish, each one turning on a decision most practitioners never get trained to make. You’ll see the case the way he saw it, and the call he made and why.
If you’re thinking the taper belongs to the prescriber, well, it does. The prescriber sees the client for 15 minutes every few weeks and writes a schedule. Everything around that schedule belongs to whoever the client actually talks to.
Someone has to notice the wobble in week three and know whether it’s withdrawal or the depression coming back. Someone has to decide whether a client four weeks off their last dose is steady enough to sit with a full dose. A client who has been medicated for six years is a particular kind of client, and you wouldn’t prepare them for a journey the way you’d prepare someone who has never been.
That’s what these three cases are about.
Why this session exists
This is the third session in a series. In the first two, more than 1,500 practitioners joined Paul and Dr. Dave Rabin to map this territory. What antidepressants and psychedelics do to each other. Where your role begins and ends. How a taper is supposed to run. Register for September 23rd, and you get both replays straight away, so you can arrive with the same map everyone else has.
This is the session where you watch someone use it.
Knowing the framework and recognizing the moment in a live client are two different skills, and the second one only comes from cases.
That’s also why we built our next program around them. The SSRI Deprescribing & Psychedelic Readiness Certification runs for three months starting October 7, with six live classes taught by Dr. Rabin and six facilitated labs where Dr. Appasani will work cases practitioners bring from their own practice.
September 23rd previews how those labs will run, and it’s the last free training before enrollment closes on October 6.
What You'll Learn:
How to tell withdrawal from relapse when a client destabilizes, and why that single call decides whether they come off or go back on
What has to be in place before the first reduction, and the signals that mean wait
Where the handoff breaks, and what to ask the prescriber so co-management is real instead of a courtesy email nobody answers
What the window after zero asks of you, because off the medication is not the same as ready for the work that follows
How Dr. Appasani reads a case in real time: the questions he asks, the signals he watches, and the calls he makes with the client in front of him
Perfect For:
This Training Is For:
Psychedelic Guides & Facilitators
who decide whether a client four weeks off is ready to sit with a full dose, and for whom “come back when you’re off” is currently the whole protocol
Therapists & Psychologists
who see these clients weekly, which makes you the first to spot a taper wobble and the best positioned to call withdrawal against relapse
Coaches
who already have these clients asking, and want a defensible role in the hardest stretch instead of referring them out
Medical Professionals (MD, NP, PA, RN)
who write and manage these prescriptions and want the taper structure, the differential, and the psychedelic sequencing that likely weren’t in your training
Register Now and Get Access To Previous Sessions
Two Full Replays with Dr. Dave Rabin
Session 1 covers the interaction risk between antidepressants and psychedelics, the withdrawal-versus-relapse differential, and where ketamine fits. Session 2 maps what a coach, a licensed clinician and a prescriber can each hold.
They’re the ground September 23rd builds on, and the cases will land with a lot more to hold onto if you’ve watched even one of them first.
Both are yours the moment you sign up.
Your Host: Paul F. Austin
Your Host: Paul F. Austin
Paul F. Austin is an entrepreneur, coach, author, and pioneer in the psychedelic field, dedicated to bringing psychedelic education to the mainstream. As founder of Third Wave, he has empowered millions to have safe and meaningful psychedelic experiences, and his work has been featured in Bloomberg, Rolling Stone, Inc., and the BBC’s Worklife.
Paul treats psychedelic use as a refined skill, one cultivated through intention, mentorship, and courageous exploration. He founded the Psychedelic Coaching Institute to train the next generation of certified practitioners. As Lead Trainer of all Psychedelic Coaching Institute programs, Paul inspires global well-being and personal transformation through psychedelics.
Paul treats psychedelic use as a refined skill, one cultivated through intention, mentorship, and courageous exploration. He founded the Psychedelic Coaching Institute to train the next generation of certified practitioners. As Lead Trainer of all Psychedelic Coaching Institute programs, Paul inspires global well-being and personal transformation through psychedelics.
Special Guest:
Dr. Raghu Appasani
Special Guest: Dr. Raghu Appasani
Dr. Raghu Appasani is a board-certified psychiatrist and diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, fellowship-trained in addiction psychiatry and integrative medicine.
He practices integrative psychiatry, treating the whole person rather than a single symptom and combining the rigor of Western medicine with the depth of Eastern healing traditions. Most psychiatrists do one thing well. Dr. Appasani has spent his career deliberately collecting the full toolkit: evidence-based psychotherapy and pharmacology, metabolic and nutritional psychiatry, neuromodulation, addiction medicine, and psychedelic-assisted work. The point isn’t to do everything; it’s to meet the patient wherever the real problem lives.
That toolkit is why the whole transition sits inside one practice for him. He writes the prescriptions, he runs the tapers, and he does the psychedelic work, with the same clients. The call most practitioners hand off is the call he makes himself.
Dr. Appasani will lead the six facilitated labs in the SSRI Deprescribing & Psychedelic Readiness Certification, where practitioners bring live cases from their own practice. September 23rd is a preview of that room.
He practices integrative psychiatry, treating the whole person rather than a single symptom and combining the rigor of Western medicine with the depth of Eastern healing traditions. Most psychiatrists do one thing well. Dr. Appasani has spent his career deliberately collecting the full toolkit: evidence-based psychotherapy and pharmacology, metabolic and nutritional psychiatry, neuromodulation, addiction medicine, and psychedelic-assisted work. The point isn’t to do everything; it’s to meet the patient wherever the real problem lives.
That toolkit is why the whole transition sits inside one practice for him. He writes the prescriptions, he runs the tapers, and he does the psychedelic work, with the same clients. The call most practitioners hand off is the call he makes himself.
Dr. Appasani will lead the six facilitated labs in the SSRI Deprescribing & Psychedelic Readiness Certification, where practitioners bring live cases from their own practice. September 23rd is a preview of that room.
Live Q&A Session
Get your specific questions answered during our interactive Q&A session with Paul and Dr. Appasani.
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Why Learn From the Psychedelic Coaching Institute?
Now the gold standard in professional psychedelic training, we have taught hundreds of practitioners to master the skill of psychedelics since 2021.
Founder Paul F. Austin recognized a critical gap: more and more well-meaning people were interested in becoming practitioners, but few had the education, hands-on training, ethical clarity, and marketability to become credible and make a positive impact.
The Psychedelic Coaching Institute came into existence to close this gap by training the next generation of psychedelic leaders. We grew from our sister company, Third Wave, which has been a trusted resource for psychedelic education for 10+ years.
Today, we blend science, spirit, and skill to give our certified practitioners a comprehensive toolkit for preparation, facilitation, and integration. Paul’s expertise in intentional microdosing, in particular, guides many of our core methodologies.
We offer two flagship programs:
Rooted in a nervous system-first approach and equipped with entrepreneurial gusto, Psychedelic Coaching Institute practitioners are defining the future of this third wave of psychedelics.
Will you join us for this accessible entrance into your psychedelic career?
Founder Paul F. Austin recognized a critical gap: more and more well-meaning people were interested in becoming practitioners, but few had the education, hands-on training, ethical clarity, and marketability to become credible and make a positive impact.
The Psychedelic Coaching Institute came into existence to close this gap by training the next generation of psychedelic leaders. We grew from our sister company, Third Wave, which has been a trusted resource for psychedelic education for 10+ years.
Today, we blend science, spirit, and skill to give our certified practitioners a comprehensive toolkit for preparation, facilitation, and integration. Paul’s expertise in intentional microdosing, in particular, guides many of our core methodologies.
We offer two flagship programs:
- Practitioner Certification Program, a rigorous journey to psychedelic mastery
- Microdosing Practitioner Certification, an accessible entry point into psychedelic facilitation
Rooted in a nervous system-first approach and equipped with entrepreneurial gusto, Psychedelic Coaching Institute practitioners are defining the future of this third wave of psychedelics.
Will you join us for this accessible entrance into your psychedelic career?