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For Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Physicians, NP’s, PA’s, Naturopaths & Psychotherapists

Revolutionizing Mental Health Care.

We train mental health providers to resolve underlying causes of mental illness, so your clients/patients can go beyond symptom reduction and attain a state of wellness.
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I would tell any colleague that the IPI conference I attended was absolutely amazing! I left feeling a sense of transformation, which is different than other conferences.

Birgit Meyer, MD

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    The Comprehensive Education Solution For Integrative Psychiatry

    Did you become a psychiatric provider to help your patients overcome mental illness and achieve meaningful and fulfilling lives, but you often find that your patients are not getting better with conventional psychiatry?

    Body

    Resolve the complex web of underlying physical causes with functional medicine techniques

    Mind

    Connect psychiatric symptoms with your patient’s belief systems and trauma history

    Lifestyle

    Improve outcomes by addressing relationships, food choices, and other ecological factors

    The IPI Year-Long Fellowship

    Become A Certified Expert In Integrative Psychiatry.

    In the most comprehensive integrative psychiatry program ever offered, you will gain mastery and confidence to accurately diagnose and treat underlying causes of psychiatric symptoms.

    Understand the gut-brain connection

    Utilize mindfulness-based techniques

    Master the best tools for inflammation reduction

    Maximize applied neuroscience for emotional regulation

    Identify trauma-related symptoms

    Optimize nutritional plans
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    Online Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Training

    This training is designed for therapists, physicians, nurses and other allied mental healthcare professionals who want comprehensive training in psychedelic-assisted therapy, in order to utilize ketamine as a psychedelic medicine and ready themselves for the anticipated approvals of MDMA and psilocybin.

    This program is definitely for you if:

    You’re curious and don’t know where to start and want to be led by the experts through a step-by-step process of building your competence in psychedelic-assisted therapy

    You’re a therapist who wants to learn from some of the most experienced teachers of psychedelic therapy and research from MAPS, Johns Hopkins, Usona, and more

    You’re feeling frustrated because your therapy toolbox doesn’t crack the code fast enough for some of your clients

    You want to learn how to ethically provide counseling and integration with clients who use psychedelics outside of a medical setting

    You’re concerned about how to safely and effectively provide psychedelic-assisted therapy

    You want to get certified and learn how to legally get involved with psychedelic-assisted therapy
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    IPI Ketamine Medical Provider Training

    The world’s first comprehensive online CME ketamine medical provider training program for psychiatrists, anesthesiologists, other physicians, CRNA’s, NP’s, PA’s, and other allied healthcare providers. This program is designed to prepare you for a certification exam and establish a standard of care and best practices for ketamine protocols for mental health conditions and pain syndromes.

    This program is definitely for you if:

    You don’t know where to start and want to be led by experts through a step-by-step process

    You’ve created protocols on your own and you want to get up-to-date on peer-established best practices to follow

    You’re an anesthesia provider comfortable with ketamine, but you want to become competent in assessing complex mental health presentations

    You feel overworked and you want to manage your own schedule with less stress while making a big difference in people’s lives

    You’re interested in getting involved early in the emergence of psychedelic medicines

    You’re concerned about how to safely and effectively provide a mind-altering anesthetic on site
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    “The sense of community and connection was the most valuable.”

    Natalia Campos, IPI Participant

    Are you tired of seeing patients just getting by with medication only?

    Our online introductory video series will explain the basic principles of integrative psychiatry that you can begin to implement today.

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    Future of Psychiatry
    1 Course

    Discover innovative treatment options that are revolutionizing mental health. Challenge the traditional approach of psychiatric care and shift to an integrative model focused on true wellness.

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    Natural Remedies for Depression, Anxiety, Insomnia and ADHD
    4 Courses

    Discover the power of complete patient wellness using evidence-based supplements for treating depression, anxiety, insomnia and ADHD in the child, adolescent and adult population.

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    Putting Integrative Psychiatry Essentials Into Practice
    18 Courses

    Implement tools in specialized topic areas such as genetic testing, gut-brain connection, insomnia, nutritional psychiatry, complex PTSD, provider self-care, and more.

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    The IPI training was incredible. The sense of community and connection was the most valuable, but also being affirmed in a lot of the things that I’m already doing, while hearing about new things that are exciting and cutting-edge.

    Naveen Thomas, MD

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    Meet Our Founders

    We believe that all human beings can achieve wellness, and that practitioners also deserve fulfillment in all areas of their lives.

    Headshot of founder Will Van Derveer, MD

    Will Van Derveer, MD has been providing and teaching integrative psychiatry for more than 15 years. He has been a clinical investigator on trials of MDMA psychotherapy for PTSD and he provides ketamine psychotherapy. He is passionate about the role of functional medicine and effective trauma resolution in mental illness.

    Headshot of founder Keith Kurlander, MA, LPC

    Keith Kurlander, MA, LPC has two decades of combined experience in business administration, teaching at the undergraduate and graduate level, yoga and meditation instruction, and as a licensed professional counselor in private practice. After years of treating highly complex patients, he turned toward integrative psychiatric practices as a key component to understanding mental health and human potential.

    10 Must-know Supplements for
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