• Established 5-MeO-DMT facilitators seeking more nuanced approaches to dosing, adaptive facilitation, and ongoing therapeutic relationships.

• Psychedelic-assisted therapists with personal experience with 5-MeO-DMT.
• Experienced psychedelic guides working with other medicines who have personal experience with 5-MeO-DMT
• Graduates and alumni of facilitator training programs looking to deepen and broaden their existing practice.

• Clinicians and researchers who work or have worked in clinical trials and/or research studies and have personal experience with 5-MeO-DMT.

• Individuals with no experience facilitating psychedelic or medicine-assisted sessions.
• Individuals with no personal experience with 5-MeO-DMT.
• Those seeking an introductory or foundational course in psychedelic facilitation.
• Practitioners looking for a fixed protocol or one-size-fits-all approach to 5-MeO-DMT facilitation.

If you’re unsure whether your background is a good fit, we encourage you to schedule a call with chad and attend the open house.

This training is designed for experienced facilitators who have already developed and established a practice, regardless of the context.

Rather than revisiting the foundations of facilitation, the training offers an expanded framework for understanding and working with 5-MeO-DMT. Through a specialized orientation to dynamic dosing, participant assessment, and adaptive facilitation, you will develop a more nuanced way of perceiving what unfolds during sessions and responding accordingly.

Whatever path brought you here—formal training, Low 5 workshops, mentorship, or years of practice—this course builds upon your existing experience. 

• Virtual Classes, September - November 2026
• In-person experiential learning retreat in California November 12 - 17, 2026
•  Virtual Classes, November - December 2026

• Learn a pioneering theoretical model—Threshold Dynamics™—before arriving in California.
• Study and apply Threshold Dynamics™ as an adaptive approach to working across low and high doses.
• Learn to recognize different forms of unconscious material as they emerge.
• Explore the distinctions between surrender & submission, dissociation & transcendence.
• Analyze real case examples and discuss decision-making with experienced peers.
• Prepare for the experiential retreat by forming small group pods: intake/preparation
• Witness and share intervention methods with experienced peers from different backgrounds.

• Assess and respond to a client’s capacity for continued dosing

• Guide through empowered surrender—not forced submission

• Where & when to apply your own interventions during sessions

• Build therapeutic relationships based on shared responsibility and attunement

• Move beyond templated dosing models and into intuitive, flexible facilitation

• Refine your own somatic listening, presence, and real-time decision-making

- Learn where and when to apply your own interventions during sessions

Tuition varies depending on accommodation:

• Single room
  $4,000 Early Bird*

  $4,400 Regular

• Shared room
  $3,500 Early Bird*

  $3,900 Regular

* Early Bird tuition ends July 31st at 11:59 PM ET USA/CANADA 

Each accommodation type has limited capacity. Preferences will be noted in the application process and honoured on a first come, first serve basis.

DEPOSIT, PRICING, REFUNDS & CANCELLATIONS

The deposit is USD$1000 and is nonrefundable.

If there is cancellation after the training begins on September 10, full payment will be expected.

If an application is accepted, the deposit is sent, and for some unforeseen reason the accepted application is revoked, the deposit will be refunded in full, minus transaction fees.

Deposit payment details will be given after the call with chad.

Payment plans are available and can be discussed on the call.

Since 2016, chad charles has been developing optimal one-on-one approaches to 5-MeO-DMT experiences with more than 1,400 facilitated sessions with around 1000 individuals. Since 2020, a psycholytic-psychedelic hybrid therapy has emerged as the core of his praxis, bridging what is sometimes called "low 5" with potential "peak" experiences.

Drawing on these years of documented practice, observation, mentorship, and research, he has developed a pioneering model—Threshold Dynamics™—for understanding and working with 5-MeO-DMT. This framework is now being taught via an upcoming book as well as the trainings and mentorship through the Recognitions Academy.

Recognitions Academy, the education arm of the newly formed Recognitions platform, is dedicated to advancing the practice of 5-MeO-DMT facilitation through continued practitioner education, mentorship, and specialized orientation. Recognitions Academy uses the Considerations for Practitioner Guidance Relationships (concerning Mentorships, Apprenticeships, and Trainings) by the Conclave to help define a good fit for admission to trainings and mentorship.

Developing "know-how" through experiential learning is a cornerstone of chad’s approach to education. By combining conceptual understanding with supervised practice, observation, and reflection, the Academy aims to help experienced facilitators broaden their framework, deepen their judgement, and continue developing their craft.

application flow

(every applicant completes the same application process before admission)

frequently asked questions