If you’ve spent any time working in the psychedelic space, you’ve likely felt the strain growing beneath the surface. Integration has become a buzzword, yet the actual skills needed to support people after deep experiences have not kept pace. New facilitators are entering the field every week. Training programs multiply. But practical foundations, ethical clarity, and real world competency are often missing.

Many practitioners find themselves navigating complex cases with little guidance. Personal experience gets mistaken for professional readiness. Some trainings offer inspiring ideas but lack depth. Others promise certification without preparing people for the realities of supporting someone through confusion, fear, overwhelm, or unfinished processes.

This gap affects everyone. It creates uncertainty for clients, frustration for practitioners, and a field full of well intentioned people who simply need better tools.

To help illuminate these challenges and the path forward, I’ve included a 30 minute talk in this email where you can hear Marc Aixalà speak directly about the state of integration work today. His reflections come from more than a decade of responding to over a thousand real integration cases through the ICEERS Support Center. It’s a rare chance to listen to someone who has actually been doing this work at scale.

This talk also introduces why the ICEERS Integration Training is so valuable. Unlike many programs on the market, this one is built entirely from practical experience. It gives facilitators and care providers real frameworks, scenario based tools, and a clear model for supporting both positive and challenging psychedelic experiences.

If you work with journeyers, or hope to, this program offers essential grounding in a field that urgently needs it.