Sunny Strasburg, LMFT
Dear Fellow Therapist,
Are you yearning for a more integrative approach in your therapy?
Do you wish you could find the bridge between ancient healing wisdom and cutting-edge therapeutic practices?
Faced with the suffering of the world in this moment, you feel intuitively that you need something powerful that can cut through to the root and address trauma deeply embedded in the mind, body and spirit.
We stand at a profound crossroads in therapeutic practice: awareness is growing that the methods we’ve relied on don’t fully meet the demands of our times—or the profound needs of those we serve.
It is from this space that The Theradelic Approach was born.
This all-new course invites you into the extraordinary potential of psychedelic-assisted therapy—a methodology that not only embraces but thrives within the complexities and crises of our contemporary world. It’s not about quick fixes or superficial remedies. Rather, it’s about cultivating a profound therapeutic practice, anchored in ethical rigor, trauma-informed sensitivity, and expansive, integrative wisdom.
Together, we’ll journey into how psychedelics, combined thoughtfully with therapeutic modalities like Internal Family Systems (IFS), EMDR, and somatic practices, can open unprecedented avenues for profound healing.
You’ll gain access to a library of professionally produced, on-demand modules and exclusive resources that offer practical, real-world insights and applications.
I invite you to step into this journey—not just to enhance your skills as a clinician, but to expand your own understanding of healing, transformation, and human potential.
Psychedelics and the Cultural Landscape
- Develop advanced skills in attunement—reading cues, tracking nervous system states, and responding in real time so that your clients feel deeply seen and safe, even in altered states—building the kind of trust that makes transformation possible.
- Understand the needs of protector parts—those inner guardians that show up as resistance, fear, or control so that you can work with your client’s defenses, not against them—honoring their purpose while gently opening the door to healing.
- Learn how to create a trauma map that identifies where unresolved pain lives in the system so that you can help clients navigate the terrain of their inner world with precision, clarity, and compassion.
- Explore Firefighters, Rubberbanding, and Punishing Parts through a trauma-informed lens so that you recognize the patterns that sabotage progress—and can guide clients through them without triggering shame or shutdown.
The P of the PANTHER Method Preparation
- Get a powerful introduction to Sunny’s PANTHER Method—your step-by-step roadmap for ethical, effective psychedelic work so that you’re never guessing what to do next in session—you’ll have a proven structure to guide every phase of the process.
- Learn the legal landscape of psychedelic-assisted therapy, including what’s changing and what you need to watch so that you can stay on the right side of rapidly evolving regulations.
- Deep dive into ethics and scope of practice, especially for non-prescribing professionals so that you know where your role begins and ends—and how to collaborate with medical providers when needed.
- Learn how to screen clients for psychedelic readiness so that you can identify who’s truly appropriate for psychedelic work—and who may need other forms of care first.
- Master the importance of history-taking, building rapport, and psychological safety before any medicine is involved so that clients feel seen, stabilized, and secure—creating the trust required for deep therapeutic work.
- Uncover how to avoid “guru syndrome” and lead from a place of humility, clarity, and client-centered wisdom so that you become a grounded guide who supports healing without crossing ethical lines.
- Get a clear framework for psychedelic preparation steps that support safety, nervous system regulation, and intention-setting so that your clients walk into the experience resourced and ready—not rushed, reactive, or retraumatized.
The Next Steps in the PANTHER Method: ANT
- Develop advanced skills in attunement—reading cues, tracking nervous system states, and responding in real time so that your clients feel deeply seen and safe, even in altered states—building the kind of trust that makes transformation possible.
- Understand the needs of protector parts—those inner guardians that show up as resistance, fear, or control so that you can work with your client’s defenses, not against them—honoring their purpose while gently opening the door to healing.
- Learn how to create a trauma map that identifies where unresolved pain lives in the system so that you can help clients navigate the terrain of their inner world with precision, clarity, and compassion.
- Explore Firefighters, Rubberbanding, and Punishing Parts through a trauma-informed lens so that you recognize the patterns that sabotage progress—and can guide clients through them without triggering shame or shutdown.
Holding Space on Dosing Day
- Know exactly how to prepare for dosing day—logistics, mindset, and environment so that nothing is left to chance and you show up as the steady, grounded presence your client needs in altered states.
- Learn how to access and embody Self Energy as the guide so that you hold space from a place of deep compassion, calm, and non-reactivity—even when intensity arises.
- Establish clear agreements and boundaries before the session begins so that your client feels safe, empowered, and clear about what to expect—reducing fear and increasing trust.
- Use a powerful invocation ritual to open the journey so that the experience is anchored in intention, reverence, and psychological safety—setting the tone for transformation from the start.
- Gain tools for working with blended exiles and protectors that may emerge mid-journey so that you can help your client navigate overwhelming parts without fragmentation, retraumatization, or shutdown.
- Develop the skills to navigate difficult or “bad trips” with confidence and care so that your client feels supported, not stuck—able to move through intensity and come out the other side with new insight and resilience.
The final steps in the PANTHER Method: ER. Empathy and Engagement and Resolution and Integration
- Learn how to bring Empathy and Engagement into your sessions so that you can be present and grounded, model self-energy (which attracts self-energy in return), and meet your clients where they are.
- Master the art of Resolution and Integration, especially during the crucial Golden Hour so that insights don’t fade—they become actionable shifts in mindset, behavior, and identity.
- Understand the importance of trauma-informed care in psychedelic therapy (like EMDR, IFS, and somatic processing) so that you can help your clients process and heal during their sessions and for the purpose of integration post-session.
- Dive deeper into the synergy between EMDR and Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy so that you can combine powerful trauma resolution tools with psychedelic states for exponential healing potential.
- Discover the power of IFS and Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy so that you can help clients unblend, reparent, and restore internal harmony—turning inner chaos into clarity and compassion.
Groups, Bad trips, Psycholytic vs Psychedelic
- Explore how to bring psychedelics into your therapy practice ethically and sustainably so that you can grow your professional offerings while staying aligned with your values, your scope, and your strengths.
- Understand the importance of in-depth, experiential training before offering this work so that you’re well prepared to confidently and competently guide clients through psychedelic sessions.
- Discover how IFS pairs with psycholytic and mid-dose sessions (vs. full psychedelic journeys) so that you can tailor your approach for clients who need a slower pathway to transformation.
- Learn the dynamics of group psychedelic sessions—from facilitation to safety structures so that you can expand access to this work while maintaining the intimacy, containment, and individualized attention every participant deserves.
- Get real about transference and countertransference in altered states so that you recognize when this is happening—and know how to navigate it skillfully, with self-awareness and clinical clarity.
This course is divided into 6 modules…
Interview with Sunny Strasburg and Dick Schwartz. This interview will explore important IFS connections and how befriending the protector parts can make sessions more successful.
Interview with Sunny Strasburg and David Starfire. Sunny stresses the importance of having the right music playing during psychedelic sessions - this interview will explain why, and teach you how to curate ideal playlists.
Interview with Sunny Strasburg and Courtney Watson. Courtney Watson is a queer Black mother, lover, and community member based in Ohlone Lisjan territory (Oakland, California). She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Certified Sex Therapist, she is also a medicine woman studying under African and American Indigenous Knowledge Systems. Courtney’s work centers on decolonized healing, embodied equity, and expanding access to transformative healing practices for all.
Overview of IFS (video). This video will give you an idea of how to use IFS in psychedelic sessions for best results. Sunny’s Theredelic Approach relies on IFS and EMDR to help guide sessions and resolve trauma.
Psycholytic vs psychedelic dosing for Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (video). This video will go over the differences between these kinds of doses, what to expect from each, and what ideal dosing for psychedelic assisted therapy looks like.
Finding a Prescriber (video). This video will explain the importance of finding a prescriber to work with in your sessions, and give you an idea of how to find the right person to work with.
Meditation for therapists to reflect on their readiness to host psychedelic experiences. This meditation will help prepare you for the work, so that when you go into your sessions you can do so feeling confident and ready.
Playlist for Psychedelic Therapy Sessions. Having the right music/playlist for a psychedelic assisted session is one of the most important things to prepare, as it can help to set the tone for your clients.You can use this playlist as you’re getting started.
Audio Version of Chapter 2 of Sunny's Book. Listen to Sunny read chapter 2 of her book: The Theradelic Approach. This chapter is called New Narrative Mythology: Connecting Us More Deeply to Our Nature, One Another, and the Natural World so that you can explore some of the relationships you can connect to through psychedelic therapy sessions.
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Meet Your Presenter
Sunny Strasburg, LMFT
The psychedelic revolution is coming. In fact, it’s already here. We need therapists who are trained properly – who are trauma informed and know how to follow ethical practices. It requires a lot of skill, but it’s tremendously rewarding. I am constantly in awe of the work I’m able to do with my clients since I began incorporating Ketamine assisted therapy…
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