How Altered States Inform Transformation
Introduction to Psychedelic Integration Coaching and Therapy
Join a complimentary 12 lecture series introducing an academically grounded exploration of Psychedelic Integration Coaching and Therapy.
How Altered States Inform Transformation
Introduction to Psychedelic Integration Coaching and Therapy
Join a complimentary 12 lecture series introducing an academically grounded exploration of Psychedelic Integration Coaching and Therapy.
Grounded in ongoing academic research by Fernando Hettiyadura examining the efficacy of psychedelic assisted therapy in addressing childhood trauma, this lecture series has been developed as a reflective and educational offering for professionals working at the intersection of human development, healing, and transformation. This series is offered as a contribution to the professional community through Ignite Global, supporting those who responsibly shape the future of coaching, therapy, education, and conscious leadership.If you are a professional coach, psychotherapist, counsellor, healer, educator, or conscious leader, this series offers a clear, ethical, and integrative pathway to understand how altered states of consciousness inform transformation, meaning making, and post experience integration, while honoring professional scope, consent, and boundaries.
As research into psychedelics and altered states of consciousness continues to expand, there is growing interest in understanding their transformative potential. Many are drawn to explore possibilities for insight, healing, and growth, while others seek clarity around how such experiences can be integrated responsibly within professional practice. This evolving landscape calls for approaches that are grounded in ethics, science, and harm reduction, honoring both human potential and professional responsibility. This lecture series is offered in that spirit. Building on Ignite Global’s role as a pioneer in the field, including the development of the world’s first ICF accredited trauma informed psychedelic integration program, this series invites professionals to engage altered states of consciousness with discernment, care, and integrity. It offers a space to explore how transformation unfolds through integration, meaning making, and embodied awareness, while remaining firmly rooted in ethical practice, scientific understanding, and respect for professional boundaries.
How Do Altered States Inform Transformation?
An altered state of consciousness refers to a temporary shift in how we perceive, feel, think, and experience ourselves and reality. These states can arise through many pathways, including meditation, breathwork, energy based practices, deep emotional experiences, and plant psychedelics. In altered states, habitual patterns of perception, emotion, and response begin to soften, creating space for new insights, emotional movement, and expanded ways of understanding to emerge. Across cultures and traditions, altered states have long been used to support healing, learning, and spiritual exploration. In contemporary contexts, psychedelic integration offers a structured and ethical way of understanding how these states can inform meaningful transformation
Across cultures and traditions, altered states have long been used to support healing, learning, and spiritual exploration. In contemporary contexts, psychedelic integration offers a structured and ethical way of understanding how these states can inform meaningful transformation.
This lecture series explores altered states through psychological, neuroscientific, and integrative lenses. Participants are introduced to psychopharmacological foundations, neuroscientific insights, and psychological processes that help explain shifts in brain network activity, increased neural plasticity, and changes in how information and emotions are processed and reorganized. Periods of heightened neural plasticity can create unique windows for emotional reprocessing, learning, and behavioral change, particularly when experiences are supported through conscious integration. Alongside scientific perspectives, space is held for subjective, relational, energetic, and metaphysical dimensions of experience. Transformation is not only cognitive. It is felt in the body, expressed emotionally, sensed energetically, and often accompanied by shifts in meaning, identity, and purpose. Psychedelic integration honors this full spectrum, allowing change to unfold in ways that are both grounded and deeply human
When approached with awareness, ethical responsibility, and harm reduction principles, altered states can support healing, creativity, emotional resolution, and expanded ways of relating to oneself, others, and the world. Integration is where experience becomes embodied understanding, and where moments of insight are shaped into sustainable transformation. This series invites practitioners, those already engaged in psychedelic or mental health related fields, and individuals curious about their own growth to explore how altered states inform transformation responsibly. Whether the intention is professional development or personal inquiry, the emphasis remains on integration, discernment, and respect for the innate intelligence that guides human growth across psychological, somatic, energetic, and spiritual dimensions.
An altered state of consciousness refers to a temporary shift in how we perceive, feel, think, and experience ourselves and reality. These states can arise through many pathways, including meditation, breathwork, energy based practices, deep emotional experiences, and plant psychedelics. In altered states, habitual patterns of perception, emotion, and response begin to soften, creating space for new insights, emotional movement, and expanded ways of understanding to emerge.
Across cultures and traditions, altered states have long been used to support healing, learning, and spiritual exploration. In contemporary contexts, psychedelic integration offers a structured and ethical way of understanding how these states can inform meaningful transformation.
This lecture series explores altered states through psychological, neuroscientific, and integrative lenses. Participants are introduced to psychopharmacological foundations, neuroscientific insights, and psychological processes that help explain shifts in brain network activity, increased neural plasticity, and changes in how information and emotions are processed and reorganized. Periods of heightened neural plasticity can create unique windows for emotional reprocessing, learning, and behavioral change, particularly when experiences are supported through conscious integration. Alongside scientific perspectives, space is held for subjective, relational, energetic, and metaphysical dimensions of experience. Transformation is not only cognitive. It is felt in the body, expressed emotionally, sensed energetically, and often accompanied by shifts in meaning, identity, and purpose. Psychedelic integration honors this full spectrum, allowing change to unfold in ways that are both grounded and deeply human
When approached with awareness, ethical responsibility, and harm reduction principles, altered states can support healing, creativity, emotional resolution, and expanded ways of relating to oneself, others, and the world. Integration is where experience becomes embodied understanding, and where moments of insight are shaped into sustainable transformation. This series invites practitioners, those already engaged in psychedelic or mental health related fields, and individuals curious about their own growth to explore how altered states inform transformation responsibly. Whether the intention is professional development or personal inquiry, the emphasis remains on integration, discernment, and respect for the innate intelligence that guides human growth across psychological, somatic, energetic, and spiritual dimensions.
This lecture series explores altered states through psychological, neuroscientific, and integrative lenses. Participants are introduced to psychopharmacological foundations, neuroscientific insights, and psychological processes that help explain shifts in brain network activity, increased neural plasticity, and changes in how information and emotions are processed and reorganized. Periods of heightened neural plasticity can create unique windows for emotional reprocessing, learning, and behavioral change, particularly when experiences are supported through conscious integration. Alongside scientific perspectives, space is held for subjective, relational, energetic, and metaphysical dimensions of experience. Transformation is not only cognitive. It is felt in the body, expressed emotionally, sensed energetically, and often accompanied by shifts in meaning, identity, and purpose. Psychedelic integration honors this full spectrum, allowing change to unfold in ways that are both grounded and deeply human
When approached with awareness, ethical responsibility, and harm reduction principles, altered states can support healing, creativity, emotional resolution, and expanded ways of relating to oneself, others, and the world. Integration is where experience becomes embodied understanding, and where moments of insight are shaped into sustainable transformation. This series invites practitioners, those already engaged in psychedelic or mental health related fields, and individuals curious about their own growth to explore how altered states inform transformation responsibly. Whether the intention is professional development or personal inquiry, the emphasis remains on integration, discernment, and respect for the innate intelligence that guides human growth across psychological, somatic, energetic, and spiritual dimensions.
What Is Psychedelic Integration Coaching and Therapy?
Psychedelic Integration Coaching and Therapy refers to two distinct yet complementary professional approaches that support individuals in understanding and integrating experiences related to altered states of consciousness, particularly those involving plant psychedelics
Psychedelic Integration Coaching
Applies a client-centered coaching framework to support preparation and integration processes.
Coaching, as a reflective and non clinical practice supports individuals who are within a healthy mental and emotional range to explore insights, meaning, and life integration following altered state experiences.
Through inquiry, reflection, and awareness based practices, coaching supports clarity, embodiment, and conscious application of insight into everyday life.
Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy
Refers to the use of therapeutic interventions with individuals experiencing stressor-related or mental health concerns.
This work sits within the scope of licensed and regulated mental health professionals and must be practiced in accordance with local laws, ethical standards, and professional regulations.
Therapeutic work focuses on healing, symptom relief, and psychological stabilization, supported by appropriate clinical training and oversight.
Psychedelic Integration Coaching
Applies a client-centered coaching framework to support preparation and integration processes.
Coaching, as a reflective and non clinical practice supports individuals who are within a healthy mental and emotional range to explore insights, meaning, and life integration following altered state experiences.
Through inquiry, reflection, and awareness based practices, coaching supports clarity, embodiment, and conscious application of insight into everyday life.
Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy
Refers to the use of therapeutic interventions with individuals experiencing stressor-related or mental health concerns.
This work sits within the scope of licensed and regulated mental health professionals and must be practiced in accordance with local laws, ethical standards, and professional regulations.
Therapeutic work focuses on healing, symptom relief, and psychological stabilization, supported by appropriate clinical training and oversight.
This lecture series offers an introductory and educational exploration of both domains. It is designed to build foundational understanding of psychedelic integration across coaching and therapeutic contexts, without positioning itself as a training or certification to practice. Participants are introduced to the dynamics of psychedelic experiences through psychopharmacological, neuroscientific, psychological, somatic, energetic, and integrative perspectives
The series explores questions such as:
What psychedelics are, how different plant psychedelics interact with the human system
How experiences influence the nervous system and emotional processing, and how periods of increased neural plasticity may support learning, insight, and transformation.
Particular attention is given to psilocybin as a key example, including how it interacts with brain networks, perception, emotion, and meaning making.
The series also introduces harm reduction principles, ethical considerations, and reflective integration approaches relevant to both professional and personal contexts.
What psychedelics are, how different plant psychedelics interact with the human system
How experiences influence the nervous system and emotional processing, and how periods of increased neural plasticity may support learning, insight, and transformation.
Particular attention is given to psilocybin as a key example, including how it interacts with brain networks, perception, emotion, and meaning making.
The series also introduces harm reduction principles, ethical considerations, and reflective integration approaches relevant to both professional and personal contexts.
This introductory lecture series is informed by ongoing academic doctoral research conducted by Fernando Hettiyadura as part of his Ph.D. in Psychology. This research explores the efficacy of psychedelic assisted therapy in addressing childhood trauma and provides an academic lens through which altered states of consciousness, integration, and human transformation are examined. The lectures themselves remain educational, harm reduction focused, and exploratory in nature, and do not promote or encourage the use of any illegal substances or activities. All discussions are presented within ethical, scientific, and legal awareness, with respect for jurisdictional laws and professional responsibilities.
This series is offered as a complimentary educational space for:
who are curious to learn, reflect, and deepen their understanding of psychedelic integration responsibly. Its purpose is to build awareness, literacy, and discernment in a rapidly evolving field, supporting informed engagement rather than instruction or practice.
who are curious to learn, reflect, and deepen their understanding of psychedelic integration responsibly. Its purpose is to build awareness, literacy, and discernment in a rapidly evolving field, supporting informed engagement rather than instruction or practice.
What Is This 12 Lecture Series About?
This complimentary 12 lecture series offers an introductory and integrative exploration of psychedelic integration coaching and therapy through scientific, psychological, somatic, energetic, and spiritual lenses. It is designed to build awareness, literacy, and discernment in a rapidly evolving field, supporting informed understanding rather than training or instruction.
Informed by ongoing academic doctoral research, the series introduces participants to how altered states of consciousness interact with the human system and how psychedelic experiences may inform healing, insight, and transformation when approached responsibly. The emphasis remains on education, harm reduction, ethical awareness, and integration.
Across twelve monthly lectures, participants are invited into a coherent learning journey that explores both foundational understanding and emerging perspectives in psychedelic integration.
Topics explored across the 12 lectures include:
1. What Is an Altered State of Consciousness?
Understanding states of awareness beyond ordinary perception and how they shape human experience.
2. What Happens in the Body During Psychedelic Experiences
Exploring physiological, emotional, and perceptual shifts when plant psychedelics interact with the human system.
3. Psychopharmacology of Psychedelics
An introduction to how compounds such as psilocybin interact with the brain, nervous system, and perception.
4. Neuroscience, Neural Plasticity, and Emotional Reprocessing
Understanding changes in brain networks, heightened plasticity, learning, and emotional integration.
5. Trauma, Stress Related Conditions, and Therapeutic Potential
Exploring how psychedelic assisted therapy is being studied in relation to trauma and stressor related challenges.
6. Current Research and Emerging Findings
Reviewing contemporary research, clinical trials, and evolving scientific understanding.
7. Ancient, Indigenous, and Traditional Uses of Psychedelics
Honoring historical and cultural contexts of altered states and plant medicines.
8. Global Legal and Ethical Landscapes
Understanding psychedelic related legal frameworks and regulatory differences across regions.
9. Foundations of Psychedelic Integration
Introducing preparation, experience context, and integration as a coherent framework.
10. Psychedelic Integration Coaching and Therapy
Understanding how reflective coaching and therapeutic approaches support integration in different contexts.
11. Healing Pathways: Cognitive, Somatic, and Spontaneous Change
Exploring psychological insight, embodied healing, emotional release, and meaning making.
12. Spiritual, Existential, and Consciousness Perspectives
Engaging themes of spirituality, awakening, purpose, and expanded states of meaning.
This overview is provided to offer clarity and orientation only. The lecture series introduces concepts, perspectives, and emerging knowledge, while deeper protocols, applied methods, and professional training pathways remain outside the scope of this offering.
What Is the Delivery Format of the Lecture Series?
This series is offered on a complimentary basis as a contribution to professional and public awareness, inviting thoughtful engagement rather than rapid consumption.
Who Is This Lecture Series For?
It is especially relevant for:
Professional coaches across all credential levels and specialties who wish to understand psychedelic integration through a reflective and client centered lens
Psychotherapists and counsellors seeking informed awareness of psychedelic integration that respects therapeutic scope and professional boundaries
Clinicians and medical doctors who are interested in the evolving psychological, neuroscientific, and integrative perspectives surrounding psychedelic assisted approachess
Healers and facilitators working in somatic, energetic, spiritual, or consciousness based contexts
Educators and trainers supporting learning, development, and wellbeing
Leaders and organizational practitioners committed to psychologically safe, human centered, and ethically grounded leadership
- Sense that insight, cognition, or performance alone are not always sufficient for meaningful transformation
- Are curious about how altered states of consciousness influence emotion, behavior, identity, and meaning
- Care deeply about ethical practice, consent, harm reduction, and professional responsibility
- Wish to understand psychedelic integration without collapsing coaching, therapy, medical, or spiritual roles
- Are open to expanding their lens while remaining grounded in their own professional scope and values
It is especially relevant for:
Professional coaches across all credential levels and specialties who wish to understand psychedelic integration through a reflective and client centered lens
Psychotherapists and counsellors seeking informed awareness of psychedelic integration that respects therapeutic scope and professional boundaries
Clinicians and medical doctors who are interested in the evolving psychological, neuroscientific, and integrative perspectives surrounding psychedelic assisted approachess
Healers and facilitators working in somatic, energetic, spiritual, or consciousness based contexts
Educators and trainers supporting learning, development, and wellbeing
Leaders and organizational practitioners committed to psychologically safe, human centered, and ethically grounded leadership
- Sense that insight, cognition, or performance alone are not always sufficient for meaningful transformation
- Are curious about how altered states of consciousness influence emotion, behavior, identity, and meaning
- Care deeply about ethical practice, consent, harm reduction, and professional responsibility
- Wish to understand psychedelic integration without collapsing coaching, therapy, medical, or spiritual roles
- Are open to expanding their lens while remaining grounded in their own professional scope and values
This series is for those who:
- Sense that insight and goal setting alone are not always enough
- Want to understand how trauma shapes behavior, motivation, and relationships
- Care deeply about ethical practice, consent, and professional boundaries
- Seek a shared language for trauma informed awareness without becoming clinical
- Are ready to expand their lens while staying true to their professional role
Important Scope and Ethics Clarification
This lecture series is an introductory educational offering created to build awareness and understanding of psychedelic integration coaching and therapy within contemporary professional and personal contexts. Its purpose is to support informed reflection on how altered states of consciousness, including those involving plant psychedelics, may influence psychological processes, emotional regulation, meaning making, and human transformation.
Participation in this series does not qualify or authorize individuals to represent themselves as psychedelic integration practitioners, nor does it provide training in psychedelic assisted therapy, clinical intervention, or therapeutic treatment. The series is designed to offer foundational literacy, not professional certification or applied instruction.
This lecture series is an introductory educational offering created to build awareness and understanding of psychedelic integration coaching and therapy within contemporary professional and personal contexts. Its purpose is to support informed reflection on how altered states of consciousness, including those involving plant psychedelics, may influence psychological processes, emotional regulation, meaning making, and human transformation.
Participation in this series does not qualify or authorize individuals to represent themselves as psychedelic integration practitioners, nor does it provide training in psychedelic assisted therapy, clinical intervention, or therapeutic treatment. The series is designed to offer foundational literacy, not professional certification or applied instruction.
If you are engaging with questions of healing, transformation, and consciousness in a world marked by complexity and change, this series is intended to support you in doing so with greater clarity, presence, and integrity.
Your Lead Facilitator
Fernando Hettiyadura
Eclectic Psychotherapist, ICF MCC
Fernando Hettiyadura is a pioneering specialist in professional coaching, psychotherapy, and spiritual practices encompassing Psychedelic Integration as the center of his interventions. As an Eclectic Psychotherapist, a Master Certified Coach (MCC) accredited by the International Coaching Federation (ICF), and a serial entrepreneur, he leads a global movement toward conscious living and healing through his visionary organizations—Ignite Global, Evolving Temple, and Awaken Mind Guide.
With over 18 years of experience and 4,000+ hours of documented therapeutic practice, Fernando blends Eastern and Western approaches to support clients in areas of trauma healing, relationships, leadership, spirituality, personal and professional growth. His academic background includes an MSc in Counseling Psychology, postgraduate certification in Ayurveda Psychology, certification in Clinical Regression, and psychiatry coursework from Harvard University. He is currently pursuing a Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Psychology, and a PhD in Psychology, researching the use of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy in treating childhood trauma.
As ICF Program Director at Ignite Global 360, Fernando designs and leads cutting-edge, accredited training programs for coaches and clinicians worldwide. He also developed the world’s first ICF-accredited Trauma-Informed Psychedelic Integration Practitioner Qualification, setting a new standard in the field. His work continues to empower individuals and professionals to access deeper healing and human potential.
Fernando Hettiyadura is a pioneer in the fields of professional coaching, psychotherapeutic, and spiritual practices. He is an Integrative Psychotherapist in supervision and a Master Certified Coach (MCC) designated by the International Coaching Federation (ICF). As the founder of Ignite Global, Evolving Temple, and Awaken Mind Guide, Fernando has created a dynamic ecosystem of organizations committed to elevating human potential through the expansion of consciousness.
Fernando’s academic background comprises an MSc in Counseling Psychology from Girne American University, further enriched by medical psychiatry coursework (2024) from Harvard University, a postgraduate certification in Ayurveda Psychology, and certification in Clinical Regression, encompassing Clinical Hypnotherapy, Past Life Regression, and Transpersonal Therapy. At present, Fernando is a PhD candidate in Psychology; his research focuses on the integration of Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy in treating childhood trauma. He also pursues an Executive Diploma in Clinical Psychology, underscoring his dedication to professional advancement.
Fernando’s expertise as a transformational practitioner merges Eastern and Western modalities, seamlessly blending clinical and metaphysical aspects. As an empathetic catalyst for growth, Fernando believes that everyone possesses infinite innate wisdom capable of fostering a fulfilling personal and professional life. Fernando’s offerings span areas of trauma, relationships, leadership, and spirituality. His approach combines diverse psychotherapeutic techniques with psychosomatic and spiritual practices, alongside Sacred Psychedelic Integration, tailored to meet the unique needs of each client.
With 18 years of experience and over 4,000 hours of documented coaching and therapy, he serves a diverse global clientele, including students, professionals, leaders, and organizations driven by transformation.
In his role as the ICF Program Director at Ignite Global 360, Fernando leads comprehensive ICF-Accredited Specialized Professional Development Programs, guiding coaches and clinicians from foundational skills to advanced mastery. Fernando created world’s pioneering Trauma-Informed Psychedelic Integration Advanced Practitioner Qualification with the prestigious accreditation by the ICF, adding a unique dimension to the spectrum of professional coaching.
Outside of his professional endeavors, Fernando finds joy in salsa dancing, solace in nature, and profound peace in Vipassana meditation.
With 18 years of experience and over 4,000 hours of documented coaching and therapy, he serves a diverse global clientele, including students, professionals, leaders, and organizations driven by transformation.
In his role as the ICF Program Director at Ignite Global 360, Fernando leads comprehensive ICF-Accredited Specialized Professional Development Programs, guiding coaches and clinicians from foundational skills to advanced mastery. Fernando created world’s pioneering Trauma-Informed Psychedelic Integration Advanced Practitioner Qualification with the prestigious accreditation by the ICF, adding a unique dimension to the spectrum of professional coaching.
Outside of his professional endeavors, Fernando finds joy in salsa dancing, solace in nature, and profound peace in Vipassana meditation.
Does this series include CPD or CCE certification?
This lecture series offers a certificate of attendance for participants who :
Attendance Requirements
Live attendance is required to qualify for a certificate.
Participants must attend a minimum of 80% of sessions live.
Certification
As this is a complimentary, introductory educational offering, it does not provide CPD or CCE credits at this stage.
Recordings & Learning Access
Recorded sessions may be made available for learning and awareness purposes, but viewing recordings does not count toward attendance certification.
Schedule of the Lecture Series
Our interactive live sessions are designed to accommodate your schedule, with classes scheduled conveniently from 9.30pm to 11.00 pm Indochina Time (Bangkok Time).
| 23 February | 23 March |
| 27 April | 25 May |
| 22 June | 27 July |
| 24 August | 28 September |
| 26 October | 23 November |
| 21 December | 25 January 2027 |
How Can I Apply and Request Enrollment?
Submit Your Enrollment Request
Share your intention for joining the lecture series and your commitment to attend live sessions.
Step 1Application Review
Requests are reviewed on a rolling basis to ensure a safe, engaged, and respectful learning environment.
Step 2Enrollment Confirmation
Selected participants will receive a confirmation email with further details.
Step 3Join the Series
Spaces are limited to support meaningful interaction, reflective engagement, and learning quality.
Step 4What to expect from the application process
- Applicants are invited to share their intention for joining the series
- Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis
- Selected participants will receive a formal invitation and confirmation email
- Seek a shared language for trauma informed awareness without becoming clinical
- Spaces are limited to support learning quality, interaction, and safety
Access to Recordings
If you are unable to attend a session live due to time zone or scheduling constraints, recorded sessions will be made available via Awaken Mind Guide for learning and awareness purposes.