You can find me on DORA under my legal name, Rebecca Standig. My social work license number is CSW.09932992. My Natural Medicine Clinical Facilitator license number is NMCF.0000009.

Master in Social Work from Metropolitan State University of Denver

I graduated with a Master in Social Work in May 2023. Social work is a profession that promotes social change, development, cohesion and the empowerment of people and communities. Social workers share a commitment to promoting social welfare, ​helping people of all backgrounds overcome their unique challenges, advocating for social and economic justice for all members of the community, and embodying a professional code of ethics.

As part of my degree, I completed a capstone project that involved creating and leading an experiential workshop for other therapists to learn about and navigate working with clients with marginalized identities.

Life Coaching Certification from Courageous Living Coach Certification

The Courageous Living Coach Certification program is an ICF-accredited life coach and leadership training program. It is designed to help individuals develop their courage and overcome self-doubt by applying the neuropsychology of habit formation to change old patterns and create new habits. I graduated and became a certified life coach in November 2019.

Introduction to Psychedelic Autism from Autistic Psychedelic Community

Completed in February 2023. A course designed for professionals who work in psychedelic care for Autistic individuals that provided a foundational understanding of Autism, psychedelics, and the intersection of the two. The course consisted of a combination of essential terms, statistics, and definitions, plus a deep dive into a wide assortment of relevant clinical investigations completed during both the pre-prohibition & modern “psychedelic renaissance” eras of research.

Psychedelic Care for Neurodivergent Clients from Autistic Psychedelic Community

Completed in April 2024. This course was an intermediate-level course designed to follow the Introduction to Psychedelic Autism course and develop an in-depth “understanding of the unique challenges faced by autistic and neurodivergent individuals and how to better serve them.” It was led by Justine Lee, MSc. Topics covered included client intake and pre-session preparation; socioemotional reward and reciprocity; harnessing neuroplasticity; and integration and aftercare. 

Neurodiversity-Informed Mindfulness from the Mindful Society Global Institute

Completed in August 2024. This course provided practical tools of how to incorporate neurodiversity-informed techniques into mindfulness practice offerings. Led by Sue Hutton, LCSW, who works with the research team at the CAMH Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre.

Autism, ADHD, and Gender: How Gender Expression & Neurodiversity Intersect from The Pincus Center for Inclusive Treatment and Education

Completed in January 2024. This workshop was led by Reese Hebrank, LCSW, and provided an overview of the current research into the intersection of and a deeper understanding of the needs and experiences of neurodiverse and gender-diverse folks. Topics covered included the range of experiences that encompass neurodiversity; the differences between sex assigned at birth, gender identity, and gender expression; ways in which Autism and ADHD may impact individuals’ experience of and expression of gender; and techniques for supporting clients at the intersection of neurodivergence and gender exploration.

Certificate in Psychedelic-Informed Practice, Harm Reduction, and Integration from Vital

I graduated from this program in January 2025. Psychedelics Today’s Vital program is a 150-hour year-long training that consists of live lectures, study groups, and specialized electives that cover all aspects of psychedelic-assisted practice. Topics covered include the history and science of psychedelics, practical applications, legal considerations, harm reduction, various therapeutic modalities including Internal Family Systems,  and ethical practices. Students also complete an experiential retreat where they both facilitate psychedelic experiences for and have psychedelic experiences facilitated by other students in the training cohort.

I chose to specialize in Jungian Psychology; Psychedelics, Animism, and Ecology; Navigating Spiritual Emergencies; and Somatics and Trauma. 

Accelerated Psychedelic Facilitator Training from InnerTrek 

I graduated from this program in January 2025. This program was designed for psilocybin facilitators who have already completed robust psychedelic facilitator training, to enable them to become licensed as Natural Medicine Facilitators in the State of Colorado. It included Colorado-specific didactic components coupled with experiential training and a four-day experiential psilocybin retreat. 

Foundations of Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy from Journey Clinical and Fluence

Completed in November 2024. This foundational course covered the context and background of KAP; how to select, prepare, and and see clients with KAP; and medical and dosage considerations. 

Navigating Difficult Experiences in Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy from Journey Clinical

Led by Dr. Dominique Morisano, this workshop in April 2025 delved into what difficult KAP experiences look like, how to prevent difficult experiences from occurring, problem-solving during a difficult experience, and how to help clients integrate such experiences. 

Ketamine-Assisted Couple Therapy from Enamory

Led by Dr. Chandra Khalifian and Dr. Kayla Knopp, this webinar in September 2025 delved into the foundations of assessment, case formulation, preparation, dosing, and integration with couples using ketamine. 

Introduction to Psychedelic Autism from Autistic Psychedelic Community

Completed in February 2023. A course designed for professionals who work in psychedelic care for Autistic individuals that provided a foundational understanding of Autism, psychedelics, and the intersection of the two. The course consisted of a combination of essential terms, statistics, and definitions, plus a deep dive into a wide assortment of relevant clinical investigations completed during both the pre-prohibition & modern “psychedelic renaissance” eras of research.

Psychedelic Care for Neurodivergent Clients from Autistic Psychedelic Community

Completed in April 2024. This course was an intermediate-level course designed to follow the Introduction to Psychedelic Autism course and develop an in-depth “understanding of the unique challenges faced by autistic and neurodivergent individuals and how to better serve them.” It was led by Justine Lee, MSc. Topics covered included client intake and pre-session preparation; socioemotional reward and reciprocity; harnessing neuroplasticity; and integration and aftercare. 

Judaism is Psychedelic: Exploring Judaism as a Container + Catalyst for Expanded Consciousness from Shefa

Completed in July 2025. Led by Madison Margolin, it explored how Judaism can serve as a framework for preparing, navigating, and integrating psychedelic experiences. The training included how to utilize rituals, holidays, and spiritual practices as grounding tools, and incorporated Jewish wisdom from blessings and breathwork to ritual and reflection to expanded consciousness. Teachings from luminaries like Rebbe Nachman and the Baal Shem Tov were incorporated to find meaning and direction in altered states. 

Navigating Psychedelics: Jewish-Informed Perspectives on Psychedelics from Psychedelics Today

This training is currently in progress. It is an advanced, specialized course that synergizes core psychedelic education with Jewish cultural and mystical insights. It is led by David Drapkin, LCSW, along with guest instructors who are Jewish or Israeli experts in the field. The curriculum delves into foundational topics like Set & Setting, Harm Reduction, and Integration, while also offering specialized modules on Jewish phenomenology, mysticism, and spiritual practices concerning psychedelics.

Psychedelic Peer Support Workshop from The Zendo Project

Completed June 2023. The Zendo Project takes a public health and harm reduction oriented stance on psychedelic support. The workshop explored a variety of methods to help transform difficult experiences while in a non-ordinary state of consciousness, including practical strategies to help someone through a difficult psychedelic experience. The workshop explored the topics of: Psychedelic Harm Reduction & Peer Support foundations, Effects of psychedelics, Understanding challenging psychedelic experiences, How set and setting contribute to the psychedelic experience, The Zendo Project principles of psychedelic peer support, Sitter self-care, Psychedelic integration, and Ethics of Psychedelic Peer Support.

Autism, ADHD, and Gender: How Gender Expression & Neurodiversity Intersect from The Pincus Center for Inclusive Treatment and Education

Completed in January 2024. This workshop was led by Reese Hebrank, LCSW, and provided an overview of the current research into the intersection of and a deeper understanding of the needs and experiences of neurodiverse and gender-diverse folks. Topics covered included the range of experiences that encompass neurodiversity; the differences between sex assigned at birth, gender identity, and gender expression; ways in which Autism and ADHD may impact individuals’ experience of and expression of gender; and techniques for supporting clients at the intersection of neurodivergence and gender exploration.

Eating Disorders and Diet Culture: Inclusive Care for Trans Communities from The Affirmative Couch

Completed in April 2024. This course was led by Sand Chang, Ph.D., and provided an overview of how to provide culturally sensitive, affirming care to trans and nonbinary folks who are experiencing food and body image issues. The course covered multiple approaches to eating disorders assessment and treatment, including levels of care, intuitive eating, Health At Every Size (HAES), and Body Trust® frameworks.

Pathways Towards Mental Health and Wellness for LGBTQ+ Jews from Keshet

Completed in August 2024. Led by Kohenet Dr. Harriette E. Wimms and Dr. Dani Rosenkrantz, this training explored the psychosocial factors impacting the mental health experiences of Jewish LGBTQ+ people, as well as external and internal stressors that contribute to distress and trauma. It covered what contributes to resilience in this population, including pride, joy, and community connections. Through the use of clinical vignettes depicting real-world circumstances facing LGBTQ Jews, students developed individualized strengths-based interventions for providing support and affirming care to LGBTQ+ individuals and their families, schools, and communities within the context of Judaism.

Brainspotting Phase 1 from The Jewish Therapist Collective

Completed in July 2024. This course covered the Brainspotting Phase I curriculum while including Jewish community-based experiences that impact both clients and clinicians. 

As stated by instructor Jana Glass, LPC: “Brainspotting is a cutting-edge neuro-experiential based approach that promotes deep healing. It is a brain-based therapy based on the hypothesis that specific eye positions designated as ‘brainspots’ activate and access specific areas of the midbrain that allow for the reprocessing and releasing of core neurophysiological reactions to trauma-related and other psychological experiences. In addition, Brainspotting is built on a model that emphasizes therapist-client presence and attunement in the healing process. As an open and integrative model, Brainspotting is adaptable to many different areas of specialization and can be integrated with other treatment models.”

Foundations of Internal Family Systems Therapy from Trauma Therapist Institute

Completed in November 2024. Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a non-pathologizing modality that believes every person has a system of protective and wounded inner parts led by a core Self. IFS believes the mind is naturally multiple and that your core Self knows how to heal. This class, led by Crystal Hines, LPC, offered “an immersive exploration into the IFS model” through a combination of theoretical learning and hands-on practice. Topics covered included “how to build rapport with protective parts, foster self-energy within clients, and facilitate deep, meaningful healing processes.”

Holding Steady in the Storm: ACT-based Exposures for Political Anxiety from Real Therapy

Led by Grace Dickman, LCSW, this training completed in March 2025 focused on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-based exposure strategies to help clients build psychological flexibility, tolerate distress, and take values-driven action. It explored practical interventions for reducing avoidance, navigating media overwhelm, and supporting clients in facing political fear with resilience. 

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Chronic Pain from Jefferson Center for Mental Health

Completed in March 2024. This course was led by Kathy Baur, Ph.D., and focused on how to apply concepts from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for the treatment of chronic pain and illness. Topics covered included an overview of ACT principles and how they apply to chronic pain, how to apply motivational interviewing to ACT interventions, skills to use to help clients improve their overall functioning, and looking at pain from a contextual and intersectional perspective.

Pain Reprocessing Therapy with Michael Dow, PsyD, LAC

I completed an intensive workshop on using Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) in September 2025. PRT is a cutting-edge, brain-based approach to treating chronic pain, fatigue, dizziness, headaches, and other neuroplastic symptoms.

Collaborative Assessment & Management of Suicidality from CAMS-care

I completed the first level of Collaborative Assessment & Management of Suicidality (CAMS) training in January 2024. CAMS is a suicide-specific therapeutic framework that aims to assess and treat a client’s risk of suicide. It uses the client’s input about what works and what doesn’t work for them when it comes to managing suicidality. 

Cognitive Processing Therapy from the Medical University of South Carolina

This training is currently in progress. Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) is a cognitive behavioral therapeutic modality that is aimed at treating trauma. It has been clinically proven to be effective at treating symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. CPT helps clients learn how to challenge and modify beliefs related to the trauma they’ve experienced.

Wisdom Circle with Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, Ph.D.

Completed May 2023. This was a 7-month course designed for therapists to learn how to heal intergenerational trauma through experiential activities. It involved teachings from the fields of Jungian depth psychology, intergenerational trauma healing, and embodied ritual work. The course built a foundation for understanding personal, familial, cultural, and archetypal healing, in order to augment the healing modalities already practiced.

Brainspotting Phase 1 from The Jewish Therapist Collective

Completed in July 2024. This course covered the Brainspotting Phase I curriculum while including Jewish community-based experiences that impact both clients and clinicians. 

As stated by instructor Jana Glass, LPC: “Brainspotting is a cutting-edge neuro-experiential based approach that promotes deep healing. It is a brain-based therapy based on the hypothesis that specific eye positions designated as ‘brainspots’ activate and access specific areas of the midbrain that allow for the reprocessing and releasing of core neurophysiological reactions to trauma-related and other psychological experiences. In addition, Brainspotting is built on a model that emphasizes therapist-client presence and attunement in the healing process. As an open and integrative model, Brainspotting is adaptable to many different areas of specialization and can be integrated with other treatment models.”

Foundations of Internal Family Systems Therapy from Trauma Therapist Institute

Completed in November 2024. Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a non-pathologizing modality that believes every person has a system of protective and wounded inner parts led by a core Self. IFS believes the mind is naturally multiple and that your core Self knows how to heal. This class, led by Crystal Hines, LPC, offered “an immersive exploration into the IFS model” through a combination of theoretical learning and hands-on practice. Topics covered included “how to build rapport with protective parts, foster self-energy within clients, and facilitate deep, meaningful healing processes.”

Cognitive Processing Therapy from the Medical University of South Carolina

This training is currently in progress. Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) is a cognitive behavioral therapeutic modality that is aimed at treating trauma. It has been clinically proven to be effective at treating symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. CPT helps clients learn how to challenge and modify beliefs related to the trauma they’ve experienced.

Certificate in Psychedelic-Informed Practice, Harm Reduction, and Integration from Vital

I graduated from this program in January 2025. Psychedelic’s Today’s Vital program is a 150-hour year-long training that consists of live lectures, study groups, and specialized electives that cover all aspects of psychedelic-assisted practice. Topics covered include the history and science of psychedelics, practical applications, legal considerations, harm reduction, and ethical practices. Students also complete an experiential retreat where they both facilitate psychedelic experiences for and have psychedelic experiences facilitated by other students in the training cohort.

I chose to specialize in Jungian Psychology; Psychedelics, Animism, and Ecology; Navigating Spiritual Emergencies; and Somatics and Trauma.

Wisdom Circle with Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, Ph.D.

Completed May 2023. This was a 7-month course designed for therapists to learn how to heal intergenerational trauma through experiential activities. It involved teachings from the fields of Jungian depth psychology, intergenerational trauma healing, and embodied ritual work. The course built a foundation for understanding personal, familial, cultural, and archetypal healing, in order to augment the healing modalities already practiced.

Certificate in Psychedelic-Informed Practice, Harm Reduction, and Integration from Vital

I graduated from this program in January 2025. Psychedelic’s Today’s Vital program is a 150-hour year-long training that consists of live lectures, study groups, and specialized electives that cover all aspects of psychedelic-assisted practice. Topics covered include the history and science of psychedelics, practical applications, legal considerations, harm reduction, and ethical practices. Students also complete an experiential retreat where they both facilitate psychedelic experiences for and have psychedelic experiences facilitated by other students in the training cohort.

I chose to specialize in Jungian Psychology; Psychedelics, Animism, and Ecology; Navigating Spiritual Emergencies; and Somatics and Trauma. 

How to Become a Kabbalist with Dr. Yosef Rosen

Completed in February 2024. Dr. Yosef Rosen is a historian of Kabbalah and Jewish magic. Each session in the class explored “one path of the kabbalist, highlighting its historical evolution and resources for contemporary Jewish life: concealing & revealing mystery; ascending & descending through the higher/inner worlds; creating through language, light, and relationship; using the sefirot as a guide for spiritual life; arousing love; healing bodies and theologies; and protecting oneself and others from the dangers of this vulnerable life.”

Describing the Indescribable and Finitizing the Infinite: An Introduction to Kabbalah with Geo Poor

Completed in April 2024. Geo Poor is a Ph.D. student in Kabbalah and has been teaching Kabbalah for 8 years. Major topics covered include the infinite divine, the ten sefirot of creation, God and humans, Kabbalah and Jewish ritual, rupture and repair, and magic and demons.

Judaism is Psychedelic: Exploring Judaism as a Container + Catalyst for Expanded Consciousness from Shefa

Completed in July 2025. Led by Madison Margolin, it explored how Judaism can serve as a framework for preparing, navigating, and integrating psychedelic experiences. The training included how to utilize rituals, holidays, and spiritual practices as grounding tools, and incorporates Jewish wisdom from blessings and breathwork to ritual and reflection to expanded consciousness. Teachings from luminaries like Rebbe Nachman and the Baal Shem Tov were incorporated to find meaning and direction in altered states. 

Navigating Psychedelics: Jewish-Informed Perspectives on Psychedelics from Psychedelics Today

This training is currently in progress. It is an advanced, specialized course that synergizes core psychedelic education with Jewish cultural and mystical insights. It is led by David Drapkin, LCSW, along with guest instructors who are Jewish or Israeli experts in the field. The curriculum delves into foundational topics like Set & Setting, Harm Reduction, and Integration, while also offering specialized modules on Jewish phenomenology, mysticism, and spiritual practices concerning psychedelics.

Pathways Towards Mental Health and Wellness for LGBTQ+ Jews from Keshet

Completed in August 2024. Led by Kohenet Dr. Harriette E. Wimms and Dr. Dani Rosenkrantz, this training explored the psychosocial factors impacting the mental health experiences of Jewish LGBTQ+ people, as well as external and internal stressors that contribute to distress and trauma. It covered what contributes to resilience in this population, including pride, joy, and community connections. Through the use of clinical vignettes depicting real-world circumstances facing LGBTQ Jews, students developed individualized strengths-based interventions for providing support and affirming care to LGBTQ+ individuals and their families, schools, and communities within the context of Judaism.

JIMENA Sephardic Leaders Fellowship National Social Services Providers Cohort

This training is currently in progress. The fellowship is “designed to deepen participants’ understanding of Sephardic and Mizrahi heritage and equip them with the tools to meaningfully integrate this knowledge into their community-facing work. Participants will gain cultural knowledge and practical tools to better support Sephardic and Mizrahi Jewish individuals and families through expert-led sessions on identity, history, and culturally responsive care.”