How to choose a facilitator

Verify before you trust

Oregon and Colorado license facilitators and regulated service locations. Use the issuing authority’s official registry to check the current status of the specific practitioner and location; a directory citation may link to a register rather than an individual license entry.

Licensing and access requirements vary by country, substance and activity. A clinical license or training certificate does not itself authorize psilocybin services. Check the relevant authority for the place and service you are considering.

Ten questions worth asking

Ask these questions during a consultation and confirm any fee in advance.

• What is your training, and who accredited it?
• How do you screen for medical and psychiatric risk?
• What is your touch policy, and is it in writing?
• Who else will be in the room?
• What happens if I have a difficult experience?
• What does integration support look like, and is it included?
• Do you carry professional liability insurance?
• What is your refund and cancellation policy?
• Have you ever had a complaint or license action?
• Can I speak with a past client?

Red flags

Guaranteed outcomes. Pressure to book today. Discouraging you from telling your doctor. Vague or unverifiable credentials. Romantic or sexual boundary blurring of any kind. Any one of these is enough to stop.

What a documented price should tell you

A trustworthy quote names the format (individual, couples or group), the unit (per session, per person, per package), and exactly what is included: preparation, the supervised session, integration, and the medicine itself. If a provider advertises a starting price, ask which mandatory costs are not in it. On PsiloAtlas, documented offers show the source page and the date we checked it, and offers whose complete total is not confirmed are labelled that way.

Records you can check yourself

In Oregon, check the facilitator and service center against Oregon Psilocybin Services' license lists. In Colorado, check the facilitator's professional license through DORA's Division of Professions and Occupations, and the healing center's business license through the Department of Revenue's Natural Medicine Division, a facilitator's professional license is separate from business-owner or handler credentials. For ketamine clinics, confirm the prescribing clinician's medical license with the state medical board. A provider who cannot point you to a public record is telling you something.

Preparation, session and integration are different things

Preparation is where screening, consent and expectations happen before any medicine. The administration session is the supervised experience itself. Integration is the follow-up work that helps you use what happened. Some providers bundle all three; others bill each separately or leave integration out. Compare offers only when they cover the same parts.