Indigenous Psychedelic Assisted Therapies - IPAT

14/01/2026

MEANJIN/BRISBANE- Trauma-Informed Care & Practice: An Indigenous Approach to Developing Worker Skills training is coming 7–8 March 2026.

This 2-day immersive workshop, developed by Prof. Judy Atkinson & Dr Caroline Atkinson, weaves Indigenous knowledge, “Symptom as History,” cultural safety, and generational healing into a powerful learning experience.

IPAT delivers this training under the We Al-li Sovereign Business Model, honouring Indigenous governance, integrity and knowledge systems.

If you’re a health practitioner, therapist, educator or community worker wanting to strengthen your cultural competency in line with AHPRA’s cultural safety expectations, this training is for you.

✔️ PACFA-accredited
✔️ Trauma-specific, culturally grounded learning
✔️ Safe, interactive group space
✔️ Includes manual, catering & certificate of attainment
✔️ Limited places

Booking link now open.
➡️ https://ipat.au/trainingevents

03/01/2026

We had such a wonderful experiencing facilitating the trauma-informed care and practice training in Boorloo/Perth in November, and it’s so heartwarming and humbling to see the feedback and testimonials from our participants. Hearing how this experiential training has moved them and ignited a desire to take this work out to the world is why we do this work

Your next opportunity to train with us is this February 7th and 8th in Naarm/Melbourne at the Gleeson Centre in Darebin Parklands in Alphington

Head to our website to register

31/12/2025

As the calendar year comes to a close, we pause at the threshold —
between what has been and what is still becoming.

At IPAT, we honour the courage it takes to do this work:
to sit with complexity, to walk in two worlds, to listen deeply, and to walk alongside healing in ways that are ethical, relational, and culturally accountable.

✨ 2025 impact
• Over 120 therapists trained — across primary & allied health, psychedelic therapy, psychology, counselling and research
• At least 15 scholarships offered to Aboriginal community members
• Delivered through our Indigenous approach to Trauma-Informed Care, under the .au Sovereign Business Model

These steps matter. They shape the foundations of how this work is held in Australia and they increase accessibility.

✨ Looking to 2026
Our vision is to at least double these numbers and support psychedelic therapists and anyone working in trauma recovery to deepen their cultural competencies, so this field can grow in more culturally responsive, respectful and grounded ways.

To those who have supported our independent Indigenous business — thank you.
Your trust and solidarity make this work possible.

If you haven’t connected with us yet, reach out.

https://ipat.au

We can:
• add a cultural competency module to your current training
• offer cultural consultancy & supervision
• train your team via private bookings

And keep an eye out for our exciting new training offering in 2026 — we can’t wait to share what’s coming.

Tonight, we give thanks — for people, community, Country, and shared commitment to more ethically grounded, connected & balanced Australian psychedelic therapy spaces.

See you in the new cycle ✨
The IPAT team ###

22/12/2025

Only a few months until Trauma-Informed Care & Practice – An Indigenous Approach workshop in Naarm / Melbourne!

📅 7–8 February 2026
📍 The Gleeson Centre, Darebin Parklands

This 2-day experiential workshop is designed for health workers, therapists, and Human Services professionals who want to:
✅ Develop confidence to work in diverse and complex situations
✅ Learn practical trauma-informed tools through an Indigenous lens
✅ Strengthen skills to support individuals, families & communities
✅ Gain a PACFA-accredited Certificate of Attainment

Created by Emeritus Professor Judy Atkinson AO and Dr Caroline Atkinson PhD, and facilitated by IPAT, this workshop introduces the concept of “Symptom as History” and provides practical frameworks for healing and generational resilience.

Plan ahead — secure your place for 2026 learning today.
👉 Register: https://ipat.au/trainingevents

22/11/2025

MELBOURNE /NAARM— You asked for it!
Trauma-Informed Care & Practice: An Indigenous Approach to Developing Worker Skills training is coming 7–8 Feb 2026.

This 2-day immersive workshop, developed by Prof. Judy Atkinson & Dr Caroline Atkinson, weaves Indigenous knowledge, “Symptom as History,” cultural safety, and generational healing into a powerful learning experience.

IPAT delivers this training under the We Al-li Programs Sovereign Business Model, honouring Indigenous governance, integrity and knowledge systems.

If you’re a health practitioner, therapist, educator or community worker wanting to strengthen your cultural competency in line with AHPRA’s cultural safety expectations, this training is for you.

✔️ PACFA-accredited
✔️ Trauma-specific, culturally grounded learning
✔️ Safe, interactive group space
✔️ Includes manual, catering & certificate of attainment
✔️ Limited places

Melbourne — Booking link now open.
➡️ https://ipat.au/trainingevents

20/11/2025

Immense gratitude to everyone who joined us in Boorloo/Perth for the IPAT Trauma-Informed Care and Practice – An Indigenous Approach to Developing Worker Skills, facilitated by Jem Stone, Kirt Mallie and Dr Bianca Sebben under the We Al-li Programs sovereign business model.

We honour your courage, vulnerability, and dedication to learning with us — exploring both the ongoing impacts of intergenerational and historical trauma, and the deep remembering of our Ancestral wisdom and intergenerational strengths.

Together we created the ceremonial circle that held our group so safely and helped us all reach for a deeper understanding and appreciation of the effect Trauma has upon us and some of the culturally holistic approaches in the recovery from trauma. We would like to thank you for all the sharing, connecting and meaning making. Our mind, body and spirits were collectively moved by the shared stories, yarns and activities.

We know the ripples from this work will flow into your lives, your communities, and your practice.

Deep thanks for supporting IPAT, our small, independent Indigenous business, and to the PAX Centre on Whadjuk Noongar Boodjar for looking after us

May the healing shared in circle continue to grow, grounding us in the strength to guide us toward a future of deeper care and connection. May all healing spaces become more culturally and trauma informed, responsive, inclusive and connected for the earth and all people to heal

18/11/2025

As the sun sets over the water on Whadjuk Noongar Boodjar the team at .au are grateful for a powerful 2 days on the west coast delivering an Indigenous Approach to Trauma Informed Care & Practice under the .au sovereign business model - details and pix coming soon!

As we return to the 3 seperate states we live in, Bianca in QLD, Kirt in NSW & Jem in VIC our hearts are filled with joy to have this time together and are reminded of what an incredible team we are as IPAT

08/11/2025

Indigenous knowledge has held an embodied understanding of breath, body, relationship and safety for thousands of generations. These teachings recognise that the nervous system is shaped through Country, kinship, story, rhythm and ceremony.

Polyvagal theory is a helpful contemporary tool, but it sits inside a much older Indigenous worldview about how humans regulate, connect and heal.

Healing deepens when:
❤️ Indigenous wisdom leads the way,
❤️ neuroscience walks alongside rather than defines, and
❤️ somatic practice is grounded in culture, Country and relationship - not just the individual body.

05/11/2025

FULLY BOOKED - DM to be first to know about our training dates in 2026.

We’re thrilled to share that our final Trauma Informed Care & Practice 2-day workshop for the year is fully booked!

A heartfelt thank you to everyone joining us for this powerful closing event. Your commitment to cultural awareness and trauma-informed care continues to inspire us. It’s been an incredible journey holding space for learning, healing, and growth throughout 2025.

Keep an eye out for our next training dates to be released soon.

03/11/2025

In October, .au was invited to present at the Indigenous Wellbeing Conference in Meanjin/Brisbane.

It was an honour to share the IPAT story and our work with a large audience of Indigenous peoples, alongside those dedicated to Indigenous wellbeing both nationally and internationally.

Since the rescheduling in 2023, we’ve been working to ensure Indigenous voices, knowledge systems, and community priorities are included in the evolution of psychedelic-assisted therapy in Australia. Our work is opening essential conversations on Indigenous inclusion and cultural safety-not only in practice, but also in policy, research, and how this space grows moving forward.

Connecting with so many passionate individuals afterward was truly inspiring. Many people expressed how much they learned about the rescheduling of psychedelic medicines for mental health treatment and the importance of embedding Indigenous leadership from the very beginning.

These conversations and connections are invaluable, and it’s a privilege to contribute to this vital movement. Feeling deeply grateful for every meaningful exchange and the collective commitment to healing.

If you’d like to learn more about the IPAT journey, our Indigenous-led model of care in psychedelic-assisted therapy, cultural consultancy, or our upcoming training, send us a message or visit: https://ipat.au 🤍

25/10/2025

Your Western credentials were never neutral.

Every qualification you hold was shaped by systems built on stolen land — systems that defined what is professional, credible, and ethical through a Western lens.

So what does accountability look like when the very structures that validate your work once pathologised the wisdom of your ancestors?

What does healing look like when your practice still carries the echoes of empire — yet your spirit remembers something far older, freer, and truer?

Decolonising therapy means recognising this tension — holding both complicity and power — and choosing to return to ways of knowing that centre Spirit, Country, and collective wellbeing.

This isn’t a call-out —
it’s a calling in to do the deeper work.

Powerful slides reposted from

21/10/2025

This is such powerful teaching and we share a very similar method in our training.
Check it out.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' story goes way, way back… take an awe-inspiring journey into Deep Time.