Janis Phelps, PhD, is a leader in the field of psychedelic therapy training as Director of the Psychedelic Therapies and Research at the California Institute of Integral Studies. As the program’s founder, she developed and launched the first university accredited, post-graduate training program for psychedelic therapy and research. Her landmark 2017 publication, Developing Guidelines and Competencies for the Training of Psychedelic Therapists, has stimulated wide international interest. A licensed clinical psychologist, Dr. Phelps is a board member of the Heffter Research Institute, which has conducted highly influential psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy research since the 1990s.