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New Mexico Counseling Association

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<p fr-original-style="text-align:center;width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); line-height: 1.5;">Please Join NMCA for a Virtual CE Event<p fr-original-style="text-align:center;width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); line-height: 1.5;"> <p fr-original-style="text-align:center;width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); line-height: 1.5;"> <p fr-original-style="text-align:center;width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); line-height: 1.5;">Friday, November 13, 2026<p fr-original-style="text-align:center;width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); line-height: 1.5;">From 9:00 am - 11:00 am mt<p fr-original-style="text-align:center;width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); line-height: 1.5;"> <p fr-original-style="text-align:center;width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); line-height: 1.5;">Ethics at the Edge of Practice: Psychedelic-Assisted Care for New Mexico Counselors<p fr-original-style="text-align:center;width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); line-height: 1.5;"> Presented by:&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Allison Gentz, LMFT and Kathleen Bruce, MA Hosted via Zoom<p fr-original-style="text-align:center;width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); line-height: 1.5;"> <p fr-original-style="text-align:center;width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); line-height: 1.5;">2 CEs in Ethics<p fr-original-style="text-align:center;width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); line-height: 1.5;">approved by NBCC<p fr-original-style="text-align:center;width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); line-height: 1.5;"> <p fr-original-style="text-align:center;width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); line-height: 1.5;">New Mexico is on the verge of becoming the first state in the country to build a clinician-forward psilocybin access program under the Medical Psilocybin Act (SB 219). For licensed counselors, that opens a new area of practice, and with it, a new set of ethical questions.<p fr-original-style="text-align:center;width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); line-height: 1.5;"> <p fr-original-style="text-align:center;width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); line-height: 1.5;">This two-hour workshop is designed for New Mexico counselors and mental health professionals who want to understand the ethical foundations of psychedelic-assisted care before the state&#39;s rule is finalized. We&#39;ll ground the conversation in the ACA Code of Ethics, the NBCC Code of Ethics, and the New Mexico Counseling and Therapy Practice Board&#39;s scope of practice, and then work through the ethical considerations that show up specifically in psychedelic-assisted work: informed consent in an altered state of consciousness, the ethics of touch and non-directive presence, cultural humility with traditional and Indigenous practices, screening and contraindications, power differentials, dual relationships in small-community settings, and the ethical use of integration.<p fr-original-style="text-align:center;width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); line-height: 1.5;"> <p fr-original-style="text-align:center;width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); line-height: 1.5;">The workshop combines short didactic segments with facilitated case discussion, small-group breakouts, and live Q&amp;A, so counselors leave with both a conceptual framework and applied practice with the ethical dilemmas they&#39;re most likely to encounter.<p fr-original-style="text-align:center;width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); line-height: 1.5;"> <p fr-original-style="text-align:center;width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); line-height: 1.5;">Learning ObjectivesUpon completion of this training, participants will be able to: 1. (Remember / Understand) Describe the current regulatory framework for medical psilocybin in New Mexico under SB 219, including the roles of the Department of Health, the Medical Psilocybin Advisory Board, and the Training and Education Committee. 2. (Understand) Explain at least three ways New Mexico&#39;s clinician-forward psilocybin framework differs from the Oregon (Measure 109) and Colorado (Prop 122 / DORA) models. 3. (Apply) Apply at least four provisions from the ACA and NBCC Codes of Ethics (informed consent, competence, boundaries, and referral) to a written case involving psychedelic-assisted care, citing the specific ethical provisions supporting each decision. 4. (Analyze) Distinguish at least five ethical considerations unique to psychedelic-assisted work from those already addressed by conventional counseling ethics, including consent in altered states of consciousness, ethics of touch and non-directive presence, and the counselor-client power differential in expanded-state work. 5. (Analyze) Analyze a case-based ethical dilemma involving screening, dual relationships in small-community settings, cultural considerations, and post-session integration, and articulate adefensible response grounded in the ACA and NBCC Codes of Ethics and the New Mexico scope of practice.&nbsp; 6. (Evaluate) Evaluate their own readiness, scope of practice, and continuing education needs relative to New Mexico&#39;s emerging practitioner and facilitator roles, and select the next steps in a training pathway consistent with that evaluation.<p fr-original-style="text-align:center;width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); line-height: 1.5;"> Members: FREE |Non-members: $55<p fr-original-style="text-align:center;width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); line-height: 1.5;"> <p fr-original-style="text-align:center;width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); line-height: 1.5;">Learn more about NMCA events here:&nbsp;<p fr-original-style="text-align:center;width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); line-height: 1.5;">https://www.nmca-nm.org/events&nbsp;<p fr-original-style="text-align:center;width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); line-height: 1.5;"> <p fr-original-style="text-align:center;width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); line-height: 1.5;">Please Register by 11/10/26 or while seats remain!<p fr-original-style="text-align:center;width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); line-height: 1.5;"> <p fr-original-style="text-align:center;width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); line-height: 1.5;">A special thank you to our Community Partner AIS for providing this presentation. The Academy of Intrinsic Studies (AIS), an accredited natural medicine facilitator training program with a state-approved curriculum in Colorado and Oregon<p fr-original-style="text-align:center;width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91);" style="text-align: center; width: 100%; margin: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(15, 14, 91); line-height: 1.5;">

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Please Join NMCA for a Virtual CE Event Friday, November 13, 2026From 9:00 am - 11:00 am mt Ethics at the Edge of Practice: Psychedelic-Assisted Care for New Mexico Counselors Presented by:                      Allison Gentz, LMFT and Kathleen Bruce, MA Hosted via Zoom 2 CEs in Ethicsapproved by NBCC New Mexico is on the verge of becoming the first state in the country to build a clinician-forward psilocybin access program under the Medical Psilocybin Act (SB 219). For licensed counselors, that opens a new area of practice, and with it, a new set of ethical questions. This two-hour workshop is designed for New Mexico counselors and mental health professionals who want to understand the ethical foundations of psychedelic-assisted care before the state's rule is finalized. We'll ground the conversation in the ACA Code of Ethics, the NBCC Code of Ethics, and the New Mexico Counseling and Therapy Practice Board's scope of practice, and then work through the ethical considerations that show up specifically in psychedelic-assisted work: informed consent in an altered state of consciousness, the ethics of touch and non-directive presence, cultural humility with traditional and Indigenous practices, screening and contraindications, power differentials, dual relationships in small-community settings, and the ethical use of integration. The workshop combines short didactic segments with facilitated case discussion, small-group breakouts, and live Q&amp;A, so counselors leave with both a conceptual framework and applied practice with the ethical dilemmas they're most likely to encounter. Learning ObjectivesUpon completion of this training, participants will be able to: 1. (Remember / Understand) Describe the current regulatory framework for medical psilocybin in New Mexico under SB 219, including the roles of the Department of Health, the Medical Psilocybin Advisory Board, and the Training and Education Committee. 2. (Understand) Explain at least three ways New Mexico's clinician-forward psilocybin framework differs from the Oregon (Measure 109) and Colorado (Prop 122 / DORA) models. 3. (Apply) Apply at least four provisions from the ACA and NBCC Codes of Ethics (informed consent, competence, boundaries, and referral) to a written case involving psychedelic-assisted care, citing the specific ethical provisions supporting each decision. 4. (Analyze) Distinguish at least five ethical considerations unique to psychedelic-assisted work from those already addressed by conventional counseling ethics, including consent in altered states of consciousness, ethics of touch and non-directive presence, and the counselor-client power differential in expanded-state work. 5. (Analyze) Analyze a case-based ethical dilemma involving screening, dual relationships in small-community settings, cultural considerations, and post-session integration, and articulate adefensible response grounded in the ACA and NBCC Codes of Ethics and the New Mexico scope of practice.  6. (Evaluate) Evaluate their own readiness, scope of practice, and continuing education needs relative to New Mexico's emerging practitioner and facilitator roles, and select the next steps in a training pathway consistent with that evaluation. Members: FREE |Non-members: $55 Learn more about NMCA events here: https://www.nmca-nm.org/events  Please Register by 11/10/26 or while seats remain! A special thank you to our Community Partner AIS for providing this presentation. The Academy of Intrinsic Studies (AIS), an accredited natural medicine facilitator training program with a state-approved curriculum in Colorado and Oregon