A Growing Movement in Psychedelic Care

EMBARK Psychedelic Therapy

An open-source, transdiagnostic approach to psychedelic-assisted therapy, co-created with Bill Brennan, PhD, and shared freely with the field.

Oxford University PressEMBARK Psychedelic Therapy for DepressionBrennan & Belser
EMBARK Psychedelic Therapy for Depression book cover

Why EMBARK

Six domains, one whole person

Earlier models of psychedelic therapy left real gaps: they were often built for one drug or one diagnosis, said little about the body or the relationship, and offered limited ethical guardrails. EMBARK was designed to bridge those gaps, a model that centers ethics, works across medicines and diagnoses, and meets the whole person.

The approach is described in EMBARK Psychedelic Therapy for Depression (Oxford University Press, 2024) and in peer-reviewed research. Its six clinical domains give therapists a shared map for what arises in psychedelic treatment.

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EExistential‑Spiritual
MMindfulness
BBody‑Aware
AAffective‑Cognitive
RRelational
KKeeping Momentum

A Growing Evidence Base

Where EMBARK stands today

79%Full remission from depression at 3 weeks in a recent trial using this approach
75%In remission at 4 months
4,000Registered for the EMBARK foundational training
6Clinical domains, openly published

EMBARK is being adapted by teams at UCSF and Harvard MGH, in Europe by Pink Elephant, and as part of the training curriculum of the Fireside Project. The training materials are open-source at embarkapproach.com.

From the EMBARK training films

Short excerpts from the foundational training. The complete video course is free at embarkapproach.com/open-access.

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Introduction to EMBARK

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The Existential‑Spiritual Domain

EMBARK open-source model lecture
Invited Lecture · 2024

EMBARK: A New Open-Source Model

What Colleagues Say About the Book

"Pioneering, comprehensive, and deeply insightful, EMBARK points the way to the future of psychedelic-assisted therapy."

Rick Doblin, PhD

"This book marks an exciting milestone in psychedelic-assisted therapy. Not only is it a really comprehensive guide to what to actually 'do', the authors offer their wisdom from their whole selves, bringing a level of sensitivity and depth that befits these sacred ways of healing."

Rosalind Watts, PhD

"Brennan and Belser's remarkable manual offers an approach both visionary and practical."

Jeffrey Guss, MD

Read more about EMBARK

  1. Brennan, W., & Belser, A. B. (2022). Models of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy: A contemporary assessment and an introduction to EMBARK.Frontiers in Psychology, the original peer-reviewed paper
  2. (2025). A second peer-reviewed article on the EMBARK approach.Frontiers in Psychology
  3. A peer review of the EMBARK book.Journal of Psychedelic Studies
  4. Brennan, W. & Belser, A. (2024). EMBARK Psychedelic Therapy for Depression (preview).Oxford University Press · Amazon
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