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Bridging Contemplative Practices with the Art and Science of Healing Anam Cara Centre offers a suite of contemplative electives for registered and allied health practitioners. Electives may be taken as stand-alone professional develop mentor combined as part of the 12-month Certificate in Psychedelic-Assisted & Contemplative Therapies (CPACT). Participants select 100 hours of electives aligned with their professional scope, interests, and readiness. Electives may be completed flexibly and do not need to occur within the same calendar year. The 100 hours of CPACT foundational units are endorsed by the Psychotherapy and Counselling Federation of Australia as a Category A CPD Activity. All contemplative electives are underpinned by Anam Cara's integrative clinical frameworks, including: SWIM Somatic, Wisdom, Interconnection, Meta cognition. FLOAT a preparation and integration framework supporting reflective capacity, ethical awareness, and practitioner self-regulation These models provide a shared language for understanding altered states, embodiment, meaning-making, and professional responsibility, while remaining adaptable to diverse therapeutic modalities and practitioner scopes. Elective options include: Yin Yoga Teacher Training (trauma-informed, contemplative focus) Pranayama & Yogic Breathwork Teacher Training Herbalism for Psychedelic Preparation, Integration & Practitioner Self-Care ACER Integration with Dr Rosalind Watts Peru Cultural Immersion Dieta Retreat & Dieta Preparation & Integration Certificate Medicine-Assisted Retreats with Beckley Retreats (Jamaica or The Netherlands) EISP Elective | Integrative Somatic Psychotherapy Dr Lani Roy and Melissa Warner EMPATHS Integrative Somatic Psychotherapy (EISP) is atrauma-informed education and training programfor practitioners working with altered stateswith or without medicine, within their professional scope and applicable legal and regulatory frameworks. EISP integrates somatic, attachment-informed, relational, transpersonal, and metacognitive approaches, and is explicitly grounded in theSWIM and FLOAT modelsto support reflective practice, ethical discernment, and practitioner self-awareness. Delivery includes: Online theory In-person experiential learning Group supervision and reflective practice Anam Cara partners with PAT clinics and trials for real-world mentoring with the SWIM and FLOAT model.