Patients

TheraPsil is helping patients to access medical psilocybin

By clicking the button above you will be redirected to complete TheraPsil's electronic patient intake form.

After completion of this form you will be automatically added to our patient waitlist. You will be notified via email if and when we are able to support you in pursing access to medical psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy.

Please note: TheraPsil assists patients who reach out to us based on their immediate need. What this means is we prioritise processing applications for Canadians facing a palliative or active life-threatening diagnosis (such as cancer) first. Please note your application may not be processed in order based on when it was submitted.

We currently have an extensive patient waitlist. As a very small non-profit, we have limited resources to answer the large amount of requests we receive daily. We wish we could help everyone right away, but unfortunately we just do not have the capacity. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we do our best to support as many patients as we can. TheraPsil’s team cannot guarantee the success of any request to Health Canada for legal access to psilocybin in conjunction with psychotherapy.

Step 2 - Learn about TheraPsil & Psilocybin

Step 3 - Understand Costs

TheraPsil strives to provide equitable access to psilocybin assisted-psychotherapy to those in medical need. If you think you meet our inclusion criteria, but are concerned about financial constraints please do not delay reaching out, as we have ways in which we may be able to help you.

Free Educational Consultation

A free educational consultation with one of our Patient Intake Specialists can be provided for patients who may meet our inclusion criteria. Once you have received confirmation that TheraPsil may be able to support you, a free consultation can requested. During this phone call, a Patient Intake Specialist will answer any questions that you may have. For any patients facing financial barriers to treatment, the Patient Intake Specialist will also discuss financial options and how we may be able to provide support.

Approximate Treatment Costs

*Not determined by or paid to TheraPsil*

If a patient is successfully granted legal access to psilocybin, TheraPsil will ensure this individual is supported by trained and qualified healthcare practitioners who can facilitate their psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy. Like any form of therapy, there is a cost associated with this treatment. TheraPsil does not determine this cost as these TheraPsil Associate Practitioners are often working within their own private practices.

Pricing will vary from practitioner to practitioner and therapy length will vary based on each patient’s needs. As our psilocybin treatment model requires medical oversight from a prescriber as well as two sitters to be present on the treatment day, the cost of the prescriber and co-sitter will be included in the total treatment price.

A total treatment including the preparatory sessions, the treatment day and the integration sessions can take on average around 18 to 25 hours of time. Therapists have service rates of approximately $150 to $200/hr. Although we cannot provide a specific cost estimate, a lower cost for therapy could be $2500 whereas a more lengthy therapy may cost $5000 or more.

Therapists often have sliding scale options for their services for those who can pay more or less. Extended health coverage and/or benefits plans that cover therapy may be utilized to finance treatment.

When connected with a treatment team, patients will be provided specific treatment cost details.

Step 4 - Talk to your Doctor

Mental Health Support

Mental Health Resources

TheraPsil does not support urgent and immediate mental health needs. At the link above you will find resources where you or a loved one with mental health needs can find support.

If you or someone you know is in immediate danger or needs urgent medical support, call 911.

If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, call the Canada Suicide Prevention Service at 1-833-456-4566. Support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Did you know, YOU can help Canada move closer towards legalization of psilocybin?

We recognize that the current legal pathways to access psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy (the Special Access Program, Section 56 exemptions or enrolling in a clinical trial), while useful to open the door for access and help some individuals, are not an ideal way for patients to access healthcare. As such, TheraPsil continues to advocate for regulatory change so that all Canadians in medical need can access regulated medical psilocybin and psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy through direct consultation with their healthcare provider, rather than the government, like most other medical treatment options.

If you do not qualify now or have been added to our wait list, we encourage you to advocate for regulatory change with us so that ALL Canadians in medical need can soon have access to this treatment option. Learn more here.

If you or a loved one could benefit from psilocybin therapy, please contact your Member of Parliament using our advocacy tool, to let them know compassionate access to psilocybin therapy is an issue that deserves immediate attention. Your voice matters and will help make change.

Disclaimer:

THIS WEBSITE DOES NOT PROVIDE MEDICAL ADVICE. The information, including but not limited to, text, graphics, images and other material contained on this website are for informational purposes only. No material on this site is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment and before undertaking a new health care regiment, and never disregard professional medical advice or delay seeking it because of something you have read on this site.

WE ARE COMMITTED TO COMPLETELY LEGAL BEHAVIOUR in our advocacy of psilocybin for medical purposes. Recommending the therapeutic use of a psychedelic substance, providing psychedelic psychotherapy, or referring an individual to a therapist for psychedelic therapy is currently illegal, as these actions can open us to the criminal charge of aiding and abetting the possession of a controlled substance.