Support Resources
This is a directory of resources for psychedelic support, integration, harm reduction, crisis support, and other topics in compassionate care.
Below, you will find resources including Zendo Project’s free educational resources and other selected materials from aligned organizations.
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Your free Playa Kit
Practical tools for caring for each other
This kit shares what we’ve learned through fourteen years of supporting people through challenging and non-ordinary experiences on the playa.
Inside, you’ll receive:
- A 30-minute training on Zendo Project's Four Principles of Psychedelic Care
- Practical guidance for supporting someone without trying to fix or guide their experience
- A printable, playa-ready pocket card you can carry with you
From Zendo Project
The Psychedelic Journey Companion Guide
- Whether this is your first time exploring psychedelics or you have some experience, this guide is here to help you prepare, stay grounded, and navigate your journey with care and intention.
Free Psychedelic Harm Reduction Mini Course
- Learn tips on psychedelic care and harm reduction from Zendo Project trainer Simone Weit.
4 Principles of Psychedelic Care
- These principles form the foundation of Zendo Project’s approach to providing compassionate, peer-based support for people navigating non-ordinary states of consciousness.
All Resources
- Crisis Hotlines
Fireside Project – Psychedelic Support Hotline
- Fireside Project offers free peer support by phone and text to people in the midst of psychedelic experiences, people holding space for others who are in the midst of psychedelic experiences, and people integrating past psychedelic experiences.
- Harm Reduction & Drug Education
Bluelight
- Bluelight is an international online community committed to reducing harms associated with drug use.
- Crisis Hotlines
Mental Health Association of San Francisco: Peer-Run Warm Line
- The Mental Health Association of San Francisco is a peer-led social justice community dedicated to progressive mental health issues for the past 70 years.
- Drug Policy
Drug Policy Alliance (DPA)
- The Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) addresses the harms of drug use and drug criminalization through policy solutions, organizing, and public education.
- Crisis Hotlines
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
- SAMHSA’s National Helpline is a free, confidential treatment referral and information service in English and Spanish for individuals and families facing mental health and/or substance use disorders.
- Spiritual Emergence
Spiritual Crisis Network
- The Spiritual Crisis Network is a UK non-profit organization that provides support and resources to help make meaning of and integrate a crisis experience, resulting in the relief of suffering and more positive outcomes.
- Spiritual Emergence
American Center for The Integration of Spiritually Transformative Experiences (ACISTE)
- ACISTE's mission is to address the integration needs and further the well-being of those who have had near-death or similar spiritually transformative experiences through research, education and support.
- Spiritual Emergence
Spiritual Emergence Network (SEN)
- SEN provides individuals that are experiencing psychospiritual difficulties a specialized mental health referral and support service.
- Psychedelic Peer Support Manuals
The Manual of Psychedelic Support
- The Manual of Psychedelic Support is a comprehensive guide to setting up and running compassionate care services for people having difficult drug experiences at music festivals and similar events.