Student Placements & Skilled Volunteering

Australian Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Practitioners (AMAPP) proudly collaborates with Australian universities and experienced professionals to offer opportunities for meaningful contribution, applied learning, and values-based leadership. Whether you’re a student seeking real-world experience or a skilled volunteer offering your expertise, AMAPP provides a collaborative and trauma-informed space rooted in ethics, learning, and care.

Skilled Volunteering

In addition to student placements, AMAPP welcomes skilled volunteers who are passionate about supporting ethical, evidence-informed, and community-based psychedelic care. Volunteering with AMAPP offers you the chance to meaningfully contribute to an emerging and important field, while building relationships and learning from a multidisciplinary team.

 

We currently invite volunteers with skills in:

  • Strategic Planning & Project Management

  • Fundraising & Grant Writing

  • Legal and Governance Support

  • Clinical Supervision & Program Design

  • Research & Evaluation

  • Graphic Design, Media & Communications

  • Web Development & Tech Support

  • Event Coordination & Workshop Facilitation

Volunteers gain access to community learning, collaboration opportunities, and invitations to events and trainings relevant to their field.

🎓 University Student Placements

AMAPP collaborates with a range of Australian universities to host student placements across a variety of disciplines. Our team provides supervision, mentorship, and opportunities for students to work on real projects that support healing, integration, and systemic wellbeing.

 

Placement fields include:

  • Psychology

  • Social Work

  • Psychotherapy

  • Art Therapy

  • Community Development

  • Biomedical Science

  • Public Health

  • Marketing & Communications

  • Media and Content Creation

Students benefit from:

  • Supervised experience aligned with course requirements

  • Mentorship from experienced professionals in psychedelic therapy, mental health, and community practice

  • Opportunities to contribute to integration tools, ethics frameworks, education content, and harm reduction resources

  • Involvement in events, advocacy work, and culturally responsive program design

We are committed to supporting students from diverse backgrounds, including First Nations and LGBTQIA+ communities, as well as those with lived experience of mental health or disability.

Together, we support novel treatments and help co-create systems of ethical care for the future of mental health and psychedelic practice.

👉 To express interest in placements or volunteering, contact us at chair@amapp.org.au