Psychedelic Renaissance, Energy Healing, and Pain Management
Janet M. Joiner, PhD, LMSW
FRIDAY, June 12TH 2026, 9:00am-3:00pm
Birmingham Maple Clinic  – 6 CEUs Total (2 CE in Ethics, 2 CE in Pain Management, 2 CE in General Content),
VIRTUAL

Janet M. Joiner is an associate professor and director of the Bachelor of Social Work degree program at University of Detroit Mercy. She joined the university in 2016, and currently teaches courses in Self-Care & Spirituality, Social Welfare & Social Justice, and Social Welfare Policy.

Joiner served a three-year term with the Michigan Board of Social Work between 2020-2024. The Board is responsible for helping protect public health and welfare, setting policy, and overseeing cases involving ethical violations related to licensed social workers.

A licensed social worker with more than 35 years of professional experience in higher education, Joiner has an interest in energy wellness practices, including Qigong/Tai Chi. She is a certified Qigong Practice Group Leader, certified Tai Chi Easy (TM) Practice Leader, and is also double certified in Sound and Vibrational Practices. Joiner delivers social work continuing education training for social welfare organizations and provides health and wellness programming to community-based groups.

Joiner currently holds membership with the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), Michigan Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Educators (MABSWE), and The Children’s Center of Detroit Program and Administrative Operations Committee where she has served since 2018.

TRAINING SUMMARY:

Psychedelics, including the plant medicines, Ayahuasca and Psilocybin have been experiencing a renaissance in the media as burgeoning research indicates the efficacy of these plants with treatment resistant depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other mental health challenges. Along with the increasing popularity of psychedelics is ancient energy healing practices to address emotional, psychological, and physical pain. Integrative Social Work (ISW), a developing area of practice includes psychedelic assisted therapy as a treatment modality and use of indigenous Eastern healing practices. Eastern healing traditions such as emotional freedom techniques (tapping), Qigong/Tai Chi, Grounding/Earthing, and sound bathing provide a foundation for ISW practices. ISW is expected to continue expanding due in part to public interest in psychedelics, with some Michigan cities decriminalizing psychedelics, including Ann Arbor, Detroit, Ferndale, Hazel Park, and Ypsilanti.

Training Goals/Objectives:

At the conclusion of this training workshop, attendees will be able to demonstrate:

• Awareness of the resurgence of psychedelics in contemporary society and the burgeoning industries plant medicines may present.
• Awareness of the Control Substances Act (1970) and the U.S. campaign, The War on Drugs.
•  Awareness of one’s own personal bias regarding the use of psychedelics as a potential mental health treatment modality (and for recreational use by clients who chose to do so).
• Awareness of their own personal bias regarding the use of Integrative/Functional wellness practices to treat physical pain and address mental health issues.
• Awareness of the importance of applying cultural competency when engaging in indigenous practices to address contemporary social issues.
• Awareness of cultural appropriation and concerns related to acknowledging and giving attribution to indigenous practices.
• Awareness of the importance of competence and securing appropriate training to support one’s work in a developing field of practice, such as Psychedelic Assisted Therapy
• Understand ethical challenges associated with practicing in an evolving area of practice.
• Awareness of Integrative/Functional practices and contemporary approaches, such as the Emotion Code to manage physical and emotional pain
• Awareness of new practice opportunities available in the evolving area of Integrative/Functional Social Work.

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