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Recognitions has four main expressions: 5-MeO-DMT experiences in a therapy context, facilitator development through training and mentorship, research that examines emerging standards, and media that shares the stories and perspectives that have helped shape the model.
Where the self is encountered By meeting the patterns and edges that shape it
Integrity. Discernment. Depth.
10+
Years of Experience
1,400+
sessions facilitated
16
countries worked in
As psychedelic therapy continues to develop, 5-MeO-DMT represents one of its most compelling candidates: offering the potential for healing, development, and liberation with greater accessibility and efficiency.
Recognitions is founded on a body of work that, since 2016, has distilled multiple contexts, methods, and modalities into a coherent multi-model framework. The practice is therapy-assisted 5-MeO experiences in one-on-one settings that feature adaptive facilitation and dynamic dosing within an expansive model refined through years of pioneering practice. The result is capturing the precious gifts of 5-MeO-DMT with integrity, discernment, and depth.
The Future requires mature, relationship-based approaches
5-MeO-DMT is entering an emerging era of exploration
Work in a one-on-one container: 5-MeO-DMT experiences grounded in a therapy context offered in ceremonial reverence. Therapy + ceremony = theramony.
private Sessions
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Education
FOR facilitators
Recognitions Education advances the practice of 5-MeO-DMT facilitation through continuing facilitator education, mentorship, and specialized study.
Work with chad charles
in their
own words
Graciously shared
The quality of your offering seems to be without equal. Your medicine is your own presence and your insights are a gift. With gratitude and admiration for all that brought you to this place to be able to offer what you do and how you do it.
I graduated from the [F.I.V.E.] 5-MeO-DMT Facilitator Training in the fall of 2024, and while the program itself was incredibly rich, shadowing with Chad Charles in 2025 took my learning into a whole new dimension.
Chad's deep knowledge and enthusiasm for this work is infectious, and I appreciate his ability to make complex concepts accessible.
Very professional and helpful. I couldn't have been in better hands, truly. Your expertise and support, connecting the dots of integration, one pipe at a time as you mentioned, your approach is nothing but exceptional.
600+
documented sessions
~400
individuals worked with
Dynamic dosing is the distillation of Threshold Dynamics™ and Recognitions Research is a window into a dataset that qualitatively illustrates the optimal benefits of therapy-assisted 5-MeO-DMT experiences.
are you a researcher?
dynamic dosing is documented
5+
years of sessions
Travelling to the Final Threshold of Self | a 5-MeO-DMT story | Max | E09
the faces
of five
The field-facing articles Chad writes bring to the field a long-awaited perspective from a decade of being behind-the-scenes. As the 5-MeO community of practice continues to evolve from the underground to the foreground in the psychedelic ecosystem, Chad names the overarching themes that shape the public perspective.
Perspectives on the Field of Five
substack
Chad speaks with people about their 5-MeO-DMT experiences: why they chose 5, what unfolded, why they chose to work in a one-on-one setting, and how their lives have been impacted. Each episode offers a first-hand account of experiences that are often misunderstood and rarely shared with such openness.
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Chad Charles is a 5-MeO-DMT facilitator, educator, mentor, and the founder of Recognitions. Since 2016, he has facilitated more than 1,400 sessions with around 1,000 people across 16 countries, developing a deep, practice-based understanding of the terrain of selfhood experienced with 5-MeO-DMT. His work brings together relational presence, careful observation, documentation, and has given rise to Threshold Dynamics™, a framework that informs his private practice and teaching.
chad charles
about the founder
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