Deprescribing Takes Years.
Therapists Like You Are the Missing Piece.
Over 40 million people in the English-speaking world are on psychiatric medications. Many want to come off. Most have never been told how — and their therapist has never been trained to help them do it safely.
Learn
Understand the Clinical Reality of a Taper
Structured training covering the neuroscience of dependence, hyperbolic tapering principles, and how to differentiate taper symptoms from relapse in session.
Tools
Clinical Resources for Every Stage of the Taper
Symptom tracking frameworks, session protocols designed around tapering timelines, psychoeducation materials for patients, and prescriber collaboration templates.
Network
Prescriber Referrals. Patient Discovery.
Get listed in our therapist directory. Receive referrals from prescribers using TaperMeds. Connect with a growing community of taper-informed colleagues.
How Taper Therapy Works
Apply & Verify Your License
Submit your credentials. We review every application and verify your license to maintain network quality.
Complete the Curriculum
Work through our taper-informed training. Modules cover symptom recognition, session frameworks, and prescriber collaboration.
Start Receiving Referrals
Get matched with patients actively tapering off psychiatric medications. Collaborate with their prescribers through shared care tools.
Continuing Education
The Taper Therapy Curriculum
A structured program covering everything therapists need to support a patient through a taper — from the neuroscience of dependence to practical session frameworks.
- Taper symptoms vs. relapse: differential assessment
- Protracted taper syndrome recognition
- Session frameworks for taper support
- Prescriber collaboration protocols
- Patient psychoeducation for tapering
- Hyperbolic tapering principles for therapists
Curriculum Modules
Free Download
The Therapist's Guide to Supporting a Taper
A practical guide covering how to recognize taper symptoms in therapy sessions, structure your approach around a tapering timeline, and collaborate effectively with prescribers.
- Taper symptom recognition checklist
- Session framework template for tapering patients
- Prescriber collaboration letter template
Who We Are
Built by the Founders of Taper Community
Taper Community is a peer support platform where people tapering psychiatric medications share their journeys, track their progress, and connect with tapering-friendly clinicians. We built it because we saw the gap firsthand — patients navigating tapers alone, therapists with no training to help them, and prescribers with no one to refer to.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ready to Support New Patients Through a Taper?
Join a vetted network of therapists trained in taper-informed care. Free to join. Referrals included.
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