Dr Ben Sessa is a psychiatrist, researcher, and writer. Ben qualified as a medical doctor at UCL in 1997, before going on to study psychiatry. He then worked as a child consultant and adolescent psychiatrist with young people and adult patients in addiction and trauma-related psychiatry. Ben is also the co-founder of Awakn Life Sciences, a BioTech company conducting psychedelic research for addictions and the co-founder of Breaking Convention conference. He is the author of The Psychedelic Renaissance (2012/2017), the novel ‘To Fathom Hell or Soar Angelic’ (2015) and Altered States (2021).
Colloquium Presentation: 22 October 2021
MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for Addiction: Psychedelic Medicine for the Future of Psychiatry