PLEASE NOTE
Readers of this page should be aware that the UK’s Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service determined that Ben Sessa’s fitness to practice is impaired and suspended his medical license for 12 months. Sessa admitted to “engaging in a sexual relationship with Patient A, who had previously been a patient of Dr Sessa’s and who was vulnerable due to a variety of mental health conditions, of which Dr Sessa was aware.”
MAPS fully supports the decision of MPTS. We have retained this page as originally published in alignment with our commitment to transparency, but encourage readers to learn more about the MPTS decision.
Originally appearing here.
Dr. Sessa, along with former UK drug policy advisor David Nutt, M.D., is currently exploring funding opportunities for a future study of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for PTSD in the UK. MAPS will provide training to the UK co-therapist team and assist with the protocol approval process.
On February 28, 2012, UK psychiatrist Ben Sessa, M.D., gave an outstanding lecture on the topic of “MDMA: Could It Have Been Designed with Psychotherapy in Mind?” The talk was part of an ongoing Ecology, Cosmos, and Consciousness lecture series taking place at the October Gallery in London.