Dr Ben Sessa

Dr Sessa is a consultant psychiatrist, with a specialism in adult addictions. He qualified as a medical doctor from University College London medical school in 1997, having previously gained a BSc in psychology. He carried out his post-grad qualifications in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Oxford University, and became a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 2002. He has a lifelong interest in pharmacology, psychotherapy and trauma-based disorders, which led him to the field of psychedelic medicine.

One of the pioneers in the field in the UK, Ben carried out the world's first MDMA-assisted trial for alcohol use disorder. He opened the UK's first psychedelic medicine clinic in Bristol in 2020. He is a trained MDMA, psilocybin and ketamine therapist. Ben is widely published in the academic and popular media in the fields of psychedelic and cannabis medicine.

He currently works in private practice in Windsor and London. He lives in Bristol, and alongside his clinical work is pursuing creative musical projects, attending art school to study figure and portrait drawing, and is writing fiction, with his second novel being published in autumn 2026.