Dr Wayne Kampers (Video); Healing Complex PTSD With Ketamine
From The Locked up Living Podcast: Surviving and thriving in prisons and other challenging environments · 47:23
Show by Podcasters David Jones & Dr Naomi Murphy
Dr Wayne Kampers is a consultant psychiatrist with over 35 years of medical experience, including 25 years in integrative psychiatry. He joins David Jones and Dr Naomi Murphy to explain how he treats complex PTSD with intravenous ketamine-assisted therapy. He describes complex PTSD as a thousand-piece jigsaw puzzle thrown on the floor. No pieces are missing, but the picture is fractured. He explains why standard therapies often leave the deeper fractures untouched, and how ketamine, paired with integration work, can help people piece a connected sense of self back together. In this episode Why complex PTSD is so hard to treat, and why many patients first get other diagnoses, such as treatment-resistant depression His six-week protocol: weekly IV ketamine sessions, each followed by an integration session with the same therapist (including EMDR) What a session looks like, why the dose is increased across the six weeks, and why the therapist's role is to hold safe space The "innate intellectual healer" and why every person's journey is different Who may not be suitable, including contraindications and his approach to under-25s Mindset work, intention setting and the therapeutic relationship Recreational ketamine misuse versus medical use Attitudes among psychiatrists, off-label prescribing, and why NHS access is limited Dr Kampers's reflections on his own clinical work Key moments 0:04: The innate intellectual healer 2:01: Why complex PTSD is so difficult to treat 6:57: How the six-week treatment works 14:59: What people experience on a journey 19:28: Who is a suitable candidate 22:11: Why the therapist relationship matters 28:34: Results and clinical insights 31:15: Attitudes in the profession 38:38: Barriers to NHS access 45:22: Personal reflections Quotable "Ketamine itself softens the rigid defenses so that the integration work can begin." Please note This episode is a conversation about one clinician's approach. It is not medical advice, and Dr Kampers stresses that ketamine is not for everybody. Any treatment decision should be made with a qualified healthcare professional.
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