New Mental Health Interventions with Dr Sean Thornley MD

The future of mental health care is here. And thank God, because the epidemic of depression, trauma and anxiety is out of control. The use of psychiatric medication like SSRIs is so pervasive people think that’s the only option, but someone like Dr Sean Thornley is proving there is an alternative with his use of ketamine infusions.

ketamine infusions are part of the psychedelic revolution, and believe you me, it won’t be long before it is normal conversation to hear about your friends and family using ketamine to offer them the opportunity to heal pain and trauma, and find joy and purpose again in their lives.

Sean Thornley is a Medical Doctor, General Practitioner and Anaesthetist. He graduated from the University of Pretoria in 2012 with a diploma in anaesthesia. He completed his internship at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town in 2013 and 2014 before moving to Tambo Memorial Hospital in the East Rand for Community Service where he completed a diploma in anaesthesia.

Dr Sean then moved to private general practice in 2017, and has a passion for treating all general ailments with particular focus on preventative medicine, metabolic disease and mental health. He believes in trying to find the cause of the problem as opposed to simply treating the symptoms and adopts a holistic patient-centered approach to family practice. He is a ketamine practitioner and has a keen interest in psychedelic assisted therapy for mental health disorders.

Join us as we explore:

  • Everything about ketamine – what it is, its history, what the experience is like, why it is not a silver bullet, potential risks and how it is being used in modern mental health care.
  • How Dr Thornley went from pain to purpose himself, using ketamine to turn around the depression and anxiety that had plagued him for years.
  • Dr Thornley’s success with treating medical resistance depression, suicidal ideation and chronic anxiety, including in teens and younger as well as older people suffering from cognitive decline.
  • The powerful theory of transgenerational trauma and cellular memory, proven already a decade ago by the smell of cherry blossoms.
  • A comparison between ketamine infusion therapy and classic psychiatric medication or benzodiazepines, and ketamine’s place in the current psychedelic renaissance.
  • A holistic round down of functional and integrative health and why Dr Thornley sees the norms of socialising and medicalising drugs changing.

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