Release Date: December 14, 2023 (filmed on June 22, 2023)
Location: Psychedelic Science 2023 (Denver, CO)
Featuring: Raquel Bennett, Psy.D.
Description: Here is Dr. Bennett’s presentation from Psychedelic Science 2023 (a large conference hosted by MAPS). Dr. Bennett talks about ketamine as a two-sided coin, meaning that it is profoundly helpful for some people, but it also has a dark side. Then she talks briefly about different kinds of ketamine use, and urges the community at large to acknowledge ketamine use outside of psychiatric symptom management. She closes by reviewing some recent publications.
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Release Date: August 1, 2023 (filmed on October 27, 2022)
Location: Berkeley, CA
Featuring: Raquel Bennett, Psy.D. is interviewed by David Presti, Ph.D.
Description: This is free online course about the science, culture, history, and therapeutic applications for various psychedelic medicines, offered by the U.C. Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics. Dr. Presti is the host for the series, and Dr. Bennett is the featured instructor on ketamine. In Module 8, they talk about the use of ketamine as a tool in psychiatry, psychotherapy, and spiritual exploration. This is an incredible free resource for the psychedelic community!
Title: Special K – An Amazing Interview with Dr. Raquel Bennett
Air Date: November 26, 2020
Location: Podcast
Featuring: Raquel Bennett, Psy.D. with “Berkley K. Jones”
Description: In this personal interview, Dr. Bennett shares how she came to be interested in ketamine, and how this lead to the creation of KRIYA Institute and KRIYA Conference. Then she talks about different ways of working with ketamine for depression, and current controversies in this emerging field.
Length: 58 min
Film Date: May 15, 2019
Location: San Francisco, CA
Featuring: Raquel Bennett, Psy.D. with Mike Margolies
Description: In this rare live interview, Dr. Bennett talks about her first encounter with ketamine more than twenty years ago (in 2002). Then she describes different ways of working with ketamine therapeutically, and expresses concern about the outrageous cost of esketamine. There is live Q&A at the end, with some interesting and provocative questions from the audience.
Title: Therapeutic Ketamine – Models and Mechanisms in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Film Date: March 13, 2019
Location: Yale University, School of Medicine (New Haven, CT)
Featuring: Raquel Bennett, Psy.D.
Description: Dr. Bennett gave an introduction to therapeutic ketamine in this talk at Yale University. She talked about the chemistry, legality, and clinical indications for ketamine. Then she described three different paradigms for thinking about therapeutic ketamine: a biochemical model, a psychological model, and a psychedelic model. Then she spoke briefly about safety considerations and side effects.
Length: 1 hr 37 min
Title: God in a Bottle (A Conversation about Arylcyclohexylamines)
Film Date: March 10, 2019
Location: Brooklyn Psychedelic Society (Brooklyn, NY)
Featuring: Raquel Bennett, Psy.D. and Hamilton Morris (from Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia) and Jason Wallach, Ph.D.
Description: Dr. Bennett and Dr. Wallach and Hamilton Morris discuss the history, chemistry, and clinical uses for a variety of dissociative chemicals, including ketamine and PCP. This is an interesting talk with lots of useful nuggets for ketamine clinicians, explorers, historians, and science nerds.
Length: 1 hr 57 min
Title: Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia: Ketamine (Season 2, Episode 5)
Air Date: December 26, 2017 (filmed July 8-10, 2017)
Location: Hillsborough, CA
Featuring: Raquel Bennett, Psy.D. and Hamilton Morris
Description: Hamilton Morris spent three days with Dr. Bennett in the summer of 2017. During that visit, they discussed therapeutic applications for ketamine, and different paradigms for ketamine treatment. Then Dr. Bennett’s team administered an injection of ketamine in the psychedelic dose range to Hamilton while his crew filmed his experience. Here is the Director’s Cut of that footage. (A slightly shorter version of this footage aired on the show.)
Length: 11 min
Title: Paradigms for Ketamine Treatment
Film Date: April 23, 2017
Location: Psychedelic Science 2017 (Oakland, CA)
Featuring: Raquel Bennett, Psy.D.
Description: Here is Dr. Bennett’s segment from a panel discussion that took place at Psychedelic Science 2017 (hosted by MAPS). Dr. Bennett focuses on the use of ketamine as a treatment for refractory depressive disorders, and outlines three different paradigms for conceptualizing ketamine treatment. This is a historically important presentation which marks one of the first public talks where psychedelic ketamine experience is discussed in a clinical context.
Length: 10 min
Note: The full panel discussion can be found somewhere online.