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Dr Wayne Kampers
2021-11-22
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22nd November 2021
After emigrating to the UK, I suffered my first major depressive episode. Having to juggle many different life changes and stresses and being confronted with an onset of extreme anxiety, I found myself at the lowest point in my life.
I owe so much to Dr Kampers and his incredible expertise and brilliance as a consultant. Within a single session, he could identify what changes needed to be made beyond simply medicating to solve the problem. By the second session, the steps he put in place literally changed my life and engineered a complete personal transformation and the growth I have subsequently experienced has been invaluable. He generally cares about getting things right and digging deeper to find out the root cause. He acknowledges the importance of hormonal imbalances and how fitness and a healthy lifestyle is tantamount to mental wellbeing.
I highly recommend him to anyone in need of guidance or serious assistance on their mental health journey. I am so appreciative and grateful to have met him. Thank you Doctor!
Dr Wayne Kampers
2021-11-04
Person
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5
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4th November 2021
Dr Kampers is knowledgable, kind and empathetic. He is patient and gives excellent advice and care. He helped me through a difficult time and I would not hesitate to recommend him.
Dr Wayne Kampers
2021-10-25
Person
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25th October 2021
An incredibly experienced and empathic physician, but also a relatable person which can be hard to find in psychiatry. He listens intently, provides appropriate and concise advice, and holds boundaries in an unoffensive manner. Truly appreciate that he has been a part of my recovery.
Dr Wayne Kampers
2021-02-01
Person
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1st February 2021
I was at my absolute lowest point of a major depressive episode with significant anxiety when I had my initial assessment with Dr Kampers.
He listened to all of my issues and responded with knowledge, experience, and reassuring confidence He acted immediately to provide me with a treatment plan.
Within a week of following his advice, things started to improve, and now some weeks later I am pleased to say, still improving.
Without Dr Kampers intervention I have no doubt I would have remained seriously ill for longer.
Dr Kampers addressed all my concerns regarding medication and helped me understand clearly how his plan would help me recover, faster than I could have hoped. He expedited communications to my GP and psychotherapist and ensured that I felt included and in control of my treatment.
When suffering from depression my belief that I would not get better and that my current state would not end was absolute. Dr Kampers demonstrated that recovery was possible. ‘You have a condition, that is treatable, it can be fixed’ he told me in no uncertain terms.
Dr Kampers is approachable and insightful, and unlike other experiences I have had with psychiatrists, he is unintimidating. I trust him fully with my continued treatment and now look forward to my follow-up consultations with him.
Dr Wayne Kampers
2021-02-01
Person
5
5
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1st February 2021
Dr Kampers was recommended to me by my psychologist. I hadn’t really improved over the last few months and my psychologist thought I might benefit from my medication being reviewed by an expert in the field of anxiety and OCD.
I organised an hour’s session with Dr Kampers. I was so on edge and completely in an anxious state and my husband had to be with me so that I could get through!
Dr Kampers listened very carefully, involving my husband. After all, he was affected by my sudden change in behaviour too... he wasn’t getting much sleep and he was really worried about me.
Dr Kampers sent the reviewed medication round that same evening. He knew exactly what I needed and the right dosage. He filled me with so much relief that there was hope I could release myself from such an anxious state.
Only a week in there was a massive improvement in my anxious state. I managed to speak with Dr Kampers on my own and he could already see how much calmer I was.
The psychology sessions seemed more worthwhile too. I could concentrate and start to put in practice what was suggested to me.
Months down the line , I am now able to wean myself very slowly off the medication, under Dr Kampers careful instruction and I am able to enjoy life again. He can see a huge change in me... I think I surprised him how quickly I started to recover. His involvement in my return to normal life was such a game changer.
I thoroughly recommend Dr Kampers and I am so grateful for the reassurance he managed to give me from the moment I spoke to him. I can’t thank him enough for making me well again.
Profile
Earlier in my career as the medical director of a busy GP practice in Canada, I was often frustrated by the limitations of addressing mental health issues in ten-minute consultations. I wanted more time to listen to my patients, hear their stories, ask questions, and understand the context in which their symptoms arose before diagnosis and treatment. And thus began my journey to the UK, and into psychiatry.
I have been practising medicine for over 35 years, and as an Integrative Consultant Psychiatrist for over 25 years.
I am a highly specialised and experienced doctor with a broad range of expertise and clinical skills in General Practice, General Adult and Elderly Care Psychiatry.
I have always had a curious and inquisitive mindset, especially about what I consider to be the blind spots in Western Medicine, specifically:
• Undiagnosed and untreated ADHD
• Medically unexplained symptoms and chronic pain and the inadequate and often myopic approach to these areas of medicine, where patients are most frequently subjected to medical gaslighting.
• Female hormonal mental health issues.
I recognise that precision medicine using genetic testing as a blueprint and platform facilitates the optimal functional medicine approach and that the future of psychiatry is inextricably linked to psychedelics and best combined with psychedelic and integration assisted therapy.
I believe mental, physical, and spiritual wellbeing are all equally important, and go hand in hand.
My approach as an Integrative Consultant Psychiatrist focuses on mind-body-spirit optimisation, and I assess individuals as a whole and in context.
I am a mind-body and trauma informed expert clinician, who uses a biopsychosocial and evidence-based approach to chronic primary pain, chronic functional syndromes, and medically unexplained symptoms.
I use a diagnostic hierarchy approach, which implies that certain diagnoses should not be made when others are present. My approach contrasts with the traditional DSM and ICD based approach of making multiple diagnoses at the same time which can lend itself to the problems of comorbidity and polypharmacy.
The core aspect of my approach to clinical psychopharmacology is the importance of recognising and tackling this comorbidity problem, thereby avoiding all diagnoses are created equal approach, which often leads to unnecessary treatments.
My special interests are:
• Chronic Primary Pain (neuroplastic pain) and Mindbody Medicine (Psychophysiologic Disorders)
• Undiagnosed and untreated ADHD and ADD
• Female Hormonal Mental Health
• Psychedelic Assisted Therapy and
• The role of Cannabis Based Medicinal Products in Mental Health.
I am a member of the Psychophysiologic Disorders Association listed in their Directory Practitioner Directory
I am the only UK based Medical Doctor (Physician) and Consultant Psychiatrist skilled in the diagnostic assessment and treatment of these conditions and all associated comorbid mental health conditions.
I am a member of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), the World Institute of Pain and The British Pain Society.
I have recovered from neuroplastic pain myself and developed The Pain Recovery Program
I also have a residential Pain Recovery Program which is based in South Africa near the Kruger National Park
White River Manor Pain Recovery Program
I am a member of Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies and a certified Ketamine Assisted Therapist.
I am the Consultant lead for 2 Intravenous Ketamine Assisted Therapy Clinics in London and also offer Ketamine Assisted Therapy using oral Ketamine Lozenges.
I recognise that MDMA and Psilocybin assisted therapy can help heal psychological disorders and trauma and will incorporate these and all other psychedelics as soon as I can legally prescribe them which will then facilitate evidence based micro dosing.
I am a member of the Medical Cannabis Clinicians Society and the Medicinal Institute of Education and have had expert medical cannabis training specifically for UK doctors.
I am registered with Script Assist which enables independent practitioners to prescribe medical cannabis in their existing clinics and is subjected to Streamlined Clinical Governance Data Lead Formulary and involves Doctor/ Patient Goal Setting.
I am the only Consultant Psychiatrist in the UK that offers any and all of these programs.
I consider myself to be one of the most forward and lateral thinking psychiatrists in the UK and my approach values integrity, perseverance, and curiosity.
I integrate traditional medical and psychiatric approaches and work closely with complementary healthcare practitioners registered with the Complimentary & Natural Healthcare Council and trauma informed expert coaches, working closely with Trauma Informed Coaches.
Thanks to a progressive career spanning three continents, patients can be assured of an approach that is international in outlook and sensitive to different cultures, expectations, and norms.