Nigel Strauss
Dr Nigel Strauss FRANZCP is a psychiatrist best known for his longstanding interest in Psychedelic Medicines and their safe introduction into Clinical Psychiatric Practice in Australia. He is currently a Consultant Psychiatrist at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne and an Adjunct Clinical Associate within the School of Health Sciences Swinburne University.
Dr Strauss graduated as a medical doctor at Melbourne University in 1973 and became a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists in 1978. He did post graduate studies at the Jung Institute in Zurich and has been a Consultant Psychiatrist in Private Practice since 1980.Between 1983 and 2023 he ran the Millswyn Clinic in Melbourne, a Private Outpatient Psychiatric Facility.
He trained as a MAPS certified psychedelic psychotherapist in the UK in 2014. He was a Psychedelic Psychotherapist in the first Psilocybin-Assisted Psychotherapy Trial in modern era Australia using this treatment for the management of end-of-life anxiety and depression. He was a Psychedelic Psychotherapist in the first Australian trial using psilocybin assisted therapy for treatment resistant depression.
Dr Strauss, together with MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies), is currently sponsoring a trial at Monash University using MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy for the treatment of PTSD in veterans and first responders.
Dr Strauss served on the Royal Australian College of Psychiatrists Steering Committee advising on Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy and its safe introduction into Clinical Practice in Australia. He has appeared in several educational podcasts about Psychedelics and has given a number of public presentations about Psychedelic Medicines.
