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Ryan Kemp

Clinical psychologist and Director of Therapies at Central & North West London NHS Foundation Trust; Honorary Professor of Clinical Practice at Brunel University London, known for his expertise in addiction.

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Sep 22, 2026

When the future gets smaller: Dr Ryan Kemp on addiction

Sep 22 · 26m

Ross McIntoshHOST

7:11

And has that phenomenological perspective changed over the years for you?

7:19

Yeah, I think so.

7:20

I, I, you know, I think when you first start working with addicts, it's quite hard work.

7:24

And, um, you know, I, I've often joked that it's not a career for someone who wants to be successful because most of the people you work with relapse.

7:35

In fact, relapse is by definition what addiction is.

7:40

So you're going to face the fact that you're gonna see someone you worked with a few months ago, and they made good progress, maybe they stopped using, et cetera, back in your waiting room just a few months later.

7:55

Now, at first, I took that quite personally.

12 MINS LATER

Ross McIntoshHOST

20:07

Mm-hmm