Diane Nachamkin
MSN, CRNP, Nurse Practitioner (Medical Provider)
I am a nurse practitioner with more than 30 years of experience in cardiology. Throughout my career, I have cared for patients facing serious and life-changing illnesses in both hospital and outpatient settings. This work helped me understand that healing does not end with the body. Many patients continue to carry the emotional impact of illness, trauma, and uncertainty long after their medical treatment is complete.
My own experience with breast cancer deepened this understanding and led me to explore complementary approaches to healing, including mindfulness, acupuncture, yoga, and ketamine-assisted psychotherapy. These experiences changed the way I think about recovery and the importance of treating the whole person.
Today, I serve as a medical screener for ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, helping determine whether this treatment is medically appropriate and safe for each individual. I am also passionate about education and have had the opportunity to train and support other providers in understanding ketamine treatment, medical screening, and the collaborative role medical professionals play in this emerging field.
I firmly believe that the true power of ketamine treatment lies not in the medicine alone, but in the psychotherapy that surrounds it. In my experience, therapy is the “secret sauce” that helps turn powerful experiences into sustainable healing. While the medicine can create opportunity, it is the therapeutic relationship, preparation, and integration process that help patients make meaning of their experiences and translate them into lasting change.
My goal is to help patients and providers navigate ketamine-assisted psychotherapy with compassion, safety, and clinical clarity, while ensuring that innovative treatments are integrated thoughtfully and responsibly into mental health care.
Rate Breakdown
On each of the therapists’ bios appears an hourly fee. To estimate the costs of treatment you can multiply that fee by the number of hours outlined in the treatment options listed below.
Please note, many people do a variation of these treatment offerings over the course of their healing journey:
• 3hour in person Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy Session: You work with the therapist in person at the Ko-Op (1625 South Street).
• 1-3 hour Virtual Ketamine Session: You and your therapist decide what length of time you will meet online as part of your medicine session, and you’re only billed for that time. • At home medicine and the support of an individual therapist: You administer the medicine at home, on your own, in safe setting, and then meet with your therapist (in person or virtually) for Integration Sessions (50 min processing sessions) 1-4 times a month.• At home medicine and the support of the Integration Group: You administer your medicine at home, on your own, in a safe setting, and then attend a biweekly virtual Psychedelic Psychotherapy processing group led by a therapist. .