NASHVILLE KETAMINE CENTER

The Southeast's First and Longest Standing Ketamine Clinic.

Psychiatrist Led. Patient Focused.

Experience Matters. Relief Starts Here.

Founded in 2012 and still led by psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Barton, Nashville Ketamine Center combines deep clinical expertise, compassionate care, and individualized treatment to help patients find relief from depression, trauma, anxiety, and other challenging mental health conditions.

Experience

1000s of Treatments Safely Provided

Ownership

Psychiatrist Founded and Led

Founded

Established 2012

Training

Harvard Trained Psychiatrist

WHY PATIENTS CHOOSE US

Why Patients Choose Nashville Ketamine Center

When Nashville Ketamine Center opened in 2012, ketamine treatment for depression was still largely unfamiliar outside of research settings. More than a decade later, our approach remains the same: thoughtful psychiatric care, individualized treatment, and genuine respect for every patient’s story.

Experience Matters

Experience and clinical care at Nashville Ketamine Center

Founded in 2012, Nashville Ketamine Center was the first ketamine clinic in the Southeast and remains led by its founder, psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Barton.

Psychiatrist Led From the Beginning

Dr. Daniel Barton speaking with a patient in a treatment room

Ketamine treatment is only one part of understanding a person’s story. Psychiatric experience matters when symptoms, medications, history, and safety all need to be considered together.

Individualized Care

A quiet treatment room at Nashville Ketamine Center

No two patients arrive with the same history, challenges, or goals. Treatment recommendations are tailored to the individual rather than following a one size fits all approach.

Thoughtful and Supportive Environment

Supportive care during ketamine treatment

Seeking help can feel vulnerable. Our goal is to create a setting where patients feel welcomed, respected, and genuinely cared for throughout their treatment process.

Dr. Daniel Barton, founder of Nashville Ketamine Center

Meet Dr. Daniel Barton

For more than twenty-five years, I have had the privilege of practicing psychiatry and helping people who are struggling with depression, trauma, anxiety, and other forms of emotional suffering.

I founded Nashville Ketamine Center in 2012 as the first ketamine clinic in the Southeast. At the time, ketamine treatment for depression was still largely confined to research settings, but I believed there needed to be additional options for people who continued to struggle despite medications, psychotherapy, and other traditional treatments.

Over nearly a decade and a half of working with ketamine, one lesson has remained constant: meaningful treatment begins with understanding the person, not just the diagnosis. My goal is not simply to provide ketamine treatment. It is to understand each person’s story well enough to determine whether ketamine is a safe and appropriate option for that particular situation.

No two patients are alike, and neither is the care they receive.

Learn more about Dr. Barton and The Team

WHAT MAKES KETAMINE SO DIFFERENT?

Opening
New
Possibilities

For the first time in a long time,
change feels possible again.

One of the most difficult aspects of depression, trauma, and anxiety is that they can gradually narrow our sense of what is possible.

Depression can convince us that nothing will ever change. Trauma can keep us tethered to experiences that feel as though they are still happening. Anxiety can make the future seem increasingly small.

One of the reasons ketamine has generated so much interest in psychiatry is that it appears to temporarily increase the brain’s capacity for adaptation and change. Rather than repeatedly falling into the same familiar patterns, the brain may become more capable of forming new ones.

Many researchers believe this increased flexibility may be one of the reasons some people experience surprisingly rapid improvements in mood and perspective.

During treatment, many people describe becoming less caught in long-standing patterns of thinking and feeling. The circumstances of their lives may not have changed, but their relationship to those circumstances often begins to shift. Thoughts that once felt fixed may seem less absolute, making room for new perspectives that previously felt out of reach.

While every person’s experience is different, many patients describe something remarkably similar:

For the first time in a long time, change feels possible again.

Learn More About How Ketamine Works

Could Ketamine
Help Me?

People seek ketamine treatment for many different reasons. Some have struggled for years despite medications and therapy. Others are searching for a treatment that works differently than traditional antidepressants. During your consultation, we'll discuss your individual history and determine whether ketamine treatment may be an appropriate option.