About Robin McKinley, FNP-BC
Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP-C) & Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (completed boards pending)
Robin McKinley
MSN, FNP-C, PMHNP, boards pendingFounder & Integrative Nurse Practitioner
Robin is a board-certified Nurse Practitioner who uniquely bridges modern medicine with consciousness-based healing. Her curiosity about consciousness began with discovering the power of energy work, which led her to develop a daily meditation practice and explore hypnosis, deepening her understanding of the root causes of human suffering.
This awareness led her to open her practice in May 2022, creating a space for transformation where Eastern and Western healing philosophies coexist, integrating mindset guidance, consciousness exploration, energy work, guided meditation, and hypnosis with ketamine therapy.
Today, Awaken Ketamine Healing Studio focuses on supportive ketamine therapy with preparation and integration support for individuals experiencing treatment-resistant depression, chronic anxiety, PTSD, OCD, and other complex mental health challenges. Her approach blends medical oversight with her unique integration model, helping clients see themselves more fully, understand the unity of mind, body, and spirit, and cultivate a return to wholeness, drawing on the work of Carl Jung and Dr. David R. Hawkins.
She shares this philosophy more broadly through her book, Ketamine, Consciousness & the Art of Integration, which offers readers a framework for integrating psychedelic and ketamine experiences into lasting personal growth.
Academic & Clinical Foundations
Robin earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Massachusetts Lowell in 2003. She spent nine years at Lawrence General Hospital, beginning in medical-surgical nursing and later working five years in the Emergency Center.
In 2012, she completed her Master of Science in Nursing at UMass Lowell, going on to practice as a primary care provider at Greater Lawrence Family Health Center and New England Community Medical Services.
Robin completed a year-long fellowship in Integrative Psychiatry at the Integrative Psychiatry Institute, a certificate in ketamine-assisted therapy at Resilience Behavioral Health Solutions, and a Post-Master’s Certificate as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, boards pending.
- Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP-C), AANP
- Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) boards pending, Master's Level
- Integrative Psychiatry Certification, IPI (1-Year Fellowship)
- Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) Certification
- ACLS & CPR Certified
Awaken is a single-practitioner practice where Robin provides all clinical services.
- New Hampshire: Licensed, active DEA registration. Ketamine therapy services are provided on-site.
- New York: Licensed, active DEA registration. Ketamine services are provided only in a retreat setting.
- Massachusetts: Licensed. Services are limited to non-controlled substance care.
- Master Practitioner, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)
- Hypnosis Training: NLP and Private training with Rhea Marceris, Master Hypnotherapist
- Reiki Master & Integrated Energy Therapy (IET)
- Barbara Brennan Healing Light Workshop
Complementary practices support clients but are not intended to diagnose or treat medical conditions.