Lumin Health adds Harvard Divinity students to ketamine care team

Lumin Health will become an official field education site for Harvard Divinity School, bringing Master of Divinity and Master of Theological Studies students into chaplaincy and spiritual care roles for patients receiving ketamine treatment. The program starts in fall 2026 and aims to add a deeper spiritual dimension to mental health care.

Why it matters: - Lumin Health is adding spiritual care to its ketamine treatment model for patients with treatment-resistant depression. - The partnership gives Harvard Divinity School students real-world clinical training in chaplaincy and patient support. - The program is designed to broaden care beyond symptoms and address emotional and spiritual needs during treatment.

What happened: - Lumin Health announced it will become an official field education site affiliated with Harvard Divinity School. - Harvard Divinity School students in the Master of Divinity and Master of Theological Studies programs will provide chaplaincy and spiritual care to patients receiving ketamine treatment. - Lumin Health will welcome its first Harvard Divinity School students in fall 2026. - Dr. Matthew J. Mosquera, Lumin Health’s psychiatrist and regional medical director, will serve as the program lead.

The details: - Students will join interested patients in processing sessions. - Students will help patients with uncertainty and meaning-making during ketamine-based treatments. - Board-certified chaplain Tara Deonauth, MDiv ’21, will supervise the students. - The program is expected to expand over time to include group-based work. - The HDS Field Education Program combines guided learning with theory and practice. - Lumin Health joins about 100 accredited field education sites affiliated with Harvard Divinity School. - Those sites include parishes, schools, community social justice organizations, hospitals and other health care institutions. - Lumin Health operates five locations across Massachusetts and Maryland. - Lumin Health offers insurance-covered medically supervised esketamine, sold as Spravato, and ketamine-based treatment in outpatient settings. - The company describes itself as one of the largest providers of esketamine and ketamine therapy in the country. - Harvard Divinity School is a nonsectarian school focused on religious and theological studies. - Harvard Divinity School prepares students for academic study, religious leadership and service roles across sectors. - Lumin Health’s contact information listed Trevor DeHaan and a phone number, plus the company’s LinkedIn page.

Between the lines: - The partnership reflects growing interest in pairing psychedelic-adjacent mental health care with chaplaincy and spiritual support. - Lumin Health is using the program to deepen its clinical model while also creating a training environment for future chaplains. - The move suggests the company wants to differentiate its treatment setting by emphasizing whole-person care. - Dr. Ben Yudkoff, Lumin Health’s CMO and co-founder, said chaplains can help patients find meaning in powerful moments of change and transformation. - Deonauth said she has seen how valuable spiritual care can be for people receiving ketamine-based treatments.

What's next: - The first Harvard Divinity School students are expected to begin field education at Lumin Health in fall 2026. - The program will likely broaden from one-on-one processing sessions into group-based support as it develops. - Lumin Health and Harvard Divinity School will continue integrating clinical treatment and spiritual care through the affiliation. - More information is available on Lumin Health’s website and Harvard Divinity School’s website.