Cindy Dunkle, RN, MSN, PMHNP-BC

Cindy is an experienced board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner from Corning, Ohio, a small town in Rural Appalachia with two decades of experience in nursing as a provider and a nurse educator. She specializes in adult (18+) mental health and wellness through assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mental health conditions with education, medication management, supportive psychotherapy, and other integrative treatment modalities for patients living with depression, anxiety, stress and trauma related disorders, substance use disorder, bipolar disorders, schizophrenia and a variety of other mental health issues.  

Cindy studied at Ohio University where she initially received a Master of Science Degree in Nursing Education and was the mental health instructor at Hocking College for 6 years before going back to pursue a Post-Master’s Degree in Nursing, specializing as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner at Ohio University. She has experience  in both inpatient and outpatient psychiatric settings.
 

Cindy is empathetic, open-minded and non-judgmental. She believes there is a strong connection between mental and physical health, and that together positive changes can be made through finding practical and achievable ways to help each person reach their goals. People are the experts in recognizing their needs, so she encourages them to be active participants in their care through collaboration and by validating their feelings and lived experiences.