Rachel Schlink, DNP, PMHNP-BC (She/Her)

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Meet Rachel Schlink, DNP, PMHNP-BC, a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner at Innovative Treatment Centers specializing in trauma, depression, anxiety, ADHD, and substance use.

The person behind the care

About Rachel Schlink

Rachel Schlink believes that people have internal strengths that can be supported and activated.

Rachel provides evidence-based psychiatric care for people of all ages. Her clinical practice integrates comprehensive diagnostic assessment with individualized treatment planning, including medication management and cognitive-behavioral interventions. Rachel is committed to delivering care that is clinically rigorous, trauma-informed, and responsive to the developmental and environmental factors that shape mental health.

During periods of distress, strengths and motivations can become difficult to recognize. Rachel helps patients clarify what matters to them, identify barriers to progress, and build practical strategies that support meaningful change. She brings a steady, grounded presence to treatment, creating a space where people can speak openly, examine difficult experiences, and feel supported as they work toward improved functioning.

Her clinical work is rooted in collaboration, clear communication, and respect for each person’s goals and lived experience. She helps people to recognize existing strengths and develop new skills that support progress and stability. Rachel focuses on identifying patterns, building practical strategies for symptom management, and promoting long-term resilience. Her care emphasizes measurable progress, patient education, and treatment plans that align with best-practice guidelines.

Rachel's path into mental health care was shaped in part by nearly a decade in the military, where she worked with service members navigating difficult circumstances within a complex environment. Those experiences gave her an appreciation for both resilience and the realities of what people sometimes have to carry. They also helped shape a principle that continues to guide her care today: people deserve support that helps them find purpose, build useful tools, and move toward the things that matter to them.

Rachel knows that the way forward will look different for every person. She listens for what matters to them, what may be standing in the way, and where there might be room for something to shift. Her care is practical, but never one-size-fits-all; it is about helping people find what works for them, recognize what they already carry within themselves, and uncover a little more of what they are capable of along the way.

Outside the clinic, Rachel values time with loved ones, movement, humor, and being outdoors.

For Rachel, hope and healing involve recognizing when support is needed and using that support to build effective tools for moving forward. She believes that seeking help does not diminish a person’s strengths; it can create the space to see possibilities that were harder to notice before.

The Light sHe Hopes You Find

“You can move forward, even when it feels difficult, and you already have more tools than you realize.”

- Rachel

You deserve to feel better.

Let's explore what's possible, together.