Victoria D (Faustino) Schmitt DNP, ANP-BC, PMHNP-BC

Summary

• Victoria D. Schmitt, DNP, ANP-BC, PMHNP-BC, is a board-certified Psychiatric-Mental Health and Adult Nurse Practitioner based in Joliet, Illinois. She earned her Doctor of Nursing Practice from the University of Tampa in 2024, graduating with Highest Honors. She currently work as a psychiatric advanced practice nurse at Joliet Center for Clinical Research since 2020.
  
  With more than 30 years of nursing experience across psychiatric, primary, palliative, and long-term care settings, she provides compassionate, individualized care for patients with PTSD, depression, anxiety, OCD, ADHD, and bipolar disorder. Her approach integrates medication management and psychotherapy to support whole-person well-being.
  
  In 2025, she presented at the International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses (ISPN) conference on implementing a cyberbullying protocol in a mental health clinic. She is also the author of Helping Little Hearts with Big Feelings, a children’s book series that helps young readers understand emotions and navigate experiences such as loss, adoption, anxiety, autism, and ADHD while encouraging compassion, acceptance, and resilience.