Jessica Duranko

Jessica Duranko, DNP-c, PMHNP-BC, is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner who is passionate about helping children, adolescents, and adults achieve lasting emotional wellness through compassionate, individualized care. She believes that every patient deserves to feel heard, understood, and supported, and strives to build trusting therapeutic relationships where patients feel comfortable discussing their concerns without judgment.

Jessica completed her graduate education at Fairfield University, where she earned a 4.0 GPA and received the Outstanding Scholastic Achievement Award. She is currently completing her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) at Fairfield University.

Jessica has extensive experience caring for individuals across a variety of psychiatric settings. Prior to becoming a nurse practitioner, she worked as a psychiatric registered nurse at St. Vincent’s Behavioral Health Center, caring for children and adolescents requiring inpatient psychiatric treatment, as well as at Newport Academy, where she provided psychiatric nursing care to young adults in a residential treatment setting. She also completed her graduate clinical training at Coastal Connecticut Counseling, where she conducted comprehensive psychiatric evaluations, diagnostic assessments, medication management, and psychotherapy for patients across the lifespan before joining the practice as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner.

Jessica takes a collaborative, evidence-based approach to treatment, recognizing that mental health care is not one-size-fits-all. She works closely with each patient to develop personalized treatment plans that may include medication management, supportive psychotherapy, psychoeducation, and lifestyle recommendations tailored to each individual’s goals and needs. Her clinical interests include anxiety disorders, depression, ADHD, trauma-related disorders, mood disorders, and women’s mental health.

She is board certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) and is licensed as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in New York and as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse in Connecticut.

Outside of the office, Jessica enjoys spending time with family and friends, skiing, golfing, staying active outdoors, and exploring all that New England has to offer.