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MEET THE PROVIDER

At Enlighten Healthcare, our highly skilled and experienced care provider has the patients’ best interest and well-being at heart.

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"Don’t die with your music still in you"
Dr. Wayne Dyer

Tonya Auck, PMHNP-BC

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner 

Tonya is a board-certified mental health nurse practitioner that has been providing quality care in the community since 2012.   She has worked on an inpatient psychiatric unit providing crisis stabilization, medication management, and supportive therapy.  She obtained her Master's of Science in Nursing degree at University of North Dakota.   She was born and raised in New Rockford, North Dakota moving to Bismarck in 2001.  An active member in the community, she can be found volunteering at church, praying, meditating, fishing, spending time with family, playing volleyball, and working out.  Her goal is to guide clients to explore mind, body, and spiritual health.  She will direct you to community resources that aid in your treatment.  Tonya is willing to explore faith-based values and prayer at your comfort level.  January 1st, 2023, Tonya became a stroke survivor being completely paralyzed on her left side.  She truly understands rewiring the brain building new pathways in-order to walk and type again.  She had strong faith that got her through such a trying time.  Now she uses her healing by the glory of God to help others struggling.  

Community Involvement 

  • Board member for Families Flourish previously known as PCAND helping fight against child abuse and neglect. 

      https://www.pcand.org/staff-and-board

  • Presenting speaker at University of Mary on Depression. 

  • Presenting speaker at Longterm Care Association on behavioral health crisis in the geriatric population.  

  • Panelist  speaker at North Dakota Nurses Association on nursing entrepeneurship. 

  • Yearly sponsor and supporter for over 10 years at the Out of Darkness Suicide Prevention walk.

  • Yearly supporter for over 10 years at Designer Genes walk supporting downs syndrome.    

  • Mission trip work through Evangel. 

  • Longtime supporter of the Great American Bike Race.

       https://www.kfyrtv.com/2021/08/19/sanford-psychalists-help-patients-inside-outside-clinic/

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