Ocean Ray (They/Them)
PMHNP-BC
Queer & Neurodivergent-Affirming Psychiatry in
Nashville, TN
Psychiatric medication management and collaborative mental health care for ADHD, OCD, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, PTSD, DID, and more.
Ocean brings a trauma-informed, sex-positive, body-inclusive approach to psychiatry, with care centered on listening, collaboration, and helping you understand your options without feeling rushed or dismissed.
Psychiatric Medication Management
Explore medication options collaboratively and at your own pace.Queer & Trans-Centered Psychiatry
Care that understands identity, embodiment, and the systems affecting mental health.Neurodivergent-Centered Care
Support for ADHD, OCD, autism, sensory needs, and different ways of processing the world.
Board Certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Masters of Science in Nursing, Frontier Nursing University, 2024
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
ABOUT OCEAN
Hi, I’m Ocean. I’m a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner providing psychiatry and medication management for people who want care that feels collaborative, affirming, and grounded in the full context of their lives.
I work with people who are struggling with coping with OCD, ADHD, depression, bipolar, anxiety, DID, PTSD. with people who are chronically ill, students, queer and trans. I hope people feel like they are listened to and that their concerns, worries, needs are heard.
Are you suffering from depression, anxiety, AD/HD, or other mental health struggles and wanting to explore how psychiatric medications might be able to help you?
As a psychiatric nurse practitioner, I am curious, active, and engaged. I focus on listening to my clients. I deeply enjoy thoroughly talking through options and collaborating with you, your families, and loved ones so you have the information you need to make the best decisions for your care.
I embrace a sex-positive, trauma-informed, neurodivergent-affirming, and Health at Every Size approach seeing good and strength in all bodies and all beings.
My journey of ten years working as a registered nurse led me to my psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) training, as well as my ongoing study of the body-based and somatic healing practices that shape my practice emphasizing education, mindfulness, and embodiment.
Outside of my work with clients, I am active in systems work focused on decolonization of mental health and deconstruction of how oppression and societal institutions contribute to mental and physical health disorders. I also enjoy forest bathing, music, audiobooks, cooking & eating, hiking, bicycling, paddleboarding, swimming, dancing, and hanging out with my friends, family, partner, two dogs and two horses!
I’m excited to meet you wherever you are on your own path! Click below to reach out and schedule your free consultation so we can begin to co-create your healing work!
LIVED IDENTITY & EXPERIENCE
Neurodivergent, trans/non-binary
Healthcare worker
ADHD
OCD
Anxiety & depression
COMMUNITIES I OFTEN WORK WITH
Trans, non-binary
Non-binary
Queer
Chronically ill
MY APPROACH TO THERAPY
I have been told that people feel like they have never been listened to by a psychiatry provider, and that seeing me was the first time they felt heard. That makes me feel like I am doing a good job, that i am doing what I set out to do, and treating people how I would like to be treated in my own psychiatric treatment. I have also been on the patient end of this relationship.
Frequently Asked Questions
Still have questions? Take a look at the FAQ or reach out anytime. If you’re feeling ready, go ahead and schedule a free consultation.
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People come to me when their symptoms are no longer tolerable and they want to explore medication as an option
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I want people to feel safe, seen and supported.
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I love my clients, I love that they show up so fully for their own treatment and what they share with me. they are courageous and smart and they teach me things all the time, about the experience of mental health struggles, the clever ways they cope, their humor about it I love when people feel like they can be vulnerable with me, it is an honor! I really love the work that I do and its nearly 100% because of the people I work with, that i provide care to.
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I value my chosen family and the ways they help me survive, bring levity and joy to my life
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I love swimming, spending time with my friends, deep conversations, trees, mountains, rivers, creeks. Meditation, ceramics, camping, hiking, gardening, acting, the desert, sheep, goats, horses, paddleboarding, bird watching, my dogs!
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I think it would be my own experience as a psychiatry patient/client.
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I like to include the patient/client in the decisions we make about treatment, I like to look at the whole picture including peoples' sleep, relationships, stress, living situation, and other things that are contributing to symptoms so changes can be made outside of just medicatons
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Healing takes a lifetime. I believe that what healing means is that the things that have hurt us never truly go away but our relationships to them change, we are better able to cope, and accept ourselves as we are
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It’s amazing when people show up and tell me "my anxiety/OCD/depression/ADHD, etc is less of an issue and my life has more joy and ease.
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Like I said its so all about my clients and I love when they come back to me feeling better after some medication change
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Resting is the best and I love it and highly encourage it. I like to tell myself that resting is just as "productive" as anything you are doing that is more active. We should all put it on our to-do lists