Better Care and Better Understanding

Ms. Ashley Graves is a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, whom specializes in the evaluation and treatment of mental health conditions. Ms. Graves was born and raised in Blount County, Alabama. She attended the University of Alabama at Birmingham and completed her undergraduate studies in Psychology. She then worked as a Nationally Registered Paramedic throughout Blount, Jefferson and St. Clair Counties and was an adjunct instructor for Wallace State Community College EMS Program for 7 years. She then returned to the University of Alabama at Birmingham and graduated with honors from the Accelerated Masters of Nursing Program in 2014 and graduated from the Family Nurse Practitioner Program in 2017. Ms. Graves graduated with her Post-Masters Certification as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2020.

Ms. Graves has experience in treating a broad spectrum of mental health conditions, including, but not limited to: depression, anxiety disorders, ADHD, mood disorders, OCD, PMDD, PTSD, and schizophrenia. She has experience as a psychiatric nurse and as a nurse practitioner treating patients of all ages from pediatrics to geriatrics and from all arenas such as: inpatient, outpatient and long-term care facilities. Ms. Graves primarily provides mental health evaluations and medication management services.