Ashley McClellan, MSN, APRN, FNP-C
Medication Management for Anxiety, ADHD + Postpartum Mental Health in Michigan
Ashley offers psychiatric medication management for teens and adults in Ann Arbor and online throughout Michigan, including support for ADHD, anxiety, depression, postpartum anxiety, postpartum depression, infertility-related distress, pregnancy loss, birth trauma, and trauma-related stress.
Her approach is thoughtful, collaborative, and grounded in the full picture: your symptoms, your history, your body, your stress, your sleep, your goals, and the actual life you are trying to function inside.
Support for the symptoms making life harder than it needs to be
Ashley works with teens and adults navigating ADHD, anxiety, depression, postpartum mental health concerns, infertility-related stress, pregnancy loss, birth trauma, trauma-related symptoms, mood changes, sleep struggles, and the annoyingly rude experience of trying to function while your brain and body are clearly not cooperating with the agenda.
A lot of people wait to ask about medication because they are still functioning.
Work is getting done.
School is happening.
Kids are alive.
Bills are mostly paid.
The calendar is somehow still standing.
But functioning is not the same as being okay.
If symptoms are taking more from you than they should, Ashley can help you understand what is happening and whether medication support can help you feel more like yourself again.
Medication support that looks at the whole picture
Ashley’s approach to medication management starts with one important belief: your symptoms are not floating around in space.
They are happening inside a real life.
A body. A brain. A history. A schedule. A stress load. A sleep pattern. A hormone situation. A school or work environment. A family system. A relationship. A season of life that may currently be doing the absolute most and then some.
So she takes time to understand what is actually happening before making recommendations.
Medication may be helpful. It may not be the next step. Either way, Ashley helps you sort through the options without pressure or shame.
If medication is recommended, you will talk through what it may help with, possible side effects, what to monitor, and when to follow up.
Her goal is care that feels clear, collaborative, and actually useful.
ADHD medication management for teens and adults
ADHD is not just messy backpacks and missed appointments.
It is the task you want to start but cannot.
The email you keep avoiding even though it will take two minutes.
The emotional reaction that feels too big for the moment.
The time blindness that makes everything either “right now” or “not real yet.”
The burnout from trying to force a brain to function in systems that were not exactly built with ADHD in mind.
For teens, ADHD may show up as school stress, missing assignments, procrastination, emotional overwhelm, irritability, low confidence, avoidance, or holding it together all day and falling apart at home.
For adults, ADHD may look like chronic overwhelm, unfinished tasks, missed details, decision fatigue, emotional intensity, relationship stress, parenting stress, and years of blaming yourself for patterns that were never actually about effort.
Ashley offers ADHD medication management for teens and adults with care that considers symptoms, strengths, anxiety, mood, sleep, functioning, past medications, side effects, and what support may help life feel less like a daily battle with your own brain.
Medication does not do your life for you (rude, honestly).
But it may help with focus, task initiation, follow-through, impulse control, and emotional regulation so the effort you are already putting in has a better chance of turning into something besides exhaustion and self-blame.
Medication support for anxiety + depression
Anxiety can make your brain act like everything is urgent, suspicious, dangerous, or somehow your fault.
Depression can make everything feel heavy, pointless, exhausting, or too far away to reach.
And when the two team up? 0/10. Terrible collaboration.
Ashley supports teens and adults navigating anxiety and depression with medication management that looks beyond the diagnosis and into the actual ways symptoms are messing with your life: sleep, appetite, energy, motivation, focus, mood, irritability, panic, intrusive thoughts, relationships, school, work, parenting, and your ability to exist without feeling like you are constantly bracing or disappearing.
Medication may help reduce the volume of anxiety or the heaviness of depression enough that you can access more of your life again.
More rest.
More focus.
More connection.
More ability to use the tools you already know.
More room for therapy to actually land.
Because you can understand exactly what is happening and still feel completely stuck inside it. That does not mean therapy is failing or you are failing. It may mean your symptoms need more support, and that is exactly where thoughtful medication support can become part of the conversation.
Medication support for postpartum mental health, infertility + pregnancy loss
Postpartum, infertility, pregnancy loss, and birth trauma can be tender, brutal, lonely, confusing, beautiful, devastating, boring, enraging, and wildly under-supported.
Ashley supports clients navigating postpartum anxiety, postpartum depression, infertility-related distress, pregnancy loss, birth trauma, grief, intrusive thoughts, panic, rage, mood changes, sleep disruption, feeding stress, and emotional overwhelm.
This is care for the real version of reproductive mental health.
The version where you can love your baby and still feel terrified.
Want a baby and feel wrecked by the process.
Where you can be grateful and grieving.
Be bonded and anxious.
Be functioning and absolutely not okay.
Medication support in this season should be thoughtful, informed, and respectful of the fact that these decisions are personal, emotional, medical, and often happening while you are completely exhausted. Ashley considers symptoms, history, safety, sleep, feeding plans, support, risks, benefits, and your goals so you can make decisions with real information instead of fear, shame, or whatever chaos the internet is serving today.
Ashley believes that suffering quietly is not the price of admission.
Not to pregnancy. Not to postpartum. Not to motherhood. Not to wanting a family.
You deserve care that makes room for the reality of this season of life: the love, the grief, the fear, the hope, the rage, the exhaustion, and the very real need for support.
Medication support for trauma-related symptoms
Sometimes the crisis is over, but your brain and body did not get the memo.
You are safe now, technically, but your sleep is a mess. Your chest is tight. Your mood is unpredictable. Your patience is gone. Your brain is replaying things you did not ask to rewatch. Your body is braced for impact over a normal Tuesday.
Ashley supports clients navigating trauma-related symptoms connected to birth trauma, pregnancy loss, infertility, medical experiences, military-connected life, and other overwhelming or high-stress experiences.
That may look like panic, nightmares, sleep disruption, intrusive thoughts, irritability, anxiety, depression, emotional overwhelm, difficulty concentrating, feeling constantly on edge, or having a hard time coming back down even when life is “supposed” to be normal again.
Medication does not erase trauma.
It does not rewrite the story or replace therapy, grief work, body-based healing, or time.
But it may help turn down the symptoms that keep making daily life feel like the crisis is still happening.
Ashley’s work is helping clients understand what medication may support, what it cannot do, and whether it may be one piece of getting more rest, more access to therapy, and more room to live outside survival mode.
Medication support for service members, veterans, first responders + healthcare workers
Some people are really good at holding it together.
Service members. Veterans. Military spouses. Healthcare workers. First responders. Caregivers. People in high-pressure roles where the expectation is basically: respond, perform, stay calm, keep going, and maybe process it emotionally never.
Ashley brings both lived and professional experience to this work. As a service member herself and with years of bedside care in hospital settings, she understands the pressure to function in systems where stress, crisis, long shifts, trauma exposure, responsibility, and emotional compartmentalization can become part of the job description.
She supports service members, veterans, military families, first responders and healthcare workers navigating anxiety, depression, burnout, sleep disruption, irritability, trauma-related stress, panic, emotional overwhelm, and the very specific exhaustion of being the “capable one” while also not being okay.
Being capable does not mean you do not need care. And being the person everyone counts on does not mean you should have to carry everything without support.
Ashley understands that being strong and needing support are not opposites. They are often happening at the exact same time which is why the care she provides makes room for both: the part of you that keeps going, and the part of you that is tired of pretending that should be enough.
Ashley’s approach is simple: ask better questions before making decisions.
She wants to understand the actual life your symptoms are happening inside: the sleep, the stress, the hormones, the school or work pressure, the parenting load, the grief, the trauma, the relationship dynamics, the past medication experiences, and the things you keep calling “fine” because explaining the full version sounds exhausting even to you.
Ashley is not here to push medication.
She is not here to clutch pearls about medication either.
She is here to help you understand what might help, what might not, what your options are, and what makes sense for your actual life.
ashley believes medication support should not feel like someone tossed a prescription into the void and wished your serotonin personal growth.
It should feel like care.
With context.
With follow-up.
With a provider who remembers there is a person attached to the symptoms.
Ashley may be a good fit for you if…
Get to Know Ashley
IDEAL VACATION:
Relaxing on the beach with nowhere to be and a good book in hand.
FAVORITE WAY TO UNWIND:
Reading in bed and snuggling up with my daughter.
a life-changing piece of advice you’ve received:
You don’t have to have everything figured out to take the next step.
skill you’re currently working on:
Creating balance—between caring for others, showing up professionally, and giving myself permission to rest.
favorite part about THIS ROLE:
Supporting people through some of life’s most vulnerable and transformative moments, and helping them feel informed, supported, and less alone in their care.
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Ashley provides evidence-based mental health care for clients ages 16 and older, with a clinical focus on:
Anxiety and depression (teens and adults)
ADHD (teens and adults)
Trauma-related stress, including PTSD
Perinatal anxiety and mood disorders (adult clients)
Postpartum anxiety and postpartum depression (adult clients)
Infertility-related emotional distress, including grief related to fertility treatment, pregnancy loss, and birth trauma
She offers comprehensive psychiatric evaluations, individualized treatment planning, medication management when appropriate, and supportive, patient-centered care.
Her approach integrates medical expertise with compassion, always tailored to each client’s unique life circumstances.
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Chamberlain University – Master of Science in Nursing (MSN)
South University – Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner (AANP)
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Ashley is able to accept:
Aetna (Commercial)
Ambetter
Blue Care Network
Blue Cross Complete
Blue Cross Blue Shield (Commercial)
Cofinity
First Health
Medicare Part B
Meridian Medicaid
Michigan Medicaid
Molina Marketplace
Molina Medicaid
Priority Health (Commercial, Medicaid + Medicare)
United Health (Commercial)
United Health Community Plan (Medicaid).
Her self-pay rates are:
Psychiatry Intake: (60 minutes): $250
Psychiatry Follow Up: (30-50 minutes): $150
Ready to work with Ashley?
You do not have to wait until everything is fully on fire before asking for help. A little smoke counts.
If ADHD, anxiety, depression, postpartum mental health concerns, infertility-related distress, trauma-related symptoms, military-connected stress, mood changes, or sleep struggles are making life harder than it needs to be, medication management may be worth talking about.
Ashley offers psychiatric medication management for teens and adults in Ann Arbor and online throughout Michigan.
You do not have to know exactly what you need.
You just have to know something is taking more from you than it should. Ashley can help you sort through the rest.
