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Paige Oliver

PMHNP-BC, FNP-C
Owner, Founder, and Nurse Practitioner
Blooming Minds Psychiatry

Paige is a dual board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health and Family Nurse Practitioner dedicated to providing care for the underserved populations in rural South Georgia. She is a passionate advocate for reducing mental health stigma and improving access to quality psychiatric care within her community.

She is the founder and owner of Blooming Minds Psychiatry in Thomasville, Georgia. Through both her clinical practice, speaking engagements, and her social media platforms, Paige works to break down mental health stigma and create a supportive, welcoming space for conversations around mental wellness.

Paige has seven years of experience treating children, adolescents, and adults across outpatient, community-based, and private practice psychiatric settings. Her approach emphasizes integrative, whole-person care combining evidence-based psychopharmacology, holistic strategies, and a strong patient–clinician partnership to support lasting mental wellness.

Paige has also spent time in Haiti teaching and working alongside local nurses, contributing to the advancement of nursing education and training. Outside of work, Paige loves spending time with her husband and two daughters. She enjoys gardening, thrifting and antiquing—especially curating eclectic pieces for her office—and caring for chickens and goats on her homestead.

2027 Sessions

Little Patients, Big Decisions: Practical Pediatric Psychopharmacology

Psychopharmacologic treatment in children and adolescents requires balancing evidence-based care with the unique developmental, safety, and family considerations of younger patients. This session explores practical approaches to medication selection, dosing, monitoring, and treatment optimization for common pediatric psychiatric disorders. Faculty will highlight age-specific considerations, managing adverse effects, navigating complex prescribing decisions, and engaging patients and caregivers in shared decision-making to support safe, individualized, and effective care.

Speaker

Tuesday, April 13 1:50–2:50 PM
Co-Chair

Julie Carbray

PhD, PMHNP-BC, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Nursing
University of Illinois Chicago

Dr. Carbray holds her PhD (93) and Master of Science (88) degrees from Rush University, Chicago and her Bachelor of Science (87) degree from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. A Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Nursing at the University of Illinois Chicago, she has been practicing as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner over 35 years. As UIC faculty, Dr. Carbray teaches course content in psychopharmacology, mood disorders, and development and therapeutic interventions with children and adolescents for students across various multidisciplinary programs. As the Director of the Pediatric Mood Disorder Clinic, Dr. Carbray leads the clinical program and multidisciplinary training and is a nationally recognized clinical expert in children and adolescents with mood disorders. Dr. Carbray holds a national reputation of excellence in serving families of children with mood disorders, and was recognized with the UIC Preceptor of the year award, the Karen Gousman Excellence in Nursing Award, the American Psychiatric Nurses Association Best Practices in an Outpatient Program for Bipolar Disorder Award, the UIC Inspire Award, the APNA Distinguished Service Award and the Susan McCabe psychopharmacology lectureship from the International Society of Psychiatric Nurses. Dr Carbray has presented her work nationally and internationally and across communities and organizations including the American Girl Company. With a particular focus on helping families to help their children with mood disorders, Dr. Carbray has engaged in programs of research that are investigating the psychopharmacology of mood disorders, neurobiology of mood disorders, and neurobiologically informed treatments and family response to childhood mood disorders.

Faculty

Paige Oliver

PMHNP-BC, FNP-C
Owner, Founder, and Nurse Practitioner
Blooming Minds Psychiatry

Paige is a dual board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health and Family Nurse Practitioner dedicated to providing care for the underserved populations in rural South Georgia. She is a passionate advocate for reducing mental health stigma and improving access to quality psychiatric care within her community.

She is the founder and owner of Blooming Minds Psychiatry in Thomasville, Georgia. Through both her clinical practice, speaking engagements, and her social media platforms, Paige works to break down mental health stigma and create a supportive, welcoming space for conversations around mental wellness.

Paige has seven years of experience treating children, adolescents, and adults across outpatient, community-based, and private practice psychiatric settings. Her approach emphasizes integrative, whole-person care combining evidence-based psychopharmacology, holistic strategies, and a strong patient–clinician partnership to support lasting mental wellness.

Paige has also spent time in Haiti teaching and working alongside local nurses, contributing to the advancement of nursing education and training. Outside of work, Paige loves spending time with her husband and two daughters. She enjoys gardening, thrifting and antiquing—especially curating eclectic pieces for her office—and caring for chickens and goats on her homestead.
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