Ashley Paxton-Watts
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Kentucky, Georgia, and Florida. Experienced Clinical Social Worker with an extensive background providing behavioral health treatment and work in the healthcare industry to assist in bettering lives and health. Clinical experience with outpatient, inpatient, residential treatment, partial hospitalization (PHP), intensive outpatient (IOP) programs, and Telehealth. Skilled in providing specialized mental health assessments and evidence-based therapeutic techniques. I have a diverse background to help with your current struggles and mental health symptoms. I provide individual therapy, family therapy, and couples counseling. I help Patients with newly diagnosed conditions and to learn ways to deal with ongoing health problems and life challenges. I help Patients reach effective solutions to their varied challenges and problems. I believe that each individual can overcome struggles and learn ways to cope and make lifestyle changes. I have worked with children, adolescents, and adults with a wide range of problems and diagnosis including trauma, personality disorders, serious mental illness (SMI), sleep difficulties, anxiety, stress, career difficulties, anger, depression, grief and loss, ADHD, and adjustment issues and transitions. I help with family conflicts, marital problems, relationship struggles, and couples in varying stages of their relationship from pre-marital counseling, divorce, remarriage, co-parenting, blended family issues, and family court-related issues. I help Patients develop healthy coping strategies, problem-solve, learn skills to handle challenges, and with symptom management.
I have been practicing in behavioral health for 23 years and I have a diverse background to help with your current struggles and mental health symptoms.
I provide Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Nightmares (CBT-N), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), family systems modalities, Solution Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy (TF-CBT), Somatic Therapy, Nervous System Regulation, Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Life Coaching, and EAP counseling.
First session
Intake session where I get to know you, your needs, what you want to get out of coming to therapy, and trust and rapport building. You can discuss your needs and emotions openly and feel safe in the virtual therapy room. During our follow up therapy sessions it is your time to use as needed, but I am also here to support you and help you learn new skills to manage your mental health symptoms.
Strengths
LCSW in FL, GA, and KY Certifications and Trainings - Certified Anxiety Informed Professional (CAIP) NLP and Life Coaching Parenting Coordination (PC) Certified Dialectical Behavior Therapy (C-DBT) Certified Personality Disorder Treatment Provider (C-PD) Certified Somatic Therapy Practitioner (CSTFP) Nervous System Regulation Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Nightmares (CBT-N) Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Emotional Support Animal evaluations (ESA)
Ideal clients
All age groups with varying mental health disorders. New patient appointments and follow up therapy sessions.
Treatment methods
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
Individual therapy and group therapy. Certified DBT Therapist C-DBT, Certified Personality Disorder Treatment Provider C-PD. Emotion regulation skills, distress tolerance skills, interpersonal effectiveness skills, mindfulness skills training.
Child-Parent Psychotherapy
Individual, couples, and family therapy sessions. CBT, family focused therapy, attachment based family therapy, psychoeducation, symptom management, child development and ages and stages, problem solving, behavior modification, Parenting Coordination, and specialized mental health assessments.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Individual, couples, and family therapy sessions. CBT-I for Sleep difficulties and insomnia and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Nightmares (CBT-N). CBT for anxiety and depression. Exposure therapy, relaxation techniques, problem solving skills, psychoeducation, skills training, behavioral experiments, behavioral contracts, thought records and cognitive restructuring.
Solution-Focused Brief Treatment
Individual, couples, and family therapy sessions. Goal setting, motivational interviewing, CBT, problem solving, developing coping skills, strategies to reduce symptoms, and improve skills.
Trauma-Informed Care
Individual, couples, and family therapy sessions. CPT, Somatic therapy, Polyvagal therapy, Nervous system Regulation, TF-CBT, CBT, mindfulness and grounding, developing coping skills, strategies to reduce symptoms, and improve skills.
Location
Virtual sessions