Ashley Paxton-Watts

LCSW, 23 years of experience
Open-minded
Solution oriented
Authentic
VirtualAvailable

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 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 cope with ongoing health problems and life challenges. I help Patients reach effective solutions to their varied life challenges and problems. I believe that each individual can overcome struggles and learn ways to heal. 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 with 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, and learn skills to handle life challenges and manage mental health symptoms. My commitment is to help you grow and make changes that are important to you to move forward in your life and cope effectively. 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.

Get to know me

In our first session together, here's what you can expect

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.

The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions

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)

The clients I'm best positioned to serve

All age groups with varying mental health disorders. New patient appointments and follow up therapy sessions.

Specialties

Top specialties

Anxiety

Other specialties

ADHD

Addiction

I identify as

Serves ages

Children (6 to 12)

Teenagers (13 to 17)

Licensed in

Florida

Accepts

Location

Virtual

My 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.

, 23 ratings

2 ratings with written reviews

November 17, 2025

I’ve had a few months with her & I have seen a lot of progress in myself. If you present her with an issue you’re have she will not only give you a solution she will provide documents to help you cope with whatever you are facing. I’m very satisfied!

Verified client, age 35-44
Review shared after session 6 with Ashley

March 17, 2025

This session was great. I was given some tools to work on, and how to move forward in my situation. I will be meeting with Dr. Ashley in one month and hopefully, with the advice that was given, I will see some improvement in my situation.

Verified client, age 65+
Review shared after session 1 with Ashley