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Hi, I’m Ashley. I’m a licensed clinical social worker with over 12 years of experience supporting individuals through life’s most challenging moments. Originally from California, I’ve spent the past eight years living in the Southeast, which has enriched my perspective and allowed me to work closely with a wide range of individuals and communities. Throughout my career, I’ve provided therapy across a variety of settings, including Women’s Health, Inpatient Psychiatry, Domestic Violence services, Active Duty Military and Veterans’ programs, and Community Mental Health. This broad clinical experience has shaped my holistic, compassionate approach to care. I currently offer therapy to clients in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Ohio, California, Virginia, Maryland, Texas, and New Jersey. My approach to therapy is client-centered, collaborative, and rooted in evidence-based practices. I believe in meeting clients where they are, creating a space that is safe, supportive, and free of judgment. Together, we’ll work on building resilience, improving emotional regulation, and developing practical strategies to help you move forward with confidence and clarity.
In our first session together, we'll start with brief introductions to build rapport, then dive into the specific challenges you're facing. This will help me create a tailored plan for us to work through in follow-up sessions.
My biggest strength is that I stress the importance of being personable. In order to build rapport, I feel it is important to be welcoming, understanding, and empathetic. My goal is to create a trusting and supportive therapeutic alliance.
My ideal client is someone who's going through it. Maybe they just had a baby and don't feel like themselves, they're struggling through a fertility journey, grieving a loss, or carrying the weight of a high-stress career like first responder work. They're tired, maybe a little overwhelmed, and ready to finally prioritize themselves. I have a special place in my heart for women navigating reproductive mental health including postpartum struggles, pregnancy loss, infertility, and perimenopause because I've lived it too. I know what it's like to smile through the hard parts and quietly wonder if it ever gets better. It does, and I'd love to help get you there. I also genuinely love working with first responders. I get the culture, the unspoken rules, and how hard it can be to ask for help when your whole identity is built around being the strong one. You don't have to have it all figured out to work with me. You just have to be willing to show up. If you're ready to feel more like yourself again, I'm here for it.
I identify as
Interpersonal
Becoming a parent, navigating a pregnancy loss, struggling through infertility, or adjusting to the changes that come with perimenopause can quietly reshape how you see yourself and how you show up in your relationships. Interpersonal Psychotherapy, or IPT, is an evidence-based approach that helps you work through the emotional weight of these transitions by focusing on the relationships and life changes that are impacting your mental health most. I have a deep passion for reproductive mental health because I've walked this road personally. I know how isolating it can feel when you're supposed to be glowing but instead feel lost, disconnected, or unlike yourself. IPT gives us a structured, compassionate space to process what you're going through, strengthen your support system, and help you find your footing again. You deserve to feel supported through every season of your reproductive journey, and that's exactly what this work is about.
Culturally Sensitive Therapy
Culturally sensitive care is an approach to healthcare delivery that recognizes and respects the unique cultural background of each patient. It acknowledges the impact of culture on a person's beliefs, values, customs, and lifestyle.
Trauma Informed Care
The intention of Trauma-Informed Care is not to treat symptoms or issues related to sexual, physical or emotional abuse or any other form of trauma but rather to provide support services in a way that is accessible and appropriate to those who may have experienced trauma
EMDR
Sometimes talk therapy alone doesn't quite get to the root of what we're carrying. That's where EMDR comes in. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is an evidence-based therapy that helps your brain process painful or traumatic memories that may still be affecting how you feel and function today. It's not about reliving what happened. It's about taking away the emotional charge so that the past stops showing up uninvited in your present. I use EMDR with clients navigating trauma, PTSD, anxiety, and reproductive mental health experiences like birth trauma or pregnancy loss. Many clients are surprised by how powerful and freeing the process can be.
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
If you've ever felt like your emotions go from zero to one hundred faster than you'd like, or that stress just hits differently for you, DBT might be exactly what you need. Dialectical Behavior Therapy is a skills-based, evidence-based approach that helps you build a toolkit for managing intense emotions, tolerating hard moments without making things worse, and communicating in ways that actually bring people closer instead of pushing them away. The word "dialectical" simply means finding balance between two things that feel opposite, like accepting yourself as you are while also working toward change. That balance is something I genuinely believe in and bring into every session. DBT is especially helpful for people dealing with anxiety, depression, trauma, overwhelming stress, or just the feeling that their emotions are running the show. Together we work on practical, real life skills that you can start using right away, not just inside the therapy room but in your everyday life too.
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April 29, 2025
I have always been on the fence about therapy, but Ashley has made my experience such a pleasant and inviting journey.