About Ashley
Ashley Goodey is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in California. She brings 11 years of clinical experience and focuses on helping people who are struggling with grief, anxiety, depression, stress, and life changes. She aims to create a calm space where people can say what they need and be heard.
Ashley listens first and works from what each person says matters to them. She uses clear, practical techniques to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and make small changes in day-to-day life.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and paced to fit where someone is in their healing. Her work with bereavement includes supporting people through a wide range of reactions to loss. She helps people understand that grief does not follow a single path and that strong feelings can come and go.
That experience is applied to other major life changes as well. Ashley also focuses on caregiver stress, aging and geriatric concerns, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and forgiveness work. She helps people manage compassion fatigue and the practical strains that come with caregiving roles.
In sessions she uses approaches such as cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness practices, narrative work, and motivational interviewing. These methods are used flexibly to match each person's situation and goals. Her aim is to help people find balance, regain strength, and move toward clearer next steps.
How therapy approaches translate online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the person's lead. Online sessions let the therapist respond to what matters most in the moment and adjust pacing to each session. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people spot patterns in thoughts and behaviors and try small experiments to change them. In an online session this can include talking through thought records, setting short homework tasks, and checking progress together. Mindfulness Therapy teaches attention and grounding strategies to reduce reactivity and improve focus. Online meetings can include guided breathing, short meditations, and real-time practice where the therapist guides the exercise.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the person to pick methods that fit their needs, goals, and daily routine. That may mean mixing techniques and adjusting plans over time so the methods feel useful and do not become another stressor.
Online formats offered include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for fuller face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a work break. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins, journaling prompts, or follow-up between sessions. Together these options give flexibility to match scheduling, energy levels, and communication preferences.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Forgiveness
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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