About Ashley
Ashley Patton is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Pennsylvania with eight years of practice. She focuses on helping people cope when life feels overwhelming. Ashley listens closely and works alongside clients to find realistic ways forward.
She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and ADHD-related struggles. She also supports those facing relationship strain, grief, trauma and abuse, and substance use concerns. Her practice includes work around sleep, eating, anger, self-esteem, and career pressures.
Background and approach
Ashley blends practical tools with straightforward conversation. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors. She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Motivational Interviewing to build coping skills and boost motivation.
Sessions focus on clear goals and small, doable steps. Clients and Ashley together prioritize what matters most and try strategies that fit daily life. She adapts methods to each person rather than following a fixed script.
Her experience spans many settings and populations, which informs a flexible, strengths-based approach. Ashley emphasizes compassion and steady problem solving. The aim is to leave people with skills they can use between sessions and confidence to face ongoing challenges.
How these approaches translate to online work
Ashley uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different actions. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and many everyday struggles. She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach coping skills for intense emotions and interpersonal stress. DBT tools can help with anger regulation, self-soothing, and managing strong reactions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Ashley collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort. She checks in about what is or is not helpful and adjusts the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility for different routines. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a lunch break or work with limited bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to check in between sessions or use shorter, frequent touchpoints. These options can help people practice skills in real time and keep momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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