About Ashley
Ashley Johnson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and relationship struggles. She keeps sessions straightforward and practical so parents and busy people can focus on what matters most. Her style aims to make emotional challenges easier to understand and handle.
She has six years of experience in counseling and draws on several therapy approaches to meet individual needs. Sessions often center on helping clients build coping skills, manage intense feelings, and set realistic life goals.
Background and approach
She emphasizes clear steps clients can try between sessions. Ashley pays attention to how attachment and past relationships shape current patterns. She helps people untangle codependency, control issues, and communication problems so they feel less stuck.
Work around grief, guilt, shame, and emptiness is framed in manageable pieces. For problems connected to addiction, dissociation, or disruptive mood patterns, she blends practical strategies with emotion-focused work. First responder stress and HIV / AIDS related concerns are included in her focus areas.
Gender dysphoria and LGBT-related matters are also listed as areas she addresses. Her sessions use plain language and a steady, collaborative pace. People can expect a mix of skills training, emotion processing, and values-based goal setting.
Ashley invites questions and will work with each person to find an approach that fits their situation.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and then take small steps toward what matters most. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and getting unstuck from avoidance patterns.Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early bonds shape relationship patterns today and helps people practice new ways of connecting and communicating. This approach often helps with codependency, intimacy issues, and trust concerns.
Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work collaboratively with each person to figure out which methods fit their goals and preferences. Choices can shift as needs change, and sessions will mix techniques to match what is most helpful.
Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and focused skill practice. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or on-the-go check-ins are needed. Live chat and text work well for shorter check-ins, ongoing support between sessions, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to access licensed professionals from different locations.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Alabama
- Languages
- English