- Stress and anxiety
- Young adult issues
- CBT and ACT
About Ashley
Ashley Whitfield is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in GA and MS with 11 years of experience. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, parenting, depression, ADHD, grief, relationship and family concerns, and young adult issues. Ashley also lists work with trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, and career and life transitions.
Ashley has worked in schools, clinics, and community agencies. She also draws on personal experience as a parent when thinking about family strain and long-term effects of complex trauma. In practice she focuses on clear, practical steps clients can use between sessions.
Her approach combines ideas from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Existential Therapy. Sessions tend to look at current habits, how those habits affect daily life, and what small changes could ease distress and improve functioning.
Ashley often helps people break down big problems into manageable tasks. That can mean working on communication skills, setting goals for work or school, dealing with unexpected losses, or building strategies to manage mood and attention. She names codependency, communication problems, dissociation, and issues like seasonal mood shifts among areas she addresses.
She asks clients to approach therapy as a collaborative effort. Conversations cover current challenges, short-term steps, and practical coping tools. Prospective clients should confirm available session formats and scheduling when they reach out.
Therapeutic approaches and working online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying personal values and committing to actions that reflect those values, which can help with anxiety, life transitions, and feeling stuck. Client-Centered Therapy centers the conversation on the client's perspective, with the therapist listening deeply and supporting the client's own problem solving and self-direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact, and uses practical exercises to reduce unhelpful thinking and build new habits.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Ashley will review what feels most useful for the client's goals and try methods that match those needs. Decisions about which techniques to use are collaborative and can change as progress is made.
Confirm the session formats before booking since the biography does not list specific formats. Many people find online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Online work also lets a therapist and client practice skills in the settings where problems happen, and it can make it simpler to balance appointments with school or work commitments.
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Experience
11+ years
Listed in
Mississippi, Georgia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
Ashley works with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, young adult issues, ADHD, grief, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, and career matters.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses practical, task-focused sessions drawing on ACT, Client-Centered Therapy, CBT, DBT, and Existential approaches to address habits and daily functioning.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 11 years of clinical experience working in schools, clinics, and community agencies.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with credentials listed as GA LPC and MS LPC and is based in Mississippi.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
Please confirm current session formats before booking, as the biography does not specify which formats are offered.
How does cost work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with scheduling?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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