About Ashley
Dr. Ashley Ascherl Pechek helps people facing relationship struggles, stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and questions about identity and intimacy. She also supports concerns like grief, parenting challenges, career stress, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and issues related to military service and self-harm.
Ashley is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, based in Colorado with 15 years of experience. Her style is straightforward and warm. She listens first, then helps clients set clear goals.
How Ashley works
Sessions focus on what matters now and on practical steps that fit each person’s life. She uses familiar methods like talking through patterns, testing small changes, and building skills that reduce distress. Ashley blends approaches to suit individual needs.
She draws from client-centered work to make clients feel heard. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to tackle unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also brings in emotionally focused and solution-oriented tools when relationships or quick problem solving are the priority.
Her background includes a Master of Arts in Community Counseling and a Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision. She also teaches in an online counseling program, which keeps her connected to current practice and training. Those roles inform how she explains things plainly and offers step-by-step plans.
People meet Ashley for practical help rather than jargon. She aims to create clear next steps, whether someone needs a few sessions to solve a problem or longer support for deeper change.
Ashley lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Ashley works with
The areas below are the ones Ashley selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Self-harm
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Colorado |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy centers on the person in front of the clinician. It means the therapist listens deeply, reflects what matters to you, and follows your lead to set goals and next steps. This approach helps when someone needs empathy and clear direction before changing behaviors.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It uses simple exercises to test unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. CBT is often useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and building coping skills that make daily life easier.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy concentrates on patterns in close relationships. It helps people name feelings, change interaction patterns, and rebuild emotional connection. This work can help when intimacy, attachment, or repeated conflicts are causing pain.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to your concerns, goals, and preferences, then recommend methods to try. Decisions are collaborative and may shift as progress is made.
Online sessions offer flexibility and practical access. Video calls let conversations feel face to face. Phone sessions are useful when video is difficult or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging can serve as brief check-ins, quick problem solving, or support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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