About Ashley
Ashley Cross is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with ten years of experience helping people through hard seasons. She works with individuals facing anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, parenting strain, and major life changes. Sessions begin gently so clients can move at a comfortable pace.
Ashley creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk through what brought them in. She uses a person-centered style that focuses on each person’s strengths and goals.
How Ashley works
That means the conversation starts with where the client is now, not a preset roadmap. In practice she often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and routines. She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotion regulation and Client-Centered Therapy to keep the focus on the client's priorities.
Motivational Interviewing and Emotionally-Focused Therapy inform how she supports change and relationships. Ashley helps people with specific concerns like stress, ADHD, anger, compassion fatigue, and burnout. She also addresses issues tied to family life such as attachment, blended family challenges, adoption or foster care concerns, and communication problems.
She offers practical tools for coping and clearer ways to make decisions. Outside of work Ashley stays active at the gym and enjoys time with family and friends at outdoor festivals. Her approach aims to help people build a life that feels more balanced and aligned with personal values.
Ashley lists 7 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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Louisiana |
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Online support options
How Ashley's Approaches Work Online
Ashley often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy in her online work. CBT focuses on identifying thought patterns and testing practical changes to daily habits, which helps with anxiety, depression, and mood concerns. DBT teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving tolerance for distress, and strengthening relationships.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Ashley starts by listening to current struggles, goals, and what has or hasn't worked before. Then she suggests strategies and checks in often so the plan can shift when needed. This collaborative process helps clients feel involved and understood as therapy moves forward.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or messaging works well for brief check-ins or when someone prefers text. These options make it simpler to fit sessions into a busy life and to use therapy tools between meetings.
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