About Ashley
Ashley Cole helps people navigate stressful life transitions and the emotions that come with them. She is a licensed clinical social worker with both LCSW and LICSW credentials and she brings seven years of practice to each session. Ashley listens first and then helps people name the problem.
She focuses on reducing anxiety, depression, and stress tied to change. She also supports people who feel stuck at work or in relationships and who want practical steps to move forward.
How Ashley works
Her style emphasizes clear goals and skill building. Sessions include talking through immediate concerns and learning coping tools you can use between meetings. She also helps people sort grieving and loss, work through intimacy and relationship questions, and manage parenting or caregiver stress.
Ashley has experience supporting people facing trauma, anger, low self-esteem, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses issues related to LGBT identity, ADHD, multicultural concerns, and HIV/AIDS. Additional topics she works on include blended family issues, communication problems, divorce and separation, and fatherhood challenges.
People who choose her can expect a practical, supportive approach aimed at making daily life more manageable. She helps clients set small goals, practice new ways of responding, and track progress over time. Ashley sees clients in Tennessee and conducts sessions in English.
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
- Family conflicts
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Registers | LCSW, LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Tennessee |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How therapeutic approaches work in online sessions
Evidence-based approaches focus on practical strategies and skill building to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. For example, a problem-solving approach helps people break large problems into manageable steps and create clear action plans to address career, family, or life-change challenges. A skills-based approach teaches coping tools for anxiety, stress, and depressive symptoms so people have concrete techniques to use between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will review goals, preferences, and daily routines and then suggest methods to try. Clients and the therapist check progress and adjust the plan so the treatment fits what the person needs and wants. This is a collaborative process aimed at practical change.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video lets people see facial cues and have a longer conversation, phone calls can fit a busy day or use less bandwidth, live chat makes short check-ins easy, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it possible to keep therapy consistent despite work, caregiving, or travel demands.
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