About Ashley
Ashley Goodey is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 11 years of experience helping people navigate loss, stress, and major life changes. She speaks plainly and meets people where they are. She aims to create a calm space for someone to tell their story and find steady ground.
Ashley draws on practical methods to help identify thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that affect daily life. She uses approaches that focus on the person's present concerns and strengths.
How Ashley works
Sessions often include gentle exploration of hard memories and concrete tools for coping with anxiety, grief, anger, or caregiver strain. Her background includes extensive work around bereavement and end-of-life concerns, including hospice and hospice-related issues. She helps people understand that grief does not follow a set order and that reactions can vary widely from one person to another.
This perspective shapes how she supports people through sudden or expected loss. Ashley also addresses stress tied to work, relationships, parenting, and aging. She offers strategies for managing compassion fatigue, improving self-esteem, and clarifying life purpose.
Practical steps and short-term goals are used alongside open conversation. Clients can expect a patient, compassionate approach that balances emotional processing with concrete coping skills. Ashley practices in California as an LCSW and works with people who want thoughtful support during challenging seasons.
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Forgiveness
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
How Ashley’s approaches work online
Ashley commonly uses client-centered therapy to help people feel heard and understood. That approach focuses on the person's experience and priorities, and it helps guide conversations toward what matters most to the individual.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. CBT provides practical strategies to reduce anxiety, lift mood, and change patterns that get in the way of daily functioning.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Ashley will work with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. That means trying techniques, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together over time.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people connect face to face when visual cues help. Phone sessions can be a shorter check-in or work better when bandwidth is limited. Chat and messaging make brief updates and ongoing support easier to fit into a busy day. These options help people keep therapy consistent while adapting to their schedules and preferences.
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