About Ashley
Ashley Johnnies is a licensed clinical social worker in Illinois with five years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and anger. Ashley emphasizes the strengths each person brings and supports them as they take the first steps toward change.
Ashley believes clients know their stories best. She combines listening with practical tools to help people handle painful feelings and tough situations. Sessions are focused and straightforward, with an emphasis on small changes that add up over time.
How Ashley works
Her work covers relationship and intimacy concerns as well as parenting strains and family-related stress. She also supports people coping with grief, body image worries, feelings of emptiness, and issues tied to abandonment or adoption and foster care. Ashley draws on several well-known approaches, including acceptance and commitment methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical skills, emotionally focused work, and client-centered listening.
She uses these methods to help people notice patterns, try new responses, and build routines that feel manageable. People who choose Ashley can expect a respectful, down-to-earth style. She aims to create a space for honest talk and practical problem solving.
The focus is on what the person wants to change and how to get there, step by step.
Ashley lists 9 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
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on noticing hard thoughts and feelings and choosing actions that match what matters most. It is useful for anxiety, stress, and feelings that get in the way of daily life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like worry and low mood. It often uses short exercises between sessions to practice new skills. Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers concrete skills for regulating emotions, handling conflict, and tolerating distress; it can be helpful for strong mood swings or frequent overwhelm.Ashley works collaboratively to find the best approach for each person. She will talk about goals and preferences and combine methods as needed. Deciding what fits happens over a few sessions so treatment matches the client's needs and pace.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face discussion and practicing skills together. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief updates, quick coaching, or when someone prefers typed communication. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and to keep regular contact between sessions.
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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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