About Ashley
Ashley Johnson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Alabama who helps people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. She works with individuals facing addiction, self-esteem concerns, intimacy-related issues, anger, and life transitions. Ashley also supports people dealing with LGBT matters, family problems, and complex feelings like guilt and shame.
Her style is straightforward and person-centered. Sessions focus on understanding what feels off and building practical skills that fit daily life.
How Ashley works
She uses a blend of approaches to match each person’s needs, then focuses on small, manageable steps toward change. Over six years she has worked with people from diverse backgrounds and life situations. That experience informs a calm, respectful way of listening and responding.
Ashley pays attention to how attachment, communication patterns, and coping habits influence current struggles. Therapeutic work often includes learning to notice unhelpful thoughts, practice new ways to relate to emotions, and strengthen meaningful connections. She addresses topics such as codependency, control issues, dissociation, and substance use alongside mood and anxiety concerns.
Sessions also cover issues like gender dysphoria and HIV/AIDS when relevant. Ashley aims to help clients set realistic goals and try simple changes between sessions. She frames therapy as a collaborative process and encourages questions along the way.
To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to availability.
Ashley lists 14 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Alabama |
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Online support options
How online approaches shape practical change
Ashley uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take small steps toward a life they care about, even when painful thoughts or feelings are present. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going and teaches concrete ways to test and change those patterns.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Ashley will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. Together they check progress and adjust the plan so therapy stays useful and focused on real-life change.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow near face-to-face conversation, useful for deeper emotional work and skill practice. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to fit brief updates or coping support into a busy day. These options let people access licensed professionals from different locations and pick the format that matches their schedule and needs.
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