About Ashley
Ashley Donahue is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) practicing in Illinois. She brings 12 years of clinical experience and focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. Ashley uses practical, straightforward methods so conversations feel useful from the first session.
Ashley draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to guide sessions. She helps people notice how thoughts and actions interact, then builds simple steps to change what’s not working.
How Ashley works
Mindfulness and Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques are added when they fit the person’s goals. Her work covers many topics parents often worry about, such as parenting strain, sleep problems, anger, and relationship struggles. She also supports people facing grief, trauma and abuse, ADHD, bipolar concerns, and career stress.
Additional focus areas include attachment, communication problems, and family of origin issues. Ashley tends to keep things concrete. Sessions typically include short teaching, practice of skills, and planning for real-life situations between visits.
She meets each person where they are and adjusts tools to match daily life demands. People looking for a steady, skills-focused approach will find a clear path forward. The goal is better coping and clearer choices, not jargon.
Ashley aims to help clients make small changes that add up to meaningful improvements.
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
- Family conflicts
- Depression
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
Using ACT and CBT online to build practical skills
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most and take small steps toward those values even when hard feelings are present. It is useful for anxiety, stress, low mood, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete techniques to change unhelpful patterns; it often helps with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and impulsivity. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) adds skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication when emotions feel overwhelming.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick or combine methods that match their goals and daily routines. Together they test tools, track what helps, and adjust the plan so it fits the client’s needs and preferences.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people work face-to-face from wherever they are. Phone sessions are a good option when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging allow short check-ins, coaching between sessions, or ongoing support without a full session. These options make it easier to use therapy around work, family, or school schedules.
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