About Ashley
Ashley Howell is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in North Carolina. She focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, low self-esteem, or compassion fatigue. Ashley aims to offer calm, practical support and clear steps people can try between sessions.
Ashley uses straightforward talk therapy and evidence-based tools to help people manage strong emotions and daily pressures. She draws on Client-Centered Therapy to listen carefully and center each person’s priorities.
How Ashley works
She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to break unhelpful thinking patterns and teach coping skills. Her background includes seven years of clinical work and case management in medical and community settings. That experience informs how she helps people cope with chronic illness, caregiving stress, hospice and end-of-life concerns, and medical-related trauma.
She also supports people facing career strain, life transitions, and family conflict. Ashley integrates mindfulness practices and motivational interviewing when a person wants tools to manage panic, obsessive thoughts, or lingering post-traumatic stress symptoms. She offers practical exercises, breathing and grounding techniques, and step-by-step plans tailored to each person’s situation.
Sessions can include resource planning, communication skill building, and strategies to reduce isolation and burnout. Her approach is collaborative and paced to each person’s comfort. She works with adults across the lifespan and adapts methods to match life stage and needs.
Ashley lists 8 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.
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Ashley often uses Client-Centered Therapy to make sessions about the person’s priorities and to create a nonjudgmental space for talking. This approach helps people clarify goals and feel heard. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thoughts and build concrete coping strategies for anxiety, panic, or depressive symptoms. CBT focuses on practical skill-building and short exercises that people can use between sessions.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist and client review needs, goals, and preferences and then try methods that seem likely to help. If an approach doesn't fit, they adjust course and choose another path that better matches the person’s situation.
Online therapy is offered by licensed professionals through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is low or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, written reflection, or fitting therapy into a busy schedule. These formats make it easier to access care from different locations and on varied schedules.
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