About Ashley
Ashley Perkins is a licensed clinical social worker in California with eight years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, intimacy concerns, self-esteem, and career challenges. Ashley combines a practical, empowerment-focused style with straightforward support to help clients move forward.
Ashley trained with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from UC Riverside and a Master of Social Work from Columbia University. She has worked across community activism, organizing, and women's health, and has experience in herbalism and public education through radio and events.
How Ashley works
Those varied roles shape a grounded, real-world approach to problems. In sessions she aims to make goals clear and doable. Conversations tend to center on small, practical steps that build confidence and reduce overwhelm.
She encourages clients to notice strengths they already have and to try new ways of relating to stress and relationships. Ashley often draws on her background in community work to support clients facing life transitions like divorce, pregnancy and childbirth, or caregiving strain. She pays attention to attachment and communication patterns that affect intimacy and self-worth.
She also supports people exploring life purpose, women’s issues, or ways to nurture self-love. Ashley’s public-facing experience as a speaker and organizer means she is comfortable helping clients prepare for real-world changes and decisions.
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.
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Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Approaches that meet you where you are online
Ashley draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and relationship patterns. One common emphasis is on understanding attachment dynamics - looking at how early patterns of relating show up now and affect intimacy and communication. That work helps people notice familiar responses and try new ways of connecting. She also focuses on skills for managing stress and anxiety, teaching short exercises and coping strategies that reduce overwhelm and improve daily functioning. Those tools can help with sleep, concentration, and day-to-day mood.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Ashley collaborates with each person to figure out which techniques fit their goals and preferences. Together they set clear, achievable objectives and adjust methods over time based on what is helpful.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet these goals. Video calls enable face-to-face conversation for deeper relational work, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between sessions, share brief updates, or have a shorter check-in during a break at work. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around a busy life, and Ashley will help choose the formats that best support each person's situation.
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