- Stress and anxiety
- Life transitions
- Grief and loss
About Ashley
Ashley Cole is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Tennessee and a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) in Massachusetts with seven years of experience. She helps people who are facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, and major life changes. She also supports concerns related to parenting, career decisions, and LGBTQ issues.
Ashley focuses on practical steps people can use day to day. She listens, teaches coping skills, and helps reduce the stress and anxiety that often come with transitions. In sessions she breaks problems into manageable parts and works with clients to try different approaches until something fits.
Her background includes work with trauma and abuse, intimacy-related struggles, and anger management. She also addresses blended family issues, caregiver stress, communication problems, and divorce or separation challenges. Ashley brings experience supporting people with ADHD, compassion fatigue, and questions around life purpose and midlife changes.
Sessions often include skills practice, planning next steps, and talking through barriers to change. Ashley pays attention to how work and family demands affect daily choices, and she supports people who want to make concrete changes at home or in their careers. She helps people work through grief and loss and navigate the emotional side of big decisions.
People meet her to learn ways to cope with overwhelming emotions, to reduce avoidance, and to move forward when plans stall. To start, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session to discuss goals and next steps.
How Ashley uses evidence-based techniques in online sessions
Many clients work on anxiety, stress, and life transition challenges through evidence-based techniques that teach concrete skills. Cognitive-based strategies focus on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing more useful ways of thinking; these techniques can reduce worry and help people approach social situations with small steps. Behavioral approaches emphasize practical action - breaking goals into manageable tasks, practicing new behaviors, and tracking progress to change avoidance patterns.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Ashley will collaborate with each person to decide which techniques feel most useful, adapting methods to match goals, schedule, and how someone prefers to work. The plan can change as progress is made and new needs arise.
The practical benefits of remote sessions include fitting therapy into a busy day and keeping appointments without long travel. Because session formats were not specified in the biography, confirm current session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to maintain continuity of care, practice skills between meetings, and check in more frequently when life gets busy.
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Experience
7+ years
Listed in
Tennessee, Massachusetts
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Ashley address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, parenting and career issues, among other life changes.
What is her approach in sessions?
Sessions focus on listening, teaching coping skills, breaking problems into steps, and trying approaches that fit the client's situation.
How much experience does she have?
She has seven years of clinical experience working with a range of concerns including trauma, intimacy issues, and caregiver stress.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is listed as LCSW in Tennessee and LICSW in Massachusetts and practices out of Tennessee.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Does she work with clients outside the U.S.?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does her pricing work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.