Therapist profile
Ashley Cole, LCSW, LICSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Family and life changes
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- Stress and anxiety
- Parenting challenges
- Career transitions
About Ashley
Ashley Cole is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW in Tennessee and holds a Massachusetts LICSW. She has seven years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, parenting strains, and major life changes. She also addresses relationship and intimacy concerns, grief and trauma, and career or role transitions that affect everyday life.
Ashley focuses on practical steps people can use when change feels overwhelming. She listens, reflects what she hears, and teaches skills to reduce anxiety and low mood. When someone is unsure how to move forward after a breakup, a job shift, or a loss, she helps them name the problem and try new ways of coping.
Her work often centers on making decisions and taking action. That includes looking at communication patterns, handling the stress of caregiving, and managing blended family challenges. She also supports people dealing with anger, guilt, isolation, and struggles around fatherhood or parenting roles.
Ashley draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people practice concrete skills. Sessions include talking through current problems, learning coping strategies, and planning small steps that fit daily life. She frames work as collaborative problem solving rather than long lectures.
How sessions work
Evidence-based techniques for everyday family and life stress
Ashley uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear, usable skills. One common approach is problem-solving work that breaks a big issue into small steps and practical actions. This helps when someone feels stuck by a career barrier, parenting pressure, or a tough decision.Another approach emphasizes emotion regulation and coping strategies. That work teaches ways to notice intense feelings, slow down reactivity, and choose responses that reduce anxiety or anger in daily life. These skills are useful for grief, trauma reactions, and stress from caregiving or blended family change.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with the client about their goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust based on what helps. Sessions are a place to test strategies and plan next steps together rather than follow a single fixed method.
Confirm current session options before booking to know which formats are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow short check-ins that slot into a lunch break or between responsibilities. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises for video or voice sessions and help clients practice skills that carry into the home.
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Experience
7+ years
Listed in
Tennessee, Massachusetts
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, parenting strains, relationship and intimacy issues, and life transitions.
How would she describe her approach in sessions?
She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on practical skills, problem solving, and coping strategies to reduce anxiety and improve daily functioning.
How much experience does she have?
Ashley has seven years of clinical experience working with adults on stress, family-related concerns, career shifts, and emotional recovery after loss.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Tennessee and a LICSW in Massachusetts, and she practices from Tennessee.
Does she work in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can I have sessions with international time zones?
She does not accept international clients currently.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to start working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
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