Ashley Burns
Thoughtful help for stress and family concerns
- Credentials
- LCPC
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed in
- Montana
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Ashley
Ashley Burns is a licensed clinical professional counselor practicing in Montana. She has seven years of experience and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. She also works with parenting challenges, family issues, trauma and abuse, and women's issues.
Ashley aims to make the first step into therapy feel less daunting for people who are worried or unsure. Ashley creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk about difficult feelings.
Background and approach
She encourages honest conversation and pays attention to the patterns people bring into sessions. Her style is direct but supportive, helping clients name what matters most and try practical next steps. In sessions she draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships shape present reactions.
She also uses Internal Family Systems to help people notice different parts of themselves and how those parts interact. These approaches guide conversations about connection, boundaries, and self-understanding. Ashley aims to work together with each person to set clear, realistic goals.
She listens for what feels manageable and adjusts pacing to fit each situation. Practical skills and steady reflection are both part of her work. Therapy with Ashley is offered in English and is delivered through several online formats.
Parents and adults seeking straightforward, empathetic support around family and parenting topics may find her approach helpful.
How attachment work and parts work translate to online therapy
Ashley uses Attachment-Based Therapy to explore how early bonds influence current feelings and reactions. This approach helps people notice patterns in close relationships and learn new ways to connect and set boundaries.She also uses Internal Family Systems to help clients identify different parts of themselves - for example a protective part or an anxious part - and to build more compassionate inner communication. This method can make emotions easier to understand and respond to without getting overwhelmed.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose which methods fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. Sessions can blend techniques and shift as progress happens.
Online therapy in her practice includes video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options let people access care from home, fit sessions around parenting and work, and check in between meetings when needed. The range of formats is intended to make it easier to keep therapy consistent and flexible around life demands.
Attachment-Based Therapy
Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Treats the mind as having distinct parts, each with its own worry or role, and works towards them being less at war with each other. Conversational, so it carries over to online sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also works with
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Montana
- Languages
- English
Next step
Talk to Ashley
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- Stop at any point