Ashley Cross
Calm, practical support for family and parenting concerns
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed in
- Louisiana, Maine, Utah
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Ashley
Ashley Cross is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with ten years of experience supporting people through tough life moments. She practices in Louisiana and works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, parenting challenges, and other family-related struggles. Sessions begin gently so people can move at their own pace without pressure to share everything right away.
Ashley keeps the room calm and straightforward. She listens first, then helps people identify small, manageable steps they can try between sessions.
Background and approach
Her manner is practical and warm, focused on clear skills and real-world changes rather than long theory talks. She often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy to follow each person’s lead and build on their strengths.
When needed, she brings in techniques from Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy to address intense emotions and relationship concerns. Ashley has worked with clients dealing with trauma, grief, caregiver stress, blended family issues, adoption and foster care matters, and communication problems. She also supports those coping with anger, abandonment, body image, and life transitions.
Her approach is flexible and tailored to the situation in front of her. Outside of work she stays active, spends time with family, and enjoys local outdoor events. That balance helps her bring steady attention and practical ideas into sessions.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions that fit your life
Ashley commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and change small daily behaviors. CBT is practical and often focuses on skills you can practice between sessions to reduce anxiety or low mood.She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy, which means she follows the client’s lead and builds on their strengths. This approach helps people feel heard and makes it easier to set goals that matter to them. When emotions run high, elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy can be introduced to teach distress tolerance and emotion regulation skills.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Ashley will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and together decide which methods to try first. That collaborative process means plans can change as needs evolve.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to attend sessions from home, on a break, or while traveling, and they allow a mix of real-time conversations and written check-ins when that helps move progress forward.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana, Maine, Utah
- Languages
- English
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