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Online therapist

Ashley Johnnies

Supportive LCSW for family and parenting concerns

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Credentials
LCSW
Experience
5 years
Licensed in
Illinois
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Ashley

Ashley Johnnies is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Illinois with five years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, depression, and relationship and parenting concerns. Ashley approaches each person as the expert on their own story and looks for strengths to build on.

She aims to make the first steps toward change feel doable and supported. Ashley uses straightforward, practical conversations to address what feels most urgent.

Background and approach

She listens closely and helps people name patterns that get in the way. Then she offers tools and small experiments to try between sessions. Sessions emphasize clear skills you can use at home.

Her training includes approaches that focus on thoughts, emotions, and values. That mix allows her to pull from different methods to match a person’s needs. She helps people practice new responses to stress, set boundaries, and repair connection where it matters.

Ashley works with concerns such as grief, intimacy-related issues, family strain, and parenting stress. She also has experience with adoption and foster care topics, caregiver strain, and a range of personality and behavior challenges. Her goal is to empower people to make steady, realistic changes.

The sessions are practical and collaborative. Ashley supports people who want clear skills and honest conversation. She helps clients take small steps that add up to lasting difference.

Therapeutic approaches and online options that fit your life

Ashley draws on cognitive behavioral therapy and client-centered therapy in her online practice. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, helps people spot unhelpful thoughts and learn practical skills to change them. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and building on a person’s strengths. That approach helps people feel heard and supported while they set goals.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Ashley will discuss which methods feel most useful for a person’s goals and adjust as needed. She aims to make those decisions collaboratively so therapy stays practical and relevant to daily life.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around parenting, work, and school schedules. They also let people try different ways of connecting until they find what works best. Licensed professionals, including Ashley, use these options to offer consistent care across locations while focusing on skills, communication, and emotional healing.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

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.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Ashley commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, depression, relationship and family issues, grief, intimacy-related concerns, and parenting challenges. Additional focus areas include adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, body image, and several personality and behavioral concerns.
What is Ashley's general therapy style?
Ashley uses a straightforward, collaborative style that emphasizes listening and practical skills. Sessions focus on identifying patterns, trying small experiments, and building useful tools to use between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
Ashley has five years of professional experience as a licensed social worker. That experience includes helping people with mood, stress, trauma, and relational issues.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LCSW licensure in Illinois with licence number IL LCSW 149029178 and practices in Illinois.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How do fees and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Ashley?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire. Then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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Experience
5 years
Licensed
Illinois
Languages
English

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