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Ashley Johnson

Calm guidance for life’s hard moments

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Credentials
LPC
Experience
6 years
Licensed in
Alabama
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Ashley

Ashley Johnson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with six years of practice. She focuses on stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship concerns, self-esteem, depression, and LGBT-related issues. She also addresses family and intimacy-related problems, anger, and coping with life changes.

Her tone is straightforward and compassionate, offering a welcoming space for people who feel stuck or overwhelmed. Ashley uses practical steps and clear conversation to help clients sort through what matters most.

Background and approach

She leans on client-centered work to follow each person’s lead and uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy to teach new skills. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas also appear in her approach when people are trying to live more in line with their values. Clients can expect conversations that translate feelings into doable next steps.

Sessions often involve learning coping skills, practicing communication, and setting short-term goals. She aims to help people build routines that reduce distress and increase day-to-day functioning. Ashley brings experience with additional challenges such as attachment issues, codependency, substance use, dissociation, and grief around guilt or shame.

She also notes work related to gender dysphoria, HIV/AIDS, and first responder concerns. That variety informs her flexible style and practical toolbox. Her practice is based in Alabama and sessions are offered in English.

Ashley welcomes international clients and uses a mix of video, phone, chat, and text formats to make care accessible.

Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts without getting stuck in them and to take actions that match their values. It can be useful when someone wants to stop avoiding hard feelings and start living toward what matters. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and replacing them with practical alternatives. It often helps with anxiety, depression, and stress by teaching skills you can use right away.

Finding the best approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That means trying tools, seeing what helps, and adjusting the plan together rather than following a fixed protocol.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule or to work with a therapist across regions. The mix of formats also allows for ongoing support between meetings and different ways to practice skills in everyday life.

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.

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.

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.

Frequently asked questions

What issues does Ashley focus on?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship problems, self-esteem, depression, LGBT concerns, family issues, intimacy, anger, and coping with life changes.
What is her general therapy style?
Her style is straightforward and client-centered. She listens first, then suggests practical skills and steps to try between sessions.
What training and experience does she have?
Ashley has six years of professional experience as a therapist and uses a mix of therapeutic methods in her work.
Where is Ashley licensed and located?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with AL LPC LPC04723 and is based in Alabama.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
Therapy is provided via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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Experience
6 years
Licensed
Alabama
Languages
English

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