Ashley Simos
Direct, practical support for life changes
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed in
- New York
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Ashley
Ashley Simos is a licensed clinical social worker with eight years of experience helping people manage addiction, anxiety, depression, and stress. She meets people where they are and talks plainly about what’s getting in the way. Her tone is direct yet warm, and she values honesty and practical steps over jargon.
Her approach blends compassion with clear feedback. She uses humor and gentle challenge to point out patterns people repeat.
Background and approach
Sessions emphasize real-world skills that clients can use between meetings to feel less overwhelmed. Many clients present as high-functioning but report feeling mentally exhausted, stuck, or unable to stop repeating old patterns. Ashley focuses on identifying those cycles and testing small changes that lead to different results.
She also works with issues around codependency, communication problems, control struggles, guilt and shame, and finding life purpose. Ashley supports people dealing with panic attacks, impulsivity, and smoking or vaping cessation alongside broader concerns like relationship stress and family problems. She frames progress as gradual and shaped by practice, not perfection.
Sessions are offered in English and take place online through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Her practice uses a subscription model that clients can cancel at any time, and session cost varies with location and therapist availability.
Evidence-based approaches and online care that fit your life
Many of Ashley’s techniques focus on concrete, evidence-based tools that make day-to-day life easier. One common approach she uses teaches practical skills to manage racing thoughts and panic attacks, such as brief breathing and grounding practices paired with planning for situational triggers. These strategies help people feel more steady in the moment and better able to respond to stressful events.She also works on changing unhelpful behavior patterns by identifying triggers and testing small, realistic changes. This kind of work targets impulsivity, codependency, and repeated relationship patterns by breaking them into manageable steps and tracking progress between sessions.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. Ashley will collaborate with each person to pick techniques that match their goals and comfort level. She adjusts methods over time based on what is working and what needs more practice.
Online sessions offer practical benefits for busy lives. Video calls let conversations feel face-to-face, while phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging provide flexibility for those who need shorter check-ins or have irregular schedules. These options make it easier to use therapy consistently and apply skills in real time.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
Next step
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