Bernard Ashlock
Supportive counselor for family concerns
- Credentials
- LCPC
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed in
- Kansas
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Bernard
Bernard Ashlock is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) based in Kansas. He brings 23 years of experience working with stress, anxiety, depression, parenting concerns, trauma and abuse, relationship issues, grief, anger, self-esteem, career questions, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes. His profile notes additional focus on aging and geriatric issues and blended family issues.
He works in a straightforward, supportive way to help parents and adults talk through problems and try steps that feel manageable.
Background and approach
Bernard uses clear, practical conversations in sessions. He helps people notice what has worked before and what gets in the way now. He favors short-term tools when those fit the situation, and can shift to deeper trauma-focused work when needed.
Sessions are an active process - reflection, guidance, and practice outside sessions are common. His background includes roles in a crisis stabilization hospital and clinic, medical hospital settings, and independent practice. He has provided individual and group therapy for children, adolescents, adults, and senior adults.
He also taught as an adjunct professor at two colleges and holds a Clinical Trauma Professional certification. Bernard combines experience in medical and community settings with practical strategies parents can use at home. He aims to help caregivers find clearer options and reduce daily stress.
Conversations focus on doable changes and on building skills that fit a family’s routine. People looking for help with parenting or family-related strain will find a therapist who leans toward concrete steps and collaborative problem solving. Bernard encourages clients to explore their own answers while he offers structure, feedback, and tools to move forward.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Bernard commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Trauma-Focused Therapy in his work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing small behavioral changes to improve mood and reduce anxiety. It is useful for stress, worry, depression, and many everyday struggles.Trauma-Focused Therapy is oriented toward understanding and processing the effects of traumatic events. It helps people reduce the hold of painful memories and learn coping strategies for triggers, flashbacks, or intense emotions.
Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about problems, goals, and preferences, then try methods that match those needs. Sessions may shift over time if different tools or a deeper approach seem helpful.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy families and adults. Video calls let people have a face-to-face conversation from home, while phone sessions are an alternative when video is not possible. Live chat and text-based messaging allow shorter check-ins, coaching, or written reflections between full sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around school, work, and caregiving responsibilities while keeping treatment consistent.
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.
Solution-Focused Therapy
Rather than examining the problem at length, this looks at what is already working and builds on it. Sessions tend to be practical and forward-looking, with small achievable steps, which translates readily to shorter online conversations.
Trauma-Focused Therapy
Work that takes difficult past experience into account and moves at a pace you set, with attention to feeling steady before anything else. Being in your own space can make that easier for some people.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- Kansas
- Languages
- English
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