Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
How Ashley works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Louisiana, Maine, Utah
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Ashley
Ashley Cross is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with ten years of experience supporting people through tough moments. She works with adults facing anxiety, depression, bipolar symptoms, anger, parenting strain, career stress, and major life changes. Sessions start gently so clients can share at their own pace.
Ashley aims to build a trusting, non-judgmental space. She meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps they can use between sessions.
Background and approach
Early meetings often involve listening, clarifying immediate concerns, and setting small goals. She often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different patterns of thinking and behavior. Client-Centered Therapy shapes how she listens and responds, keeping the person’s goals central to the work.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills can be added to build emotion regulation and distress tolerance when needed. Ashley has experience with trauma and abuse, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and issues around abandonment or attachment. She also supports people handling family problems, divorce, blended family challenges, and caregiving stress.
Her approach is practical and focused on skill-building as well as emotional understanding. People who choose Ashley can expect calm coaching, clear steps to practice, and a focus on strengths. Outside work she stays active, values family time, and enjoys outdoor festivals with friends.
What Ashley works with
Everything Ashley lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Ashley's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- 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
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Ashley lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Ashley draws from Client-Centered Therapy to shape sessions so the person feels heard and in control of goals. This approach focuses on active listening and reflecting back what matters to the client, which works well in video or phone conversations.She often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. CBT in online sessions can include short between-session exercises, thought records, and behavior experiments that fit into daily routines.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are used when emotional regulation or distress tolerance is needed. These skills can be taught in brief coaching moments during live chat or practiced and reinforced across video or text exchanges.
Ashley treats finding the right approach as a collaborative process. She will work with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences, and adjust those methods over time based on what helps most.
Online formats offer flexibility for varied schedules and needs. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction, phone sessions require less bandwidth, live chat can suit brief check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and keep progress moving forward.
Questions people ask about Ashley
What concerns does Ashley address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar symptoms, anger, parenting strain, career stress, trauma and related concerns.
What is her general therapy style?
She uses a person-centered style that emphasizes listening, collaboration, and practical skill building to handle daily challenges.
How much experience does she have?
Ashley has worked in the field for 10 years as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds LCSW credentials in Utah and Louisiana and practices from Louisiana.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Appointments can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.