Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coaching
How Ashley works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW, LICSW
- Licensed in
- Tennessee, Massachusetts
- Years in practice
- 7
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Ashley
Ashley Cole is a licensed social worker who helps people navigate major life changes and intense emotions. She uses practical, evidence-based techniques to reduce stress, anxiety, and depression. Ashley listens, teaches coping skills, and supports clients as they take steps forward.
She focuses on transitions such as relationship shifts, parenting changes, and career moves. She also works with issues like anger, grief, trauma and abuse, intimacy concerns, and self-esteem. Ashley helps people who feel stuck to identify small, manageable actions to regain momentum.
Background and approach
Sessions tend to be straightforward and action-oriented. She teaches skills for daily choices and helps clients practice different ways of responding to strong feelings. The work often includes talking through fears, planning next steps, and rehearsing new behaviors so changes feel doable.
Ashley brings seven years of clinical experience as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker. She has supported people facing caregiver stress, blended family challenges, communication problems, and midlife transitions. Her background includes helping clients dealing with grief, guilt, and multicultural concerns.
Therapy can include short-term coaching-style work or longer processes to address deeper patterns. People appreciate clear goals and a practical focus on what to try between sessions. Ashley offers services in Tennessee and conducts sessions in English.
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
- Family conflicts
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coaching
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches that guide online work and progress
Ashley uses straightforward, evidence-based techniques that focus on changing unhelpful patterns and building practical skills. One approach teaches how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact so clients can experiment with different responses to stress and anger. This helps when anxiety or mood get in the way of moving forward.Another approach centers on learning concrete coping tools and step-by-step behavior changes. Sessions include practicing new ways of responding to difficult emotions and planning small actions to build confidence. That method is helpful for grief, transitions, and managing intense reactions like anger.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Ashley collaborates with each person to identify goals, try methods, and adjust the plan as needed. She helps clients weigh what feels useful and what needs to change, so therapy fits their needs and preferences.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make participation more flexible. Video lets you see visual cues and have a fuller conversation. Phone sessions can fit into a work break or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging are useful for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or when writing feels easier than talking.
Questions people ask about Ashley
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, grief, trauma and relationship and intimacy issues, among other concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is practical and evidence based, focusing on skill teaching, problem solving, and steps you can try between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has seven years of clinical experience working with individuals on life transitions and emotional challenges.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She holds LCSW and LICSW credentials and practices in Tennessee.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are appointments available to international clients?
She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats does she offer?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are costs and getting started handled?
Cost varies by location and a subscription is used that can be canceled at any time; begin by selecting Start Therapy, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling based on availability.