Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
How Ashley works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Kentucky
- Years in practice
- 11
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Ashley
Ashley Reid is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, anger, trauma, and low self-esteem. She works with individuals dealing with life changes, grief, mood concerns, ADHD, and relationship or parenting strain. Ashley writes plainly and listens closely to understand what matters most to each person.
Ashley keeps sessions practical. She helps clients name what’s causing distress and build steps to manage it day to day.
Background and approach
Conversations cover coping skills, emotional awareness, and ways to handle strong feelings like anger so they interfere less with daily life. Her approach values the client as the expert on their own story. Ashley draws on 11 years of experience as a social worker and on what people bring into the room.
She offers clear feedback, encouragement, and tools people can try between meetings. Ashley has a background rooted in Kentucky and holds a Master of Social Work and the LCSW credential. She has supported people with trauma, compassion fatigue, bipolar disorder, eating and body image concerns, and complex life histories including adoption and attachment issues.
Sessions aim to be straightforward and goal-focused. Ashley helps people set small, achievable steps and checks in on progress. Her style is supportive and direct, with an emphasis on practical change and steady improvement.
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
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Young adult issues
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Ashley uses evidence-based techniques that focus on skills and emotional regulation. One common approach teaches practical coping tools for managing intense emotions like anger and anxiety; clients learn breathing, grounding, and action steps to reduce reactivity. Another approach centers on processing trauma and stressful events in small, manageable pieces so memories and feelings become less overwhelming over time.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Ashley collaborates with each person to identify which techniques fit their goals, pace, and everyday life, adjusting plans as needed so work in sessions connects to real-world changes.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help. Phone sessions are useful for shorter check-ins or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for quick skill reminders, journaling between sessions, or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep steady progress when in-person visits are hard to arrange.
Questions people ask about Ashley
What concerns does Ashley commonly address?
Ashley works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem, coping with life changes, grief, depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and related concerns.
How would you describe her therapy style?
She keeps sessions practical and supportive, focusing on clear steps, emotional awareness, and skills people can use between meetings.
What is her background and experience?
She has 11 years of professional experience as a social worker and experience supervising newer therapists in these areas.
What credentials and region are listed?
She holds the LCSW credential and is licensed in Kentucky.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
Which session formats does she use?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.