Works with
How Ashlie works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Louisiana
- Years in practice
- 30
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Ashlie
Ashlie Lucas is a licensed clinical social worker with thirty years of experience. She uses a warm, person-centered approach to help people manage stress, anger, anxiety, and life changes. Sessions aim to be straightforward and practical so clients can use what they learn quickly.
She blends client-centered therapy with cognitive behavioral tools to spot unhelpful thoughts and test different responses. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas help clients notice painful feelings without being driven by them.
Background and approach
Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are used for emotion regulation and reducing impulsive reactions. Ashlie works with people facing addictions, grief, parenting strains, and relationship and communication problems. She also supports those coping with burnout, compassion fatigue, and co-occurring challenges such as ADHD or bipolar mood concerns.
The focus is on clear goals and small steps that fit everyday life. Her Louisiana licensure and long career have included many settings, giving her experience with a wide range of problems. In sessions she listens without judgment and helps clients build practical coping skills.
She encourages self-compassion alongside change. Therapy sessions may include skill practice, behavioral experiments, and mindfulness exercises. People who want a direct, steady approach that mixes acceptance with active change often find this style helpful.
Ashlie invites clients to start with a brief matching questionnaire and schedule a first session to see if the fit feels right.
What Ashlie works with
Everything Ashlie lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Ashlie's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Ashlie lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-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.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Ashlie draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy to guide online work. ACT focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting controlled by them while clarifying personal values to guide choices. Client-centered work centers the person's experience, with the therapist offering genuine listening and nonjudgmental support to help people feel understood.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy when practical changes are helpful. CBT looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and includes simple experiments to test new ways of reacting. That approach is useful for anxiety, anger, and unhelpful behavior patterns because it breaks problems into clear steps you can work on together.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try techniques, and adjust methods based on what helps most. Online sessions make it easy to test different tools and decide what fits your life.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversation and exercises that need visual cues. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat or text messaging can work for quick check-ins, skill practice, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options help clients fit therapy into busy schedules and keep continuity when travel or work makes in-person visits difficult.
Questions people ask about Ashlie
What concerns does she commonly help with?
Ashlie helps people with stress, anxiety, anger, addictions, grief, low self-esteem, depression, relationship and family problems, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, bipolar mood concerns, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is client-centered and practical. Sessions combine listening with exercises from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to build real-world skills.
What level of experience does she bring?
She has thirty years of professional experience working across different settings and presenting concerns.
Where is she licensed and located?
She holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential (LCSW) and practices in Louisiana.
Can therapy be done in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as ways to connect.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to therapist availability.