About Ashley
Ashley Johnson is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who helps people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship strain, and low self-esteem. She writes simply and listens closely so clients can talk about what matters most. Sessions aim to make daily life more manageable and purposeful.
Her approach blends body-centered work with practical therapies. Somatic methods help people notice and work with physical responses to stress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) are used to shift unhelpful thoughts and focus on values-driven action.
Background and approach
Ashley brings six years of counseling experience to her work. She draws on life experience and clinical practice to act as a steady guide. Clients can expect straightforward talk, clear goals, and attention to how feelings show up in the body.
She addresses a wide range of concerns, including depression, anger, intimacy issues, codependency, and substance use. Additional focus areas include attachment concerns, communication problems, gender dysphoria, first responder stress, and HIV / AIDS related issues. Language used in sessions is plain and direct.
Therapy sessions focus on learning coping skills, improving communication, and building healthier routines. Ashley supports clients in setting achievable steps and tracking progress. She encourages small changes that add up to better day-to-day functioning.
How therapy methods translate to online care
Somatic work focuses on how emotions show up in the body. Online sessions can still explore breath, posture, and bodily sensations to help reduce tension and increase awareness. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts without fighting them and take actions based on personal values; this works well through conversation and short at-home exercises. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people build safer ways of relating by practicing new responses in session.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. This planning is collaborative and may shift as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how people connect. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction, phone sessions remove travel barriers, and live chat or text messaging provide brief check-ins between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while still using somatic exercises, ACT practices, and attachment-focused conversations in an accessible way.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Alabama
- Languages
- English