Ashley AskinsLPC-MHSP

Ashley Askins is a licensed counselor in Tennessee who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting struggles, low self-esteem, depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and issues around addiction and postpartum depression. She approaches work with clients as a collaborative process and treats each person as the expert on their own life.

Ashley uses practical tools to help people manage symptoms and move toward goals. She combines talk-based work with techniques drawn from attachment-focused approaches, cognitive behavioral ideas, EMDR, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. Sessions emphasize small, doable steps and building on strengths.

People often come to Ashley when they feel overwhelmed by parenting demands, stuck after trauma, or unsure how to manage mood swings and anxiety. She also supports people dealing with guilt, shame, questions about life purpose, and the impact of prejudice and discrimination. Her approach includes attention to attachment issues and recovery from substance use concerns.

Ashley holds the LPC-MHSP credential, which identifies her as a licensed professional counselor with a mental health service provider designation in Tennessee. She brings five years of clinical experience to her practice and centers respectful, practical care in sessions.

Clients can expect straightforward conversation, symptom-focused strategies, and coaching-style support when helpful. The work is collaborative, paced to the client's needs, and aimed at finding realistic ways to feel better and function more easily day to day.

Therapeutic approaches and how they translate online

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. Online sessions use conversation and exercises to identify attachment needs and develop new ways of relating that reduce anxiety and improve connections. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. In an online visit this can mean learning to spot thought patterns, practicing new coping skills, and using brief homework to track what changes help day to day.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, symptoms, and preferences and then recommend a mix of approaches. That plan can be adjusted over time as needs evolve and progress is reviewed collaboratively.

Please confirm available session formats before booking, as options are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, shorten travel time, and allow for quicker check-ins between in-person visits. It also lets people use video or phone to match what feels most practical on a given day. Licensed professionals can adapt attachment-based and CBT techniques to remote sessions so clients can practice skills and track changes in everyday life.