About Ashley
Ashley Cross is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with ten years of experience helping people work through anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, trauma, and major life transitions. She practices in Louisiana and uses clear, down-to-earth language in sessions. Her first meetings are gentle and paced to each persons comfort level.
Ashley builds on what people already do well. She creates a non-judgmental space so clients can talk through concerns without pressure.
Background and approach
The goal is steady progress rather than quick fixes, and she helps clients set realistic next steps. She often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify and shift unhelpful thinking. She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy to keep conversations focused on each persons values and goals.
These approaches are used together to make practical plans for daily life. Ashley supports people dealing with parenting stress, workplace strain, relationship problems, and the emotional impact of loss or big changes. She also helps with attention-related challenges and compassion fatigue for caregivers.
Sessions focus on building coping skills, improving communication, and managing mood swings or intense emotions. Outside of work she stays active, spends time with family, and enjoys outdoor festivals and local activities.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Ashley often uses Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on listening, empathy, and helping people define their own goals. That approach is useful when someone needs a calm space to sort feelings and decide next steps. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, a hands-on method for spotting unhelpful thoughts and trying different behaviors to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms. DBT - Dialectical Behavior Therapy - is used when stronger emotion regulation and distress-tolerance skills are needed for intense moods or impulsive behavior.Finding the right method is part of the work together. Ashley discusses options in early sessions and tailors the plan to each persons needs, goals, and comfort level. Clients help shape what techniques are tried and how progress is measured.
Online therapy lets people connect by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls are good for deeper conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a shorter check-in or a lower-bandwidth option. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief updates, coaching between sessions, and people who prefer typing. These choices make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different daily routines.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana, Maine, Utah
- Languages
- English