About Ashley
Ashley Kohler offers direct, practical support for people facing relationship strain, parenting stress, anger, career crossroads, and life transitions. She often helps young adults and parents who are trying to find clearer ways to communicate and cope. Ashley is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW - based in Pennsylvania with five years of experience.
Ashley focuses on short, concrete steps in sessions. She helps clients name patterns, try new communication techniques, and practice ways to calm strong emotions.
Background and approach
She also assists people sorting out goals around career direction, self-worth, and life purpose. Her background includes work with adolescents and teens in school settings, people in early recovery from substance use, and those experiencing homelessness. Ashley holds a Master of Social Work from Walden University and a graduate certificate in Children and Families.
She is certified as a School Social Worker for grades PK-12 and uses her school experience when clients have school-related concerns. In conversation she draws on several evidence-based approaches. Sessions blend skill building, problem solving, and attention to how attachment and communication shape relationships.
Goals are practical and tied to everyday routines and choices. Ashley aims to make therapy feel manageable. She supports step-by-step changes, offers strategies to try between appointments, and checks progress each week.
Her style suits people who want clear tools and steady guidance.
Approaches that translate well to online work
Ashley uses Cognitive Behavioral approaches that focus on noticing thoughts and testing them with new actions. This style helps with anxiety, anger, and goal-focused changes by teaching clear steps and coping skills.She also draws on Attachment-informed ideas which look at patterns in close relationships and how early connections shape expectations. That perspective helps people improve communication and build more supported interactions with partners or family members.
Finding the best approach is collaborative. The therapist will ask about your goals, try techniques, and adjust based on what fits you. Clients and the therapist decide together which methods to emphasize as work proceeds.
Online therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make sessions flexible. Video suits deeper conversations and skill work that benefit from seeing each other, while phone calls work well for shorter check-ins or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging let people check in between sessions, share quick updates, or work through brief exercises without scheduling a full call.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
Also works with
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English