About Ashley
Ashley Pierce is a licensed clinical social worker who served in the Army and now provides therapy to people living in Texas. She brings three years of clinical experience and a focus on trauma, substance use, obsessive thoughts and the emotional fallout of loss. She talks plainly and aims to make the first step feel manageable for someone thinking about help.
Ashley often works with people coping with grief, depression, anger, low self-esteem, and the effects of past abuse.
Background and approach
She also supports those dealing with relationship problems, separation, first responder strain, and challenges tied to military service. Her work includes concerns such as compulsive behaviors, phobias, guilt, shame, and struggles with life purpose. Her approach uses practical, evidence-informed methods to help people reduce painful thoughts and develop new habits.
She draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and build meaningful action. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to notice patterns of thinking and change unhelpful reactions. Ashley describes therapy as a collaborative process.
She focuses on safety, steady pacing, and practical skills you can use between sessions. Sessions are straightforward and aimed at small, realistic steps toward improved day-to-day functioning. She provides services to Texas residents and communicates in English.
If someone is ready to begin, the intake process asks a few questions to match needs and then schedules sessions based on timing and preference.
How chosen approaches shape online care
Ashley draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify what matters to them and take small actions toward those values despite difficult thoughts or feelings. This approach is useful for grief, depression, and a sense of emptiness.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and test new ways of responding. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, obsessive thoughts, and behavioral patterns tied to substance use.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Ashley will discuss your goals, preferences, and day-to-day life and then recommend methods to try. The plan can change as needed, and decisions are made collaboratively to fit what actually helps you.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video is useful when visual connection matters, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can serve for quick check-ins or brief skill practice. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep regular contact when needed.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Anger management
Also works with
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English