About Carolyn
Carolyn "Ashley" Wanyonyi welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, or major life changes. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with eleven years of practice and she focuses on straightforward, practical support. Many people come to her when parenting feels hard, mood symptoms interfere with daily life, or caring for others has become exhausting.
Ashley listens without judgment and helps clients sort out what matters most.
Background and approach
She uses clear, goal-focused conversations to break problems into manageable steps. That can mean naming unhelpful thoughts, trying a new way to respond in a relationship, or finding small routines that ease daily strain. Her background includes work in foster care and supporting families with medically fragile children, which shaped her skills for complex caregiving situations.
She has treated a wide range of concerns such as bipolar mood patterns, obsessive thoughts, and bereavement. Her practice also addresses aging and geriatric issues, attachment and family of origin patterns, immigration-related stress, and end-of-life care. Sessions are shaped to each person’s needs rather than following one fixed plan.
Ashley draws on client-centered methods alongside cognitive-behavioral and solution-focused ideas to set clear, achievable goals. She also uses parts work from Internal Family Systems when it helps people understand inner conflict. If someone is looking for calm, direct guidance and concrete next steps, Ashley offers collaborative support to help people move forward.
How these approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters to the person. The therapist follows the client’s lead and helps them name priorities and strengths, which is useful for relationship strain, grief, and parenting stress.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. Sessions include simple exercises and small experiments to test new ways of thinking and behaving, which helps with anxiety, depression, and mood patterns.
Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on practical steps and quick changes. The therapist helps identify concrete goals and builds short-term plans so progress is visible within a few sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist works together with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and everyday life. That collaboration means techniques can be mixed or adjusted as work continues.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be used when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make shorter check-ins and ongoing reflection easier between sessions. These options help therapy fit around work, caregiving, and other responsibilities.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Depression
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Nevada, Maine
- Languages
- English