About Ashley
Ashley Ligon is a licensed clinical mental health counselor (LCMHC) in North Carolina with 16 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are stressed, anxious, or struggling with depression and low self-esteem. Ashley aims to create a calm, welcoming space so clients can talk through what matters most to them.
Ashley emphasizes practical steps grounded in people’s strengths. She listens first, then works with each person to set small, clear goals.
Background and approach
Sessions often cover relationship and intimacy concerns, coping with life changes, parenting and career stress, and challenges related to ADHD. <brHer work mixes conversational, goal-focused techniques with tools that teach new habits. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to spot unhelpful thinking and test new behaviors. Mindfulness practices help slow down racing thoughts and improve focus.
Ashley also uses client-centered methods to keep the conversation focused on the client's priorities. Motivational Interviewing is added when someone needs help finding the motivation to try different strategies. Solution-Focused Therapy supports short-term planning and concrete next steps.
People meet Ashley for a mix of problem-solving and emotional support. She helps identify what’s been getting in the way and builds a plan that fits daily life. The overall aim is clearer thinking, better routines, and stronger confidence in decisions.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Ashley uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy as core tools in online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to change how someone feels and acts. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices that can reduce reactivity and improve focus, which can be helpful for anxiety and ADHD-related challenges.She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy to keep sessions grounded in each person's priorities. That means the therapist listens carefully and partners with the client to choose which tools to try. Finding the best fit is collaborative - goals, pacing, and techniques are adjusted based on the client's needs and preferences.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls work well for in-depth conversation and nonverbal cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins, and text-based messaging supports short updates or step-by-step coaching between meetings. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy days and maintain consistent progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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