About Ashley
Ashley Monacelli, LMSW, helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, addictions, and ADHD. She also supports concerns related to relationships, self-esteem, career changes, and end-of-life issues. Her approach is practical and goal-focused, with straightforward steps to help people move forward.
Ashley earned a Master of Social Work with an emphasis in children and family services from the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. She has three years of experience as a licensed social worker in Michigan.
Background and approach
Her background includes work in hospice and end-of-life counseling and assisting people coping with major life changes. In sessions she uses recognizable tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes. She blends mindfulness practices to help people notice their thinking and stay present.
Motivational Interviewing is used to help people find their own reasons for change and build commitment. Ashley takes a client-centered stance. She works with each person to set clear goals and breaks them into doable steps.
Sessions are practical and conversational, with options for short-term coaching-style work or longer therapeutic support. She offers several online formats so people can choose what fits their life. The focus is on building skills that make daily life easier, reducing overwhelm, and improving relationships and functioning at home or work.
Practical approaches for online care
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on identifying thoughts and behaviors that get in the way and trying small experiments to change them. It is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and symptoms that affect daily routines.Mindfulness Therapy helps people pay attention to the present moment and notice thoughts without immediately reacting. This can reduce rumination, help with emotional regulation, and make it easier to use other coping skills.
Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative style that helps people find their own reasons for change. It supports commitment and helps when someone feels stuck or uncertain about taking a next step.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Ashley will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan as progress and challenges emerge.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions happen. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat lets people check in more quickly, and text-based messaging supports brief updates between sessions. These options help fit therapy into busy days and make it easier to practice new skills consistently.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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