About Ashley
Ashley Simmers is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania with 14 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, anger, low self-esteem, depression, and ADHD. Ashley aims to make starting therapy feel doable and affirms the courage it takes to seek help.
She centers sessions on the person in front of her, working from the view that clients know their story best. Conversations focus on practical steps and small changes that build forward momentum.
Background and approach
She uses talk, reflection, and simple skills practice so clients can apply new ways of coping between meetings. Ashley draws on cognitive behavioral approaches to notice the thoughts and habits that keep problems going. She also uses client-centered listening to shape goals around each person's values and experiences.
Mindfulness techniques are introduced to help with stress, panic, and grounding when emotions feel overwhelming. Motivational interviewing helps when people feel stuck or unsure how to make a change. Solution-focused ideas are used to identify what already works and scale those strengths.
Together these methods help with life transitions, motivation struggles, and mood concerns. Sessions are conversational and goal-minded. Ashley aims to make therapy practical, respectful, and paced to each person.
She supports people as they build confidence, handle setbacks, and work toward clearer purpose and improved day-to-day functioning.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Ashley uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice thought patterns and try small behavior changes. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, panic, and for learning concrete skills to handle daily stress.She also practices client-centered therapy which focuses on empathetic listening and shaping goals around what matters to the client. That approach helps when someone needs a steady, nonjudgmental space to sort feelings and priorities.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Ashley will meet clients where they are and discuss which methods match their goals, needs, and preferences. The plan can shift as progress is made and as priorities change, and decisions about techniques are made together.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for face-to-face conversation and exercises, phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is limited, live chat allows shorter real-time check-ins, and messaging fits ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to try different ways of connecting until the right fit is found.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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