About Yolanda
Yolanda "Leah" Ashton is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) practicing in Kentucky. She brings 11 years of experience in mental health and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and ADHD. Leah aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk through what feels hard and figure out practical next steps.
Leah uses straightforward, person-centered work. Sessions are conversational and focused on the client’s priorities.
Background and approach
She listens for strengths and builds on what already works, while offering tools to handle difficult thoughts and behaviors. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, appears in her approach when clients want to change unhelpful thought patterns and habits. Mindfulness techniques are offered to increase attention and reduce reactivity.
Solution-focused methods help people set small, achievable goals and track progress. Leah also draws on motivational interviewing to explore ambivalence and boost motivation for change. That can help with addictive behaviors, procrastination, or making lifestyle adjustments.
Her style is practical and empathetic, with an emphasis on collaboration. She supports people facing a wide range of concerns beyond mood and anxiety, including relationship strain, parenting stress, caregiving burden, chronic illness, and issues around identity. Sessions are conducted in English and Tagalog, and Leah offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How Leah Uses Evidence-Informed Approaches Online
Leah frequently uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. CBT can be useful for anxiety, depression, ADHD-related routines, and mood regulation because it breaks problems into clear steps that can be practiced between sessions.She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy which centers the conversation on the person in front of her. This approach focuses on active listening, empathy, and helping clients name goals they care about so sessions stay relevant and collaborative.
Finding the right approach is a process she undertakes together with each client. Leah will talk through options, try strategies, and adjust methods based on the person’s needs, goals, and preferences. The plan evolves as progress and challenges become clearer.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls are good for a fuller conversational experience and visual connection. Phone sessions are simpler when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief updates, homework check-ins, or when someone prefers written communication. These options give flexibility while keeping the therapeutic work focused and practical.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Kentucky
- Languages
- English, Tagalog
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