About Ashley
Ashley Johnnies is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Illinois. She has five years of professional experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and anger. She also supports people facing depression and relationship or family concerns.
Ashley approaches therapy believing each person knows their story best. She looks for strengths clients already have and helps them use those strengths to move past hard moments. She treats seeking help as a brave first step and aims to make the process straightforward and respectful.
Background and approach
In sessions she focuses on practical skills and real-life changes. Conversations often include learning new ways to handle strong emotions, practicing clearer communication, and setting small goals that fit daily life. She uses evidence-based methods that help people notice thoughts, act on values, and build stronger emotional regulation.
Ashley also addresses deeper issues like trauma, grief, attachment wounds such as abandonment, and background experiences tied to adoption or foster care. She works with concerns around body image, codependency, control, and ongoing caregiver stress. These topics are explored at a pace the client feels comfortable with.
Therapy with Ashley blends compassionate listening and skill-building. Sessions are meant to feel collaborative and practical. People who want focused strategies and gentle support may find this approach helpful.
Online approaches and how they help
Ashley commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people identify what matters to them and take small, values-based steps despite difficult feelings. It can be useful for anxiety, avoidance, and problems tied to low motivation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors that keep problems going. It often helps with anxiety, depression, and managing anger by teaching practical coping skills.Choosing the right approach is a joint process. Ashley will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, then try methods that fit those needs. She adjusts tools over time based on what works and what feels manageable for the client.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful when visual connection matters for emotional work, while phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day. Live chat or text-based messaging can support short check-ins, skills practice, or times when typed communication feels better. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other routines while keeping sessions focused on concrete skills and progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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