Ashley Lawrence, LPCC

Ashley Lawrence is a licensed professional counselor with 17 years of experience who helps people facing relationship strain, grief, trauma, depression, and big life changes. She meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps to make daily life more manageable. Ashley speaks English and offers sessions to clients in Ohio and internationally.

Her work emphasizes the client's own knowledge of their story. She treats the person as the expert and looks for strengths to build on. Sessions tend to be straightforward and focused on what matters most to the client in the moment.

Ashley uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy, client-centered therapy, and dialectical behavior therapy among other approaches. That can mean learning new thinking patterns, practicing coping skills, and building emotion regulation tools. She also integrates mindfulness and EMDR where appropriate to address trauma and intense distress.

In practical terms Ashley offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Session scheduling follows the site's matching process and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Costs vary with location and therapist availability.

She encourages small first steps and helps people set achievable goals. Initial sessions typically focus on identifying immediate needs, testing a few approaches, and deciding together which tools to try next. For many people this makes therapy feel more manageable and less overwhelming.

How Ashley uses evidence-based approaches online

Ashley frequently uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT sessions often include practical exercises, thought records, and behavioral experiments to reduce symptoms of depression, anxiety, and relationship stress.

She also draws on client-centered therapy, which emphasizes listening and building a trusting therapeutic relationship. That approach helps people feel heard, clarify goals, and explore what personal strengths they can use to solve problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Ashley will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. Early sessions are used to try techniques and adjust the plan based on what feels helpful.

Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be used when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing contact between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep continuity when travel or work makes in-person visits difficult.