Ashley Pierce, LCSW

Ashley Pierce is a licensed clinical social worker with three years of practice in Texas. She is an army veteran who now provides therapy to residents of Texas. She helps people who are coping with trauma, substance use struggles, obsessive thoughts or compulsions, grief and loss, anger, low self-esteem, depression, and anxiety.

Ashley focuses on straightforward, practical work in sessions. She uses clear tools and talks through how to apply them between meetings. Sessions are intended to help people manage strong emotions, interrupt unhelpful patterns, and build small habits that add up over time.

She draws from approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Attachment-Based work to match what a person needs. That means some sessions are skills-based, and others look at personal stories and relationships to find helpful changes.

Ashley emphasizes safe pacing and respect for each person's readiness. Therapy can feel hard, so she aims to be steady and encouraging while clients try new ways of coping. She welcomes straightforward conversations about goals and progress.

Her background as a veteran informs her perspective, and she brings that experience into how she listens and plans treatment. People who want practical tools, clearer thinking, and a therapist who values directness may find her approach a good fit.

How specific approaches translate to online care

CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life experiments. Online CBT sessions often include concrete exercises and homework that can be discussed over video or messaging to track progress.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult feelings without getting stuck and then act on meaningful values. In remote sessions this can look like short experiential exercises and values-based goals that are reviewed between appointments.

Attachment-Based work looks at how relationships shape expectations and coping. In online meetings the therapist and client talk through relationship patterns and practice new ways of connecting or setting boundaries.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Ashley will collaborate with each person to decide whether CBT, ACT, attachment work, or a mix fits best given their goals and preferences. That plan can be adjusted as progress is made.

Online therapy with this clinician uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video sessions are useful for full conversations and skill teaching, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or text chat work well for shorter check-ins or ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule while keeping the focus on practical change.