Key details
- CredentialsLCSW
- LicenseLCSW, Florida / SW18076
- NPI1407500978
- Experience7 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationFlorida
About
- ACT and CBT
- DBT skills
- Mindfulness coaching
About Ashley
Ashley Couch is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Florida with seven years of clinical therapy experience. She works with adults on issues such as stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem, depression, compassion fatigue, addictions, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, parenting, anger, and ADHD. Sessions and support reflect her background in both in-person and virtual care.
Her clinical work pulls from cognitive behavioral approaches and mindfulness-influenced practice. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), and client-centered techniques to help people notice patterns and try practical changes. Conversations are focused on clear skills and small steps that can reduce reactivity and build coping.
Ashley also brings coaching skills and a strength-based orientation to sessions. She encourages clients to recognize personal values and to practice self-directed changes. That can include learning breathing or grounding skills, shifting unhelpful thoughts, or rehearsing new responses to stressful moments.
People reach out to her for relational issues, intimacy concerns, body image and eating-related struggles, substance use, grief, and parenting stress. She has additional experience with adoption and foster care, attachment difficulties, BDSM and kink topics, chronic illness and caregiver strain, and codependency.
Sessions are conducted in English and she does not accept international clients. Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, users complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and choosing actions that align with personal values rather than fighting feelings. ACT can help when anger gets in the way of relationships or important goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks down situations, thoughts, and behaviors to spot patterns and try concrete changes; it often includes homework like thought records or behavior experiments. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) contributes practical skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness that can lower reactivity in heated moments.Finding the right mix of methods is part of the work. The therapist and client decide together which approaches make sense based on current goals and what feels doable. That collaborative process means techniques can shift as the client learns what helps most in daily life.
The original biography did not list specific current session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. It also supports practicing skills in the settings where problems arise, like at home or during a break from work. Licensed professionals adapt exercises and skills to whatever format is agreed on so clients can apply tools to real situations.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
7+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of anger and related problems does she address?
She works with anger alongside stress, anxiety, relationship problems, parenting strain, and trauma-related reactions.
How would she approach my temper or reactivity?
She uses approaches such as CBT, DBT skills, and mindfulness to teach practical coping skills and reduce impulsive responses.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has seven years of clinical therapy experience and additional background working with youth and adults across school, community, and home settings.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Florida and practices from that state.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients.
What session formats are offered?
The original profile noted previous in-person and virtual work but did not list current formats; please confirm available session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What do I do to get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.