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Ashley Cole

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Ashley Cole, LCSW, LICSW

Tennessee

Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Stress and Anger

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Key details

  • CredentialsLCSW, LICSW
  • LicenseLCSW, Tennessee / 7255; LICSW, Massachusetts / 125275
  • NPI1700455847
  • Experience7 years
  • LanguagesEnglish
  • LocationTennessee

About

  • Stress management
  • Anger and reactivity
  • Career guidance

About Ashley

Ashley Cole is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Tennessee and a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) in Massachusetts with seven years of clinical experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, career concerns, family issues, and anger among other life challenges. Ashley helps people who are facing big changes, overwhelm, or stuck patterns that keep them from moving forward.

Ashley listens and talks through the immediate problem first. She helps reduce anxiety, depression, and stress that often comes with transitions. When emotions feel overwhelming or people avoid making choices, she supports practical steps to manage those reactions and keep daily life moving.

She works with people who want to change how they operate at work or at home. That can mean examining routines that limit progress, learning skills to take action, or finding ways to balance personal and professional demands. She also addresses relationship strains, communication problems, and parenting concerns that often tie into stress and anger.

Ashley uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to teach coping skills and new behavioral choices. She helps clients process grief, handle caregiver stress, and rethink patterns tied to guilt, shame, or isolation. People who identify as LGBT, those coping with trauma and abuse, and those dealing with life transitions are included in her focus areas.

Her approach is practical and goal-oriented. Sessions aim to clarify small steps, practice new responses, and track progress. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session to set goals and priorities.

How sessions work

Evidence-based approaches and online care

Two common, practical approaches she draws on are skills-focused therapy and problem-solving work. Skills-focused therapy teaches specific ways to respond to strong emotions, like breathing techniques, grounding, and behavior changes for moments of anger or anxiety. Problem-solving work breaks issues into small, manageable steps so decisions and action feel less overwhelming.

She also uses structured discussions to process grief and life changes, helping people name what’s difficult and decide what to try next. Finding the right mix of techniques is part of the process. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, preferences, and the particular challenges they bring.

Confirm the session formats directly before booking so you know how appointments are scheduled. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Many people find remote sessions help them maintain continuity during work changes, caregiving demands, or relocation, while still focusing on skill practice and real-world steps.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyFamily conflictsCareer difficultiesDepressionCoaching

Also works with

LGBTRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

Blended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressCommunication problemsDivorce and separationEmptinessFamily problemsFatherhood issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisMulticultural concernsPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Experience

7+ years

Listed in

Tennessee, Massachusetts

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she help with?

Ashley works with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, career and family issues among other life changes. She also addresses trauma, grief, parenting and LGBT related concerns.

What is her therapeutic style?

She uses practical, evidence-based techniques to teach coping skills and new behaviors. Sessions focus on concrete steps to reduce overwhelm and manage emotional reactions.

How much experience does she have?

She has seven years of clinical experience working with adults on life transitions and ongoing stressors.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She holds LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) in Tennessee and LICSW (Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker) in Massachusetts and practices from Tennessee.

Which languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English.

Does she work with international clients?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin with her?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session to get started.

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.

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