Erica Ashley, LPC

Erica Ashley is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Louisiana with 20 years of experience. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, anger, depression, ADHD, relationship problems, addiction, grief, trauma and other life changes. Her practice focuses on practical steps to manage difficult feelings and get through demanding moments.

Erica uses a client-centered approach that starts with listening and identifying existing strengths. She helps people set clear goals and choose strategies that match their day-to-day life. That may include cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking and behavioral patterns.

She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to build emotion regulation and distress-tolerance tools. For trauma-related concerns she may incorporate Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) techniques as part of the process. Motivational Interviewing is used when people face ambivalence about change, such as with substance use or lifestyle shifts.

Sessions are practical and focused on problem solving. Erica talks through patterns, practices new skills in session, and assigns manageable exercises to try between meetings. She emphasizes respectful conversation and uses a strengths-based stance when discussing setbacks.

People who feel short-tempered, overwhelmed by work or family stress, or stuck after loss often come for help with anger, communication, and impulse control. Erica aims to help people notice triggers, reduce reactive responses, and build clearer ways to get needs met over time.

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