Tara Ashley, LICSW, LCSW

Tara Ashley is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 16 years of experience practicing in Montana. She focuses on concerns such as stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, parenting, grief, and anger. Tara also supports people facing life transitions like divorce and separation and those dealing with guilt, shame, or isolation.

Tara uses practical, evidence-informed approaches to help people gain clearer thinking and steadier responses. She often draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to help people notice patterns, test new ways of responding, and build small habits that change daily life. Conversations are direct and centered on what the person wants to change.

Her work includes attention to intimacy issues, sleeping problems, career strain, and compassion fatigue. She helps with challenges related to pregnancy and childbirth and supports women navigating changing roles and expectations. People working through bipolar disorder, depression, or post-traumatic stress can bring those concerns to the sessions.

Tara integrates relationship-focused tools when appropriate, including ideas from the Gottman Method, to address recurring conflict or communication breakdowns. Sessions move at a practical pace with clear goals and strategies to try between meetings. The focus is on usable skills rather than abstract theory.

Her approach tends to be collaborative and straightforward. She helps people clarify priorities, reduce reactivity, and practice concrete skills for managing anger and stress. To start, readers are encouraged to use the online matching process and schedule an initial session to see how the work fits their needs.

How her approaches translate to online sessions