- Years in practice
- 13
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Texas
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Ashley
Ashley Barkley is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 13 years of clinical experience. She focuses on parenting concerns and related family challenges, offering clear, practical support for everyday struggles. Her style is straightforward and warm, aimed at parents and caregivers who need help managing stress, behavior, or communication at home.
Barkley draws on years of work with children, teens, and caregivers in school and child welfare settings. Early in her career she supported reunification efforts for children who had been in foster care and became familiar with how courts and services can affect parenting.
Background and approach
That background informs how she approaches adoption, foster care questions, and strained family systems. Her training began with a psychology degree and a Master of Education in Community Counseling from the University of Oklahoma. The LPC credential reflects her professional licensure in Texas.
She brings school counseling experience that helps when school-related behavior, peer problems, or academic stress affect family life. In sessions she uses practical strategies alongside talk therapy. Common tools include problem-solving steps, thought-behavior work, and short-term goal setting to manage anxiety, anger, or depressive symptoms.
Trauma-focused methods guide work with parents and young people who carry past hurt. She aims to make change feel doable. Conversations are focused and collaborative, with clear steps to try between sessions.
Parents who want straightforward skills and calm guidance often find this approach useful.
What Ashley works with
Everything Ashley lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Ashley helps people with.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Communication problems
- Family problems
- Self-harm
- Young adult issues
Approaches Ashley lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How therapy approaches shape online care
Client-centered therapy places the person's goals and preferences first. Sessions focus on listening, reflecting, and helping parents identify what matters most to them. This approach is useful when someone wants the therapist to follow their lead and build from existing strengths.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It offers practical exercises to change unhelpful thinking and behavior, which can help with anxiety, stress, and low mood related to parenting challenges.
Trauma-focused therapy addresses the impact of past hurt on current day-to-day functioning. It uses steps to safely process difficult memories and reduce their hold on parenting, relationships, and emotion regulation.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work with each client to choose methods that match goals, comfort level, and the issues at hand. Choices are revisited over time so plans can change as progress is made.
Online therapy makes these methods more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a longer session is needed. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth or camera time is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging support quick check-ins, brief coaching, or follow-up between sessions. Together these formats help families fit therapy into busy schedules and try different ways of working.
Questions people ask about Ashley
What concerns does she help with?
She helps with parenting challenges and family problems, including adoption and foster care issues, communication struggles, and behavior concerns in children and teens.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is practical and client-centered, combining goal-focused strategies with listening and collaborative problem solving.
How much experience does she have?
She has 13 years of clinical experience, including work in child welfare and as a school counselor.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, licensed in Texas and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted; she works with clients located in Texas.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and getting started work?
Cost varies with location and the subscription used; subscriptions can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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