- Years in practice
- 6
- Credentials
- LISW
- Licensed in
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Ashley
Ashley Bennett is a licensed independent social worker in Ohio with six years of clinical experience. She holds a Master of Social Work from The Ohio State University and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Maryland. Ashley focuses on practical steps parents can take when life feels overwhelming.
She aims to offer calm, straightforward guidance for everyday struggles. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and the fallout from trauma and abuse.
Background and approach
Parenting concerns are a clear focus, and she supports parents who are juggling behavior challenges, family conflict, adoption or foster care questions, and blended family dynamics. She also addresses issues like body image, eating and food-related struggles, and anger. Ashley uses approaches grounded in attachment work, cognitive behavioral ideas, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and narrative techniques.
In sessions she listens for strengths and practical options, then helps people test small changes that fit their life. Conversations are meant to be direct and usable the next day. She is comfortable talking about relationship and intimacy-related concerns, codependency, commitment and control issues, and experiences common to LGBTQ people.
Ashley also supports people facing compassion fatigue, ADHD-related challenges, and identity questions tied to abandonment or attachment wounds. Her style is collaborative and respectful. She treats clients as the experts in their own lives while offering feedback, homework when useful, and coaching around next steps.
The goal is clearer choices and less daily chaos.
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Ashley lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative 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 therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Attachment-Based Therapy emphasizes how early connections shape current relationships and parenting patterns. In online sessions this can look like mapping relationships, naming patterns that repeat, and trying different ways of responding to children and partners. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce distress. Online CBT often includes short exercises and homework you can do between sessions to notice what changes.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, history, and preferences, then suggest which methods to try first. Together they adjust the plan based on what works, combining tools from different approaches when that fits the person’s needs.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits for busy parents and adults. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a longer appointment is helpful. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when a client prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, coaching in between sessions, or for people who find typing easier than talking. These options make it easier to fit care into work, school runs, or caregiving schedules while keeping therapeutic momentum.
Questions people ask about Ashley
What concerns does Ashley commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, and parenting issues. Other focuses include family conflict, eating and body image, anger, and relationship or intimacy-related concerns.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her approach is collaborative and straightforward. She listens for strengths, suggests small experiments, and uses practical tools clients can try between sessions.
What is her professional background?
Ashley has six years of professional experience and a Master of Social Work from The Ohio State University. She also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Maryland.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a Licensed Independent Social Worker with an Ohio LISW credential and practices in Ohio.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What formats are offered for sessions?
Sessions can take place by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what fits the client.
How does payment and getting started work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and use a subscription that 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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