- Years in practice
- 6
- Credentials
- LCPC
- Licensed in
- Montana
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Ashley
Ashley Kingston is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) based in Montana who focuses on helping adults regain balance during stressful seasons of life. She connects with people facing anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, and challenges around parenting, relationships, and self-esteem. Her style is warm and collaborative and she centers the person's experience in each session.
Ashley works in plain terms and practical steps. She uses evidence-informed tools like cognitive behavioral techniques and dialectical skills alongside attachment and person-centered practices.
Background and approach
Sessions often include learning coping skills, practicing mindfulness, and examining patterns in relationships and behavior. She brings six years of clinical experience and aims to tailor the pace and methods to each person's needs. That can mean breathwork, grounding, or brief skill-building exercises when those fit the goals.
She avoids pressure and focuses on small, steady changes. Ashley offers online-only services with a preference for audio and text formats rather than video. This choice is meant to create an easier way for people to engage without the stress of being on camera.
Scheduling follows a regular weekly structure and uses an online subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Parents who are worried about sleep, eating, behavioral patterns, or balancing work and child care will find straightforward support. Ashley aims to help people notice what matters most and take manageable steps toward clearer routines and calmer days.
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
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Cancer
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Ashley lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- 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 work focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. In sessions this means looking at how trust, expectations, and closeness show up now and practicing new ways of relating to self and others. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills to shift unhelpful patterns; it can help with anxiety, sleep, and mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers practical tools for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication when feelings feel overwhelming.Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Ashley collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, pace, and comfort. Together they try different tools, track what helps, and adjust the plan as needed so the work feels useful and doable.
Online formats make therapy more flexible. Phone sessions or audio calls can be easier when someone prefers not to be on camera or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief check-ins, skill practice, and timely support between full sessions. Video calls are an option for conversations that benefit from seeing facial cues. These formats let people fit care around work, school, or parenting and focus therapy on practical change rather than logistics.
Questions people ask about Ashley
What kinds of concerns does Ashley address?
Ashley works with adults on stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting challenges, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, ADHD, and related concerns listed in her specialties.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is person-centered and collaborative. She mixes practical skills like CBT and DBT with attachment-informed conversations and mindfulness practices.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has six years of clinical experience working with adults across mood, trauma, and behavioral concerns and tailors approaches to each persons needs.
What credentials and location are noted?
Ashley holds the LCPC credential and practices from Montana.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and Ashley accepts international clients.
What session formats does she use?
She provides therapy via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, with a preference for audio and text rather than video.
How does payment and cost work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapists availability.
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