- Evening availability
- Text sessions available
- Client-centered care
About Ashley
Ashley Whitman is a licensed social worker who helps people who are struggling with sleep problems alongside other life challenges. She offers calm, straightforward support for issues like anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, and addiction. Her style aims to reduce overwhelm and make change feel manageable.
With ten years of practice as an LMSW and LISW, Ashley focuses on building understanding and practical skills. She works together with each person to identify what’s getting in the way of rest and daily functioning. Sessions include straightforward tools to address stress, sleep habits, self-talk, and emotional triggers.
Ashley blends client-centered listening with evidence-informed strategies from cognitive behavioral and mindfulness approaches. That combination helps people notice patterns, test small changes, and practice new ways of coping that support better sleep and mood. Motivational interviewing is used when people are weighing change or recovery goals.
Her experience covers a wide range of concerns from trauma and addiction to parenting stress and chronic illness. She often helps people facing life transitions, career pressure, compassion fatigue, or issues with self-esteem and intimacy.
Ashley keeps many evening slots and has limited video and phone availability, plus some expanded text sessions. She invites prospective clients to message about current scheduling and session options before booking.
How Ashley uses therapy methods online
Ashley often blends client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral therapy. Client-centered work means the therapist follows the person’s lead, reflects what they say, and helps them name goals. This approach suits people who need a calm space to talk through sleep troubles, stress, or emotional overwhelm.Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on practical steps to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. For sleep and mood problems that can include adjusting bedtime routines, testing unhelpful beliefs about sleep, and trying short behavioral experiments to see what helps.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about needs, goals, and what feels doable. Together they decide whether to focus more on skill building, mindfulness, or motivational strategies for change.
The profile notes limited video and phone availability and some expanded text sessions. Confirm current session options before booking so arrangements match your schedule. Online sessions can make it easier to fit care into evenings, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and offer a way to keep consistent contact during busy periods.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
10+ years
Credentials
Ohio, Michigan
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What problems does Ashley help with?
Ashley works with a wide range of concerns including sleep and rest difficulties, anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, parenting stress, and career-related pressure.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is client-centered and collaborative, combining listening with practical tools. She uses cognitive behavioral and mindfulness techniques alongside motivational interviewing when people are weighing changes.
How much experience does she have?
Ashley has ten years of clinical experience working with individuals on mood, trauma, addiction recovery, and life transitions.
What credentials and region does she practice from?
She holds LMSW and LISW credentials and practices in Michigan, with licensure noted for both Michigan and Ohio in her background.
What languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
Which session formats does she offer?
Her biography notes limited video and phone availability, plus some expanded text sessions. Prospective clients should confirm current session formats before booking.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist scheduling; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.