About Ashley
Ashley Heiges is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress and anxiety. She meets people where they are and listens without judgment. Her style is direct and practical, aimed at making daily life feel more manageable.
She has five years of professional experience and practices in Wisconsin. Ashley works with people dealing with addiction, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and depression. She also supports those coping with relationship strain, anger, and bipolar disorder symptoms.
Background and approach
In sessions she focuses on creating an open space to talk about strong feelings and difficult events. Conversations move toward concrete ways to cope and small changes that fit a person's routine. Homework or short check-ins between sessions are used when helpful.
Ashley pays attention to patterns such as attachment issues, codependency, and communication problems. She also helps people manage stress linked to caregiving, blended family changes, or major life transitions like separation and divorce. Substance use and co-occurring challenges are approached together rather than separately.
People who choose her often want straightforward support and practical tools. She emphasizes collaboration - clients set goals and decide the pace. Taking the first step is noted as courageous and Ashley aims to make that step easier to keep taking.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Ashley uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on practical coping and symptom management. One approach emphasizes building concrete skills to manage anxiety and stress, such as breathing or grounding exercises and short behavior changes that reduce worry. These techniques are useful when everyday tasks feel overwhelming or anxiety interferes with routine.She also works on strategies to address substance use and co-occurring issues by combining relapse-prevention ideas with problem-solving steps. This involves identifying triggers, planning small changes, and practicing new responses to cravings or high-risk situations. That approach is helpful when addiction and mood symptoms overlap.
Choosing the right method is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, needs, and preferences and then adapt techniques that fit their life. Progress is reviewed together and plans are adjusted as goals change.
Online therapy offers flexibility across formats: video calls for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions when bandwidth is limited, live chat for brief check-ins, or text messaging for ongoing support. These options let people fit sessions into work breaks, caregiving schedules, or days when being on camera is hard. Licensed professionals can use these formats to keep momentum between visits and to tailor care to each person’s routine.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
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