About Ashley
Ashley Monacelli, LMSW, helps people facing stress and anxiety find clearer ways forward. She works with concerns like depression, grief, addiction, relationship strain, career stress, and life transitions. Ashley also supports people coping with ADHD, bipolar symptoms, intimacy questions, and hospice or end-of-life issues.
Ashley uses straightforward conversation to identify what feels most urgent. She sets simple goals together and focuses on practical steps clients can try between sessions. Sessions are collaborative and goal-oriented, with time spent practicing new skills and checking what works.
Background and approach
Her background includes a Master of Social Work from the University of Michigan Ann Arbor and three years of clinical practice. Ashley’s experience includes hospital-based social work and supporting people through serious health events and hospice planning. She brings that experience into helping people manage stress and big life changes.
Ashley commonly draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking and test new behaviors. She also uses mindfulness practices to help people manage overwhelming feelings and motivational interviewing to strengthen readiness for change. These tools are chosen based on each person’s goals.
Sessions may include talking through current problems, learning coping strategies, and setting small, actionable steps. Ashley aims to make therapy practical and understandable, helping clients build skills they can use day to day.
How these approaches work online
Ashley commonly uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice and test unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT often involves setting small experiments and practicing different responses to see what changes in daily life.She also uses mindfulness practices to teach simple attention and breathing skills. These techniques help reduce overwhelm and make it easier to respond calmly when stress rises. Motivational interviewing is used to explore a person’s own reasons for change and build momentum at a comfortable pace.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, try different tools, and adjust the plan as progress is tracked. The focus is on what fits the person’s life and what feels useful.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and screen-sharing for worksheets. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let people send updates and get brief support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit counseling into a busy routine and stay connected from different locations.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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