About Ashley
Ashley Spitzer is a licensed independent social worker (LISW) based in Ohio with 20 years of experience. She keeps sessions relaxed and direct, so people can talk openly about stress, anxiety, grief, or other concerns. Ashley encourages questions and makes room for whatever a client brings to the session.
Ashley centers sessions on the client's immediate needs. She listens first, then helps set clear goals and practical steps. Her style is warm and straightforward, and she invites feedback so the work stays useful and relevant.
Background and approach
Her practice draws on several approaches including cognitive behavioral ideas, acceptance and commitment strategies, and client-centered listening. She uses these tools to help people manage symptoms, handle life changes, and improve daily functioning. Sessions focus on building skills that can be used between appointments.
Ashley works with a wide range of concerns such as depression, anxiety, trauma and abuse, addictions, eating and sleeping problems, parenting stress, ADHD, and caregiver strain. She also supports people facing relationship issues, body image problems, chronic illness, and grief. Her aim is to help people find steady routines and clearer choices.
People who want a collaborative and practical approach often find her helpful. She explains ideas in plain language and checks in about what is working. The goal is to leave sessions with something doable to try before the next meeting.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Ashley uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. ACT focuses on values-based actions so people can make small choices that match what matters to them, which can ease anxiety and stress.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and test new behaviors. CBT gives concrete exercises people can try between sessions to reduce worry, improve sleep, or change avoidance patterns.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Ashley collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and comfort level. She checks in regularly and adjusts strategies based on feedback and progress.
Online sessions offer several practical benefits. Video calls let people work face-to-face when that is helpful, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support ongoing coaching, quick check-ins, or written reflections between appointments. These options make it possible to schedule therapy around work, school, caregiving, or medical needs while still doing real therapeutic work.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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