About Ashley
Dr. Ashley Velasquez greets people with a calm, practical approach. She focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress, low self-esteem, depression, and big life changes.
She speaks plainly and aims to make the first steps feel less overwhelming. With 12 years of experience, Dr. Velasquez uses straightforward tools that people can practice between sessions.
She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help spot unhelpful thoughts and shift behaviors. Mindfulness techniques are offered to reduce reactivity and improve moment-to-moment coping.
Background and approach
Motivational Interviewing is part of how she helps people find their own reasons for change and build momentum. Sessions tend to focus on small, measurable steps that fit each person’s life. The work is collaborative and paced to what the person can manage.
Her practice includes support for concerns such as relationships, workplace stress, body image, social anxiety, mood conditions, and identity questions related to LGBT concerns. She also addresses topics like communication problems, commitment issues, and the strain of major transitions. Dr.
Velasquez holds an MD and practices in Maryland. She offers sessions in English and accepts international clients. People can expect a respectful, goal-oriented style that emphasizes practical strategies and steady progress.
Approaches and how online sessions help
Dr. Velasquez uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change thought patterns that feed anxiety and low mood. CBT focuses on practical exercises, simple experiments, and behavior changes that can reduce symptoms over time.She also offers Mindfulness Therapy to teach attention and breathing practices that lower reactivity and increase calm. Mindfulness can help with stress, social anxiety, and the emotional ups and downs of major life changes.
Motivational Interviewing helps people find their own reasons to try new strategies and stick with them. This approach supports commitment to small, realistic goals and boosts follow-through.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, lifestyle, and comfort level. Sessions are adjusted as needs evolve so the plan stays practical and useful.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for longer sessions and visual cues, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging supports quick check-ins or shorter coaching-style touchpoints. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, school, and daily life.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Relationship issues
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
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