About Carolyn
Carolyn "Ashley" Wanyonyi is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She brings 11 years of experience and a calm, respectful approach. Ashley speaks English and provides online care from Nevada.
Ashley meets people where they are and treats each concern as unique. She listens without judgment and focuses on practical steps clients can use in daily life. Conversations lead to clear, doable goals and a plan tailored to what matters to the person sitting across from her.
Background and approach
Her sessions often draw on client-centered methods that prioritize the person's perspective. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy ideas to identify unhelpful thinking and try new patterns. Solution-focused techniques help set short-term goals and notice progress quickly.
Across 11 years she has supported people with a wide range of issues such as relationship problems, parenting stress, grief, mood disorders, and life transitions. Her background includes work in foster care and with families facing medical fragility, which informs a practical, compassionate style. People who choose Ashley usually want straightforward coping tools, clearer communication strategies, and a partner in navigating change.
She emphasizes small, steady steps and checks in on what is working as therapy progresses.
Approaches That Guide Online Sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's experience and priorities, giving space for needs and values to guide the work. It helps people feel heard and involved in decisions about goals and next steps.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going. It is useful for anxiety, stress, mood challenges, and for building new coping strategies that can be practiced between sessions.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk about options, try techniques together, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. Clients’ goals, preferences, and everyday life shape which methods are used.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video can support a more traditional conversation, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or chat can fit brief check-ins or people who prefer not to be on camera. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into busy days and to keep continuity between appointments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Depression
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Nevada, Maine
- Languages
- English
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