About Me
Hi, I’m Ashley
I'm a therapist, self-love witch, creative, lifelong overthinker, and someone who believes that healing is something everyone deserves.
I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker offering virtual therapy to adults in Pennsylvania. My work centers around IFS/Parts Work and tangible skill building to work through life difficulties and trauma, build self-compassion, communication skills, and helping people develop a more trusting relationship with themselves.
I'm also someone who understands what it's like to have a brain that won't always cooperate with you. I've had my own struggles with anxiety and ADHD, and I know what it's like to understand something intellectually and still find yourself doing the exact thing you wish you wouldn't do.
And I've learned that we cannot shame ourselves into meaningful change.
I promise you, there is another way
How I found my way here
I started my career providing mobile therapy to children and teenagers. Somewhere along the way, I realized something important: I’d actually much rather be working with inner children. I feel most drawn to working with adults and the younger, more vulnerable parts of themselves that they carried forward.
One of my favorite things about therapy has always been helping people understand why they do what they do. Not to excuse harmful patterns or avoid accountability. But to understand them well enough that shame isn't the only response available.
Early in my career, before I had even learned about Internal Family Systems, I was sometimes inviting the teens I worked with to sketch or characterize their anxiety and depression so they could separate from these parts and relate to them differently. I finally stumbled upon IFS when I read The Body Keeps the Score, and realized, I’ve already been doing some version of this.
IFS gave me a framework for something I'd intuitively been drawn toward for years: getting curious about the different parts of ourselves rather than treating them as problems to eliminate.
I'm currently Level 1 IFS trained and look forward to continuing my training.
What it's like to work with me
I don't have a one-size-fits-all therapy style. Everyone needs a little something different.
Sometimes I'll guide you, ask questions, offer a perspective, or help you stay connected to something you're having trouble approaching on your own. Sometimes I'll listen or create space for silence while you discover something important for yourself.
Sometimes we'll be very serious. Sometimes we'll laugh. And sometimes we'll go on a brief rant about the patriarchy and capitalism.
I use structure when it's helpful, and I incorporate mindfulness, creativity, visualization, and experiential exercises when they seem useful for the person sitting in front of me.
But I don't believe in forcing someone into a particular therapeutic process simply because that's the way I was trained to do it. You are the expert on your own inner world.
My job is to help you explore it safely, make connections you may not have been able to see on your own, and occasionally offer a lantern when the path gets dark.
I want therapy to feel safe, gentle, real, and sometimes even playful.
There is room for weirdness, rage, humor, anguish, joy, and for all the parts of you to come as they are.
A few things about me that have nothing to do with therapy
Outside the therapy room, I'm a music nerd (Florence + the Machine, AURORA, Fleet Foxes, Hozier, and a lot of film scores) who's currently learning music production. I love D&D, partly for the stories and partly because it gives adults permission to play, and yes, I've absolutely thought about how fun it is to let our inner parts play characters. I'm happiest hiking and finding little pockets of magic outdoors, and I live with a lot of cats, who are my children. I'm not religious, but I'm fascinated by the space between psychology and spirituality: wonder, symbolism, intuition, and ritual.
And perhaps most importantly… I'm a real person. I don't have myself perfectly figured out. I don't think any of us do. We're all works in progress. Therapy is one of the place where we get to slow down, get curious, and figure out what comes next.
Want to see if we vibe?