Ashley Whitfield
Compassionate guidance for meaningful change
LPC Mississippi
- Experience
- 11 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Parenting, Depression
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Ashley
Ashley Whitfield is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Mississippi who brings over a decade of clinical experience to her work.
Background and approach
She began her career across settings such as schools, clinics, and community agencies, and now focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, life transitions, and a broad range of relationship and identity concerns.
Her background includes work with mood disorders, attention challenges, and career or educational goals, and she combines practical skill-building with attention to each person's lived context. Ashley emphasizes a collaborative, person-centered process that explores current patterns and builds more satisfying ways of living.
Her approach integrates cognitive and behavioral strategies alongside acceptance-based and values-oriented techniques, with attention to emotions, communication, and daily routines. She draws on personal and professional insight about how trauma and systemic disadvantage can shape family life and resilience, and she aims to help clients identify obstacles, develop coping tools, and move toward greater well-being and purpose.
Ashley uses her LPC training to support clients who are ready to take actionable steps toward change.
How targeted approaches translate to online care
CBT focuses on identifying and adjusting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through practical exercises and structured skill-building; it is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps clients clarify values and develop acceptance skills to work through painful thoughts and emotions while committing to meaningful actions. Client-centered therapy emphasizes empathy, active listening, and creating a collaborative space where the client's priorities guide the pace and goals of therapy.Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and is done collaboratively. The therapist will discuss options, try techniques in session, and adapt methods based on each person's needs, goals, and preferences to find the best fit for ongoing work.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which can make it easier to access consistent support from home or on the go. These options offer flexibility for scheduling, allow for a range of interaction styles from real-time conversation to written check-ins, and make it possible to continue steady progress even when in-person meetings are not practical.
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Experience
11+ years
Licensed
Mississippi, Georgia
Languages
English