Therapist profile
Ashley Hayes, LICSW
LICSW who helps with family and parenting concerns
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- Stress and anxiety
- Grief and loss
- Mindfulness and CBT
About Ashley
Ashley Hayes is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) in Rhode Island and Massachusetts with eight years of clinical social work experience. She works with adults who are coping with stress, anxiety, grief, life changes, relationship strain, parenting stress, trauma and abuse, sleep problems, anger, low self-esteem, career concerns, depression, and compassion fatigue.
Her background includes substantial work with people living with serious illness and those facing hard decisions about care. She is also a cancer survivor and currently works in an oncology clinic, which informs how she thinks about care and recovery.
Ashley uses a client-centered, strengths-based approach and keeps sessions focused on practical goals. She helps people set reasonable expectations and notice patterns that get in the way of what they want. Work often begins by clarifying values and priorities, then testing small changes that fit daily life.
In sessions she draws on mindfulness practices, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people calm overwhelming thoughts and change unhelpful patterns. Attachment-based ideas also inform how she thinks about relationships and caregiving stresses.
Her style emphasizes clear thinking and gradual shifts rather than long explanations. People who come for help with parenting stress, coping with illness, or navigating major life changes can expect short-term practical work alongside deeper reflection. She conducts work in English and does not take international clients.
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How her approaches translate to online work
Ashley often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in her work. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, and it can help with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and anger. ACT emphasizes noticing values and taking small committed steps toward them while learning to live with difficult thoughts or feelings.She also uses mindfulness practices to help quiet racing thoughts and build present-moment awareness. These methods tend to pair well with short exercises between sessions, like brief breathing practices or behavior experiments that fit into a busy day.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match needs, goals, and daily life. That means trying techniques, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a weekday or evening routine, allow shorter check-ins when a full hour is hard to arrange, and reduce travel time. Licensed professionals often adapt mindfulness exercises, CBT worksheets, and values-based tasks so they can be practiced between appointments and used in everyday household life.
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Experience
8+ years
Listed in
Rhode Island, Massachusetts
Languages
English
Questions
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What kinds of home and family concerns does she address?
She works with adults on parenting stress, relationship strain, family conflict, and related issues such as grief, anxiety, and depression.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She uses a client-centered, strengths-based approach with practical goal setting and short-term steps to change patterns of thinking and behavior.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has eight years of experience in clinical social work, including work with people facing serious illness and complex life transitions.
What credential does she hold and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, RI LICSW and MA LICSW, based in Rhode Island.
Can she work with non-English speakers or international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session format options before booking, as the biography does not specify which formats are used.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
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