- Empathic listening
- Practical strategies
- Trauma-informed care
About Ashley
Ashley Kraskey is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) based in Minnesota who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. She aims to make sessions approachable and down-to-earth so clients can bring honest concerns and feel heard. Ashley encourages practical steps and recognizes that every small change matters in real life.
Her style blends deep processing with skill-building for daily challenges. Some meetings are geared toward exploring difficult events and emotions, while others focus on straightforward strategies to get through the week. She uses empathic listening and collaborative goal-setting to guide the work.
Ashley has five years of clinical experience and has supported people facing complex issues such as attachment problems, adoption and foster care concerns, and substance-related struggles. She also works with people dealing with body image, codependency, caregiver stress, and dissociation.
She incorporates Client-Centered Therapy to prioritize each person's perspective, Motivational Interviewing to support change when readiness wavers, and Trauma-Focused Therapy when processing past harm is needed. Narrative and Solution-Focused approaches are also part of her toolkit to reshape problems and build practical solutions.
Sessions are offered in English and organized around the client’s goals. Ashley notes the challenge of starting therapy and aims to answer questions and ease that first step. Prospective clients choose Start Therapy, complete a brief matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability.
How these approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding the person’s perspective and building a trusting working relationship. In practice this means the therapist listens, reflects what she hears, and follows the client’s lead to set goals that matter to them. Motivational Interviewing helps when someone feels stuck about making changes. It uses open questions and gentle feedback to explore readiness and build motivation for small, achievable steps.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Ashley collaborates with each person to decide which methods feel most useful. Over time she adjusts the plan to match changing needs, goals, and preferences so sessions stay relevant and practical.
Because session formats are not specified in the biography, confirm current online options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy day, shorten travel time, and allow for different session rhythms such as focused check-ins or longer processing sessions. Licensed professionals can adapt techniques like narrative work or solution-focused tasks to an online setting to keep therapy practical and goal-oriented.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
5+ years
Credentials
Minnesota
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns can Ashley help with?
Ashley works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, and self esteem difficulties. She also supports people facing issues like adoption and foster care, attachment, substance concerns, eating issues, and coping with natural or human-caused disaster.
What is Ashley’s therapeutic style?
Her approach is down-to-earth and client-centered, mixing deep emotional processing with concrete skill-building. She uses collaborative goal-setting and adapts methods to each person’s needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Ashley has five years of experience working in clinical settings and supporting people with a range of mental health and life challenges.
What credentials and location are listed for Ashley?
She is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, listed as MN LPCC, and practices out of Minnesota.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients accepted?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are needed to begin working with Ashley?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on the therapist’s availability.