Ashley Kraskey, LPCC

Ashley Kraskey is a clinical counselor who focuses on thoughts and everyday habits that shape how people feel. She works with people managing stress, anxiety, depression, parenting strain, low self-esteem, and the effects of trauma and abuse. Her style is relaxed and straightforward to help people feel comfortable from the first session.

Ashley aims to make the therapy space inviting so clients can bring their full, authentic selves. Some sessions focus on deeper processing of past hurts and trauma. Other sessions focus on practical skills for day-to-day life, like changing thinking patterns and building routines.

She draws on a range of approaches to meet each person where they are. That can mean listening closely and guiding conversations, helping people find motivation for change, or working through personal stories to shift perspective. These methods are used to address issues such as attachment concerns, adoption and foster care experiences, caregiver stress, and substance-related challenges.

Clients who have autism, ADHD, eating or body-image worries, communication difficulties, or dissociation may find the work touches on both practical habits and deeper emotional material. Ashley’s five years of experience in the field inform a balanced mix of skill-building and emotional processing.

Based in Minnesota, she holds an LPCC, which indicates she is a licensed professional clinical counselor. Sessions are conducted in English and international clients are not accepted.

How these approaches translate to online work

Ashley uses Client-Centered Therapy to focus on listening and building a trusting relationship. This approach is about understanding a person's perspective and responding with empathy, which helps when someone is sorting through stress or low self-esteem.

She also uses Narrative Therapy to help people reframe the stories they tell about themselves. That work helps when past experiences - like abandonment, adoption issues, or trauma - shape present-day habits and thinking.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Ashley will discuss goals, needs, and preferences during early sessions and adapt methods as needed. She aims to match practical skill-building with deeper processing so the plan fits each person's life.

Confirm the available online session options before booking, as the biography does not list formats. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people focus on changing everyday habits and thoughts in the real contexts where those habits happen.