Ashley Hayes

Ashley Hayes is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) based in Rhode Island. She focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, anger, grief, and major life changes. She also supports people facing work strain, relationship strain, sleep problems, parenting challenges, and low self-esteem.

Ashley draws on eight years of clinical social work experience, much of it in oncology and with people managing serious illness. That background shaped her whole-health view - she pays attention to both body and mind when people are coping with hard decisions or loss. She speaks from direct experience as a recent cancer survivor and from clinical work in an oncology clinic.

Her style is client-centered and strengths-based. Sessions tend to be practical and focused on realistic goals. She helps people notice unhelpful thought patterns, practice mindfulness, and try small changes that can ease daily stress.

Ashley commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, mindfulness exercises, and attachment-informed ideas to help people gain clarity. She works with each person to set achievable steps toward the goals they name, and she emphasizes hearing what matters most to the client.

People who are looking for help with coping, grief, relationship or career stress, or managing anxiety and depression may find this approach useful. Prospective clients should confirm current session options before booking to ensure they match personal needs.

How these approaches can work online

Ashley uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in many sessions, a method that helps people identify and change unhelpful thought patterns and the behaviors that follow. CBT is often useful for anxiety, panic, depression, and problems like sleep disruption or anger by breaking issues into concrete steps.

She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which focuses on helping people accept difficult feelings while clarifying values and taking committed action. ACT can help with stress, chronic worry, grief, and adjusting to life changes by combining mindfulness with practical goal-setting.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Ashley will help clients choose methods based on their goals, needs, and preferences, and she adjusts plans as progress is made. That collaborative process is central to how she structures sessions.

Please confirm current session options before booking, as session formats are set by the therapist's practice. Many people find online sessions helpful because they can fit therapy into a busy day, have shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Talk with the therapist about what will fit your schedule and what style of session - for example, a focused skills session or a longer reflective meeting - feels most useful.