Ashley French

Ashley French is an LCPC (Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor) and an LPCC (Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor) with 20 years of experience based in Kentucky. She works with adults who are dealing with stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship strain, grief, mood concerns such as bipolar and depression, and life changes that leave people unsure what comes next. Ashley also lists support for LGBT issues, family problems, trauma and abuse, and struggles with self-esteem and career direction.

She uses an approach that pays attention to how people connect to themselves and others. Sessions focus on looking at patterns that developed over time, noticing responses that once helped but now get in the way, and learning practical ways to respond differently. Conversations include exploring personal values and goals so choices line up with what matters to the client.

Ashley draws on attachment-based ideas to look at relationship patterns, client-centered work that centers the person's perspective, and dialectical behavior therapy for building skills around emotion and coping. She also incorporates existential and Jungian perspectives when clients want to examine meaning, identity, and deeper personal themes.

Work in sessions tends to be straightforward. Clients can expect honest feedback, reflection on their stories, and concrete tools to manage distress and make clearer decisions. Ashley often helps people talk through career doubts, caregiving stress, codependency, substance concerns, and responses to loss.

Her practice recognizes how life events like adoption, abandonment, illness, and disaster shape people over time. People who are weighing next steps in work or life often come to talk about how to live with more intention and steadiness.

How her approaches translate to online work

Ashley often draws on attachment-based ideas and client-centered methods in session. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people notice repeating dynamics in close relationships. Client-centered work focuses on listening to the person's experience and reflecting their perspective back so they can clarify values and goals.

She also uses dialectical behavior therapy, which teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and communicating more effectively. DBT skills can be helpful for people facing strong mood swings, impulsive behavior, or frequent relationship conflict.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Ashley will collaborate with each person to decide which methods suit their needs and goals. That means checking in about what feels useful, adjusting techniques, and combining skills, reflection, and meaning-focused explorations as appropriate.

Confirm the exact online session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Therapists and licensed professionals can adapt the work to focus on skill building, values clarification, or deeper reflective exploration depending on what a person wants to address.