Ashley Simos

Ashley Simos is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in New York with eight years of clinical experience working with adults. She helps people who face addiction, anxiety, depression, and problems managing stress. Her practice also addresses relationship strain, family difficulties, and life purpose concerns. Simos describes a direct and collaborative style. She invites honesty and uses plain talk, gentle challenge, and occasional humor in sessions. Therapy focuses on practical steps that can be used between meetings, not just ideas discussed in the room. She often sees people who look like they have it together but feel overwhelmed inside. Sessions cover racing thoughts, hard-to-manage emotions, and recurring patterns that keep showing up. Smoking or vaping cessation and impulsivity are also among the specific issues she addresses. Her work attends to codependency, communication problems, control issues, guilt and shame, and forgiveness. Young adult issues and panic attacks are listed as areas she helps with. Life purpose conversations are included for those questioning next steps after a change. Clients can expect straightforward feedback and collaborative planning. The emphasis is on real-world application so changes stick outside of therapy. To begin, the process asks prospective clients to complete a short questionnaire and schedule a first session.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Evidence-based techniques form the backbone of her work. Cognitive approaches focus on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing them with real-life experiments. This can help when thoughts race or worry feels overwhelming.

Behavioral strategies target actions rather than just feelings. That can include step-by-step plans for cutting back on substances, practicing new communication habits, or building short routines to manage stress and impulsivity.

Finding the right approach is part of the early work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which techniques fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That decision is adjusted over time based on what helps in everyday life.

Confirm current session formats before booking, as the biography does not list specific delivery methods. Online options can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, shorten travel time, and allow brief check-ins during a workday. Different formats also support situations that need less screen time or a quicker session, so practical needs can shape how meetings are scheduled.