Ashley Morris

Ashely Morris (she/her) is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 10 years of experience working with children and their families. Ashley has worked with individuals on the Autism spectrum who carry additional diagnoses of various psychiatric conditions coupled with extensive trauma histories. Her experience includes working with children and adolescents, adults, families, and couples. Ashley has an extensive history of working with multidisciplinary teams, including collaboration with speech/language pathology, occupational therapy, and psychiatry. Ashley has experience with psychiatric residential treatment, community-based services, crisis services, psychosocial assessments, treatment and behavior intervention planning, working with caregivers of individuals with complex mental and physical disabilities, and the special education system.

Ashley is a trauma informed therapist who provides compassionate care to those around her. She offers safety to those who need it. Ashley can be described as patient, open-minded, and empathetic. She has unconditional positive regard for her clients and meets them where they are. Ashley believes that all people want to do well and can do so with the right tools.

Specialties

Ashley’s areas of expertise include anxiety, depression, PTSD, caregiver burnout/compassion fatigue, chronic pain/illness, autism spectrum disorder, developing coping skills, relationship/communication issues, and trauma. She enjoys working with children, adolescents, adults and couples. Ashley is LGBTQIA+ affirming

Modalities

Ashley uses a variety of therapeutic modalities with her clients to include cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and strengths-based counseling.

Education

• Licensed Professional Counselor- Virginia
• Certificate of completion for Family Systems Trauma Advanced Training

Professional Memberships

• Virginia Counselors Association