Ashley Farrens, LPC

Ashley Farrens is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri with ten years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical strategies to reduce stress and anxiety and to help people regain a sense of stability in daily life.

Ashley often supports people recovering from trauma and abuse and those coping with grief and loss. She also helps clients who struggle with low self-esteem, compassion fatigue, social anxiety, and symptoms of post-traumatic stress. Her work includes attention to issues such as divorce and separation, forgiveness, guilt and shame, life purpose, and self-love.

Her approach centers on listening first. She uses client-centered conversations to understand what matters most to each person. From there she brings in tools that match the client’s goals, including cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness practices.

Sessions focus on small, actionable steps. Clients can expect clear strategies for managing difficult thoughts and feelings, breathing and grounding techniques, and short exercises to practice between sessions. Ashley adapts the pace and plan to the person in front of her.

She treats faith concerns with respect and works to create a nonjudgmental space for exploring values. Ashley describes therapy as a partnership where she supports and empowers people as they try new ways of living and thinking.

How Ashley blends practical approaches online

Ashley commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try small experiments to change behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, social worries, and mood shifts. She also uses client-centered therapy to build a supportive relationship where the person leads the conversation and goals are shaped around their priorities.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Ashley discusses options with each person and tailors methods to their needs, goals, and preferences. She treats the process as a collaboration and checks in on what is and isn’t working so the plan can change over time.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins. Text or chat sessions allow ongoing check-ins and written exercises between appointments. These options give flexibility for scheduling and for using different tools on different days.