Ashley Kingston, LCPC
Licensed in Montana · 6 years in practice
Ashley Kingston is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) based in Montana with six years of clinical experience.
License and registration
- LCPC, Montana
- BBH-LCPC-LIC-50264 · expires December 2026
- NPI
- 1821764580 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 6
- Languages
- English
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About Ashley
Ashley Kingston is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) based in Montana with six years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping adults who feel stuck by guiding them toward clearer thinking and steadier emotions. Her work centers on practical steps people can use day to day to feel safer and more capable.
Ashley favors a collaborative, person-centered style that treats the client as the expert on their life. She listens for the patterns that cause distress and helps people try small, manageable changes.
Background and approach
Sessions often include skills practice, grounded breathing, and simple homework to reinforce what was discussed. She draws from cognitive behavioral approaches to help rework unhelpful thoughts and from dialectical behavior ideas for emotional regulation. Attachment-based perspectives shape how she looks at relationship patterns and closeness.
Techniques are chosen to match each person’s needs and pace. Ashley has experience with a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, disordered eating, addiction, ADHD, and relationship or intimacy-related issues. She also supports people facing major life changes, career stress, and compassion fatigue.
Sessions are offered in English and delivered online by phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. New clients begin by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling according to availability. The approach is steady, practical, and aimed at helping people regain a sense of control and personal agency.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Ashley lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Cancer
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Ashley names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How these approaches work online
Attachment-based work focuses on how past relationships shape current patterns. Online sessions can use talk, reflection, and exercises to notice how people seek closeness or pull away, helping them try new ways of relating in everyday life.Client-centered therapy centers on listening and respect. The therapist follows the client's lead, offers empathy, and helps people explore what matters most to them. This approach suits those who want a steady, accepting space to make decisions and process feelings.
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. Online CBT sessions include practical skill-building, thought records, and short homework tasks to change unhelpful habits and reduce symptoms like anxiety or low mood.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan together. That way the work matches the client’s needs and comfort level rather than following a fixed formula.
Online formats offer flexibility. Phone sessions can fit into a lunch break or be used when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging allow shorter check-ins, ongoing support between sessions, and written reflections clients can revisit. These options make it easier to maintain consistency, try new skills in real time, and fold therapy into a busy life.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does this therapist address?
Ashley helps with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting concerns, addictions, ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, and related challenges listed in her specialties.
How would you describe the therapy style here?
Her style is collaborative and person-centered. Sessions focus on listening, practical skills, breathwork, and small experiments clients can try between meetings.
What is Ashley's professional background?
She has six years of clinical experience and holds the LCPC credential. Her training includes work with trauma, addiction-focused study, and integrative therapeutic methods.
Where is the therapist located and licensed?
She practices as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Montana and provides services from that location.
Are sessions available in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and Ashley accepts international clients.
Which session formats are offered?
Work is provided via video calls are not offered, instead she uses phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for therapy.
How much do sessions cost and how does billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions operate through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are required to begin working with this therapist?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.
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