Ashley Lynch, LCSW

Ashley Lynch is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Wisconsin with five years in clinical practice. She focuses on stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem, depression, compassion fatigue, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, eating issues, parenting, anger, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes.

She earned a Master of Social Work from George Williams College in 2016. Before graduate school she worked in group homes, which is where she began talking with people about daily struggles and goals. During her internship she provided short-term therapy and crisis support for caregivers at the Alzheimer’s Association.

After graduating she worked as a facility director at a senior care facility and later shifted toward clinical work with college-aged students. That mix of settings shaped a practical approach to common life stresses and caregiving challenges. Sessions emphasize realistic goals and steps clients can use between meetings.

Ashley uses several well-known therapy approaches in session. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice what matters, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to address unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, and elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) when emotion regulation and relationship needs arise.

Her style is straightforward and client-centered. She works with each person to set a treatment plan they feel comfortable with and chooses goals that are achievable. People come for help with panic, grief, caregiver stress, anger, parenting concerns, and life-stage transitions.

Sessions are conducted in English and reflect experience with aging and geriatric issues, hospice and end-of-life counseling, fatherhood and caregiver stress, postpartum and pregnancy-related mood concerns, and young adult issues.

How therapeutic approaches are used in online sessions