Ashley Smith (she/her)

Anxiety can feel like your mind won’t slow down, your body is always tense, and you’re constantly “on alert.” I help clients understand the roots of their anxiety, learn how to regulate their nervous system, and build tools to feel grounded and in control. Together we create space to breathe again, challenge old patterns, and develop practices that bring calm, clarity, and confidence back into your daily life.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps you understand how your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors influence one another. If you tend to overthink, replay conversations, seek reassurance, or second-guess yourself, CBT can help you recognize those patterns and begin changing them. Together, we'll build practical skills to challenge unhelpful thinking, respond with greater clarity and confidence, and strengthen self-trust so anxiety no longer drives your decisions.

As an LGBTQIA+ affirming therapist, I create a space where you can show up fully as yourself without fear of judgment. Your identity is welcomed, respected, and affirmed. Many of the LGBTQIA+ adults I work with struggle with relationship anxiety, people-pleasing, overthinking, or feeling like they have to hide parts of themselves to be accepted. Together, we'll build self-trust, strengthen boundaries, and help you feel more secure in your identity, your relationships, and yourself.

Brainspotting helps access and release the deeper emotional and physical roots of anxiety, trauma, and overwhelm. By using specific eye positions to locate where experiences are held in the body, we can process what feels “stuck” at a nervous-system level. Clients often describe Brainspotting as a powerful, gentle way to gain clarity, emotional relief, and a sense of grounded inner calm.

Brainspotting helps access and release the deeper emotional and physical roots of anxiety, trauma, and overwhelm. By using specific eye positions to locate where experiences are held in the body, we can process what feels “stuck” at a nervous-system level. Clients often describe Brainspotting as a powerful, gentle way to gain clarity, emotional relief, and a sense of grounded inner calm.

Brainspotting helps access and process the deeper emotional roots of anxiety, relationship anxiety, trauma, and feeling stuck. Many clients come to therapy knowing they're caught in patterns like overthinking, people-pleasing, or emotional reactivity, but aren't sure why those patterns keep repeating. Using specific eye positions, Brainspotting helps process experiences at a nervous system level, allowing your brain and body to work through emotions that can be difficult to reach through words

Anxiety can feel like your mind never slows down. You might replay conversations, overthink every decision, seek constant reassurance, or question whether you're "too much" for the people you care about. Together, we'll uncover what's driving those patterns, build self-trust, calm your nervous system, and develop practical tools so you can respond with greater confidence instead of fear. The goal isn't just to manage anxiety. It's to help you feel more secure, grounded, and in control of your l

Relationship issues don't always look like constant conflict. They can show up as overthinking, reassurance seeking, people-pleasing, difficulty setting boundaries, or feeling responsible for everyone else's emotions. You might replay conversations, fear rejection, or lose sight of your own needs while trying to keep the peace. Together, we'll understand what's driving these patterns, build self-trust, strengthen boundaries, and help you create healthier, more secure relationships.

Somatic therapy focuses on how anxiety, stress, and past experiences are held in your body. Many people I work with feel constantly on edge, stuck in overthinking, disconnected from themselves, or caught in a cycle of fight, flight, freeze, or fawn responses. Together, we'll use body-based techniques to regulate your nervous system, increase your sense of safety, and help you reconnect with yourself. As your nervous system becomes more regulated, it becomes easier to respond with greater calm,