Ashley Donahue , LCPC

Ashley Donahue is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) practicing in Illinois with 12 years of clinical experience. She works with children, adolescents, adults, and older adults and has provided care to people from a wide range of backgrounds and life circumstances. Her clinical experience includes trauma therapy, work related to the foster care system, family therapy, and support for depression, anxiety, and everyday family and life stressors.

Ashley draws on evidence-based methods to help people make meaningful change. Her primary approaches are Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT); she also incorporates techniques from Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), mindfulness practices, and motivational interviewing when appropriate. She places importance on understanding how thoughts and behaviors interact and uses that understanding to build practical coping strategies and pursue personal goals.

Ashley works with issues across the lifespan, including stress, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting and family problems, grief and loss, ADHD, trauma and abuse, sleep difficulties, and career or life transitions. She treats each person as an individual, tailoring her methods to meet unique needs and priorities. She looks forward to supporting people as they explore change and build skills to move forward.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care with Ashley Donahue

Ashley integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) into her online work. ACT focuses on helping people accept difficult thoughts and feelings while clarifying personal values and committing to meaningful action - it can be helpful for stress, anxiety, grief, and life transitions. CBT examines the connections between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to shift unhelpful patterns, a useful approach for anxiety, depression, insomnia, and coping challenges. She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills when emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness are priorities.

Ashley approaches treatment collaboratively and sees finding the right approach as part of the process. She works with each person to identify goals, preferences, and needs, and then adapts methods so therapy fits the client rather than forcing a single model.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can occur by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate schedules, caregiving responsibilities, mobility limits, or geographic constraints. These options make it easier to maintain consistent work on goals and to access therapists when life gets busy or transitions occur.