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

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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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