Ashleigh Coleman
Warm client-centred counsellor focused on practical support
About Ashleigh
Ashleigh Coleman helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief and relationship struggles. She also supports those dealing with parenting pressures, sleep problems, anger, low self-esteem and life changes. Ashleigh practises with respect and warmth and aims to make sessions feel straightforward and useful.
She is registered with the British Association for Counsellors and Psychotherapists - BACP. That registration is shown as BACP. Ashleigh has three years of professional experience and adapts her way of working to each person she meets.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on what matters now and on practical steps a person can try between meetings. Ashleigh follows a client-centred approach, which means she listens closely and builds conversations around the client’s priorities. She will offer time to process difficult events, look at past patterns when helpful, and introduce tools for managing thoughts and feelings.
Goals are agreed together so the work stays focused and relevant. People can expect clear, respectful conversations that aim to be real and down to earth. Ashleigh emphasises honesty, integrity and a non-judgemental manner in sessions.
She encourages clients to take a steady pace and to bring the issues that feel most important. Sessions are offered in English and are available to people in the United Kingdom and internationally. Ashleigh works with a broad range of concerns including trauma and abuse, intimacy-related matters, ADHD, career questions, chronic illness and caregiver stress.
The emphasis is on practical help and understanding, matched to each person’s needs.
What Ashleigh works with
How Ashleigh works
Listed by Ashleigh among the ways they work.
Sessions & fees
Client-centred care and online counselling
Client-centred therapy focuses on listening without judgement and following what the client brings to each session. The counsellor reflects back what is said, helps clarify feelings and priorities, and supports people to find their own solutions; this approach is often helpful for anxiety, relationship concerns and low self-esteem.Ashleigh also uses flexible elements from other approaches when needed, offering time to process past events or introducing practical tools for managing emotions and everyday stress. These adjustments are chosen to meet the individual’s goals and circumstances rather than following a fixed script.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Ashleigh will work with the person to identify goals and try ways of working that fit their needs and preferences. If a different method seems more helpful later on, she will discuss that and adapt the plan together.
Online therapy offers practical benefits such as fitting sessions around work or caregiving, reducing travel time, and providing options when lower bandwidth is needed. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be useful for a shorter check-in or when video is difficult, and live chat or text-based messaging supports people who prefer writing or want ongoing check-ins between meetings. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists use these formats to make counselling more accessible and flexible for different routines and needs.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
