Ashley O'Leary
Compassionate, practical counselling support
About Ashley
Ashley O'Leary is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with three years of professional experience and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She works with people facing a wide range of concerns, including addictions, grief, parenting challenges, stress and anxiety, and mood difficulties such as depression and bipolar.
Ashley aims to offer a respectful, compassionate space for people to talk through difficult feelings and choices.
Background and approach
Her approach is practical and tailored. Conversations are shaped to each person's needs rather than following a fixed script. She helps people identify manageable steps to cope better day to day and to make longer-term changes when they want to.
Ashley has experience supporting people dealing with relationship strain, anger, trauma and abuse, and LGBT-related concerns. She also offers support around career questions and family-related stresses. Sessions focus on what matters most to the individual and on workable strategies to reduce distress.
She invites people to bring their own goals and worries into sessions and works collaboratively to set aims and review progress. Ashley emphasises kindness and sensitivity in sessions and adapts the pace to each person. Taking the first step can feel hard.
Ashley offers steady, non-judgemental support while people figure out their next steps and build coping skills for the future.
What Ashley works with
Sessions & fees
Therapeutic approaches and how online sessions help
Ashley uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that are practical and goal-focused. One approach she employs helps people break problems into smaller, manageable steps so they can reduce overwhelm and build coping habits. Another approach concentrates on understanding and processing grief or trauma at a pace that feels manageable, helping people make sense of painful experiences and move forward.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Ashley will discuss options and adapt methods based on a person’s needs, goals and preferences. This collaborative process means the plan can change as progress is made or new priorities emerge.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow fuller conversations when face-to-face style interaction matters. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or a quieter voice-only check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter updates, quick coping check-ins, or people who prefer writing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, caring duties and day-to-day life, while still receiving regular professional support.
| 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
- Addictions
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
