Ashley Becker , LPCC

Ashley Becker is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) practicing in Minnesota. She also holds a Certification in Rehabilitation Counseling and is an approved supervisor in Minnesota, qualifications that reflect additional training and the ability to provide clinical supervision to other counselors.

Ashley has worked in both inpatient hospital settings and outpatient community mental health centers, and she has eight years of experience establishing, facilitating, and maintaining group therapy sessions. Her background includes support for people with serious and persistent mental illness as well as a range of mood, anxiety, trauma, and substance-related conditions, including major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and substance use disorders.

Her clinical stance is strongly person-centered - she favors walking alongside clients as they define their goals and explore barriers rather than directing the process. She emphasizes collaborative goal-setting, practical coping strategies, and the value of building perspective through conversation. Ashley integrates motivational interviewing, Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy techniques, illness management and recovery practices, trauma-informed care, IDDT and transtheoretical model principles, and multicultural counseling into her work.

She is committed to reducing stigma around mental illness and supports clients who are ready to take courageous steps toward change, bringing both seriousness and moments of levity into the therapeutic process.

Evidence-Informed Approaches for Online Care

Ashley draws on client-centered therapy, a collaborative approach that emphasizes empathy, respect, and the client’s own goals. This method helps people clarify what matters most to them and moves at a pace that feels manageable, making it useful for life transitions, relationship concerns, and self-esteem work.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help identify and shift unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. CBT is practical and skills-focused, often applied to symptoms of anxiety, depression, and obsessive-compulsive tendencies.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills are incorporated when emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness are priorities. DBT offers concrete tools to manage intense feelings and to improve communication in relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Ashley works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts techniques over time as clients grow and as challenges change.

Online therapy with Ashley is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for busy schedules and different comfort levels. These options make it easier to access consistent support without travel, allowing therapy to fit more naturally into daily life.