Ashley Shires, MFA, MA, LPC, is a therapist who specializes in mindfulness-based practices. She works with clients through life transitions, relationship loss, anxiety, depression, PTSD and other emotional challenges, using research-based tools for emotional regulation.

Ashley is a certified Brainspotting practitioner, a trauma-informed modality that evolved from EMDR, and she is trained in DBT and CBT skills. She also offers Ketamine-Assisted-Psychotherapy (KAP) in partnership with Journey Clinical. KAP has been to shown to enhance mood and increase neuroplasticity.

Ashley supports her clients with warmth and presence, drawing from her 20 years of experience as a yoga instructor. She offers individual sessions, she leads group therapy sessions, and she teaches memoir writing classes that incorporate guided meditations and journaling prompts for self-reflection and transformation.

(photo credit: Cary Jobe)