Dr. Ashley Ascherl Pechek

Dr. Ashley Ascherl Pechek is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Colorado who helps people manage issues such as anger, stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and self-esteem. She also supports people facing relationship and parenting concerns, trauma and abuse, career strain, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and veteran and armed forces issues. Ashley brings 15 years of counseling experience to her work.

Her style is straightforward and collaborative. She centers sessions on what the person needs right now, listens closely, and offers practical tools that can be used between appointments. She aims to help people feel heard and understood while building skills to cope with difficult moments.

Ashley integrates several approaches rather than following a single method. She uses client-centered methods to follow each person's pace, cognitive behavioral techniques for shifting unhelpful thinking and behavior, and solution-focused strategies to set small achievable goals. She also draws on trauma-informed practices when past hurts affect current functioning.

In sessions she emphasizes a strong working relationship and clear steps forward. That can include practicing new ways of responding, setting manageable goals, and planning strategies for stressful situations. She encourages questions and adjusts the approach as needs change.

Ashley also teaches in an online counselor education program, which informs her emphasis on skills and clear explanations. People who want a practical, empathic counselor may find her approach fits well.

How therapeutic approaches fit into online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's needs. It helps people feel understood and sets the pace for work on goals or skills. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors connect and then teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns. Those strategies can help with anger, anxiety, and mood problems. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people notice and name emotions and learn new ways to respond in important relationships; it is often useful for intimacy and connection issues.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist will talk with each person about needs, preferences, and goals, then suggest which methods to try first. The plan can change over time based on what helps most, and decisions are made together.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know what formats are offered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow brief check-ins when a full in-person visit would be harder. It can also let people work with a licensed professional who matches their needs even if they live in a different part of the state.