Ashley Goodey, LCSW

Ashley Goodey is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California who helps people facing grief, major life transitions, and caregiving strain. She brings calm patience to sessions and aims to meet clients where they are. Her style emphasizes practical steps and steady support during hard moments.

She has eleven years of clinical experience, with a long history of working with people after loss and with those juggling end-of-life decisions. Ashley helps clients recognize that grief does not follow a single path and that feelings can shift over time. She also assists people dealing with anxiety, depression, anger, and relationship stress.

Ashley uses clear, evidence-informed methods in conversation. She helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try different ways of responding. She also uses storytelling and mindfulness practices to clarify values and calm the body when emotions feel overwhelming.

Sessions focus on immediate coping skills and on longer-term goals like regaining balance, strengthening self-worth, or managing caregiver burnout. She supports people exploring forgiveness, life purpose, and hospice or end-of-life questions. Practical problem-solving is offered alongside emotional processing.

Her approach is collaborative: she listens first, then offers tools tailored to each person’s situation. People who want grounded, respectful support through grieving, caregiving, or major life changes may find her straightforward style helpful.

Approaches that translate well to online care

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting back what matters most to the person. It helps clients feel heard and shapes goals from their own priorities. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches specific skills to change unhelpful patterns. Mindfulness therapy trains simple attention and grounding practices to reduce rumination and ease intense emotions.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Ashley will work with each person to figure out which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts tools over time so sessions stay relevant and practical as circumstances change.

Confirm current session options before booking, since formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, allow shorter check-ins when a quick touchpoint helps, or reduce the need to travel. These practical benefits help people maintain momentum between sessions while they practice new skills and cope with caregiving, grief, or life transitions.