Ashley O’Hara

My name is Ashley O’Hara and I have been practicing as a licensed clinical social worker for 10 years, incorporating a holistic lifestyle approach and empowering individuals to make conscious choices to live wholehearted lives. In keeping with the mind, body, spirit approach, I have been engaged in the study and practice of yoga for the last 13 years, as a method to deal with my own personal struggles with anxiety and emotion regulation. The most rewarding aspect of being a therapist is building relationships and connecting with people, assisting them in creating their authentic self and with navigating difficult life experiences. Having been trained in the four modalities of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy: Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness, we use these skills that address “life on life’s terms” as a means of exploring behavioral change and emotional growth. We can strengthen these skills to help you be more effective in your life. Sometimes, our perspective can get cloudy and we need help “cleaning the lens” through which we view our lives, to discover a new awareness or to develop a new path. If you are curious, looking for a new perspective, and have the willingness to try, the door is open and I am looking forward to being there with you on your journey to wellness.