Ashley Zimmerman
$250 (45-50 min. - Individual Therapy)
$350 (75 min. - Individual, Couples or Family Therapy)
$425 (90-100 min. - Initial Assessment or Double Session | Individual, Couples or Family Therapy)
*Special financial arrangements to be evaluated every 3 months
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ASHLEY ZIMMERMAN, LPC, NCC
“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.”
— Carl Rogers
Ashley Zimmerman is a Licensed Professional Counselor and National Certified Counselor (LPC, NCC) with experience working with eating disorders and disordered eating, body image concerns, maternal mental health, anxiety, depression, and significant life transitions. Her hope is to create a warm, supportive environment where clients feel genuinely seen and understood as they explore who they are, what they need, and what it means to create an aligned, balanced life.
APPROACH
Ashley’s clinical work is trauma-informed and draws from Internal Family Systems (IFS), Family-Based Treatment (FBT), Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC), and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). She works from an attachment-based perspective and incorporates nervous system awareness and somatic tools to help clients better understand the connection between their thoughts, emotions, and bodies.
Ashley believes change is only possible when we can approach ourselves with curiosity rather than judgment. She helps clients notice patterns that may no longer be serving them, understand the needs underneath those patterns, and develop new ways of responding.
An important part of Ashley’s work involves helping clients understand the different parts of themselves. We all have parts that can be anxious, critical, perfectionistic, or avoidant, and those parts often developed for understandable reasons. Rather than trying to eliminate them, Ashley helps clients become curious about what those parts are trying to protect and how they might respond differently. Over time, this can reduce internal conflict and make it easier to move forward in areas that have felt difficult to change.
She works with clients of all genders, sexual orientations, and gender identities and is committed to making therapy feel respectful, affirming, and welcoming.
AREAS OF FOCUS
- Eating disorders and disordered eating
- Body image
- Maternal mental health
- College students and emerging adults
- Life transitions and identity
- Boundaries, people-pleasing, and codependency
- Anxiety and perfectionism
- Faith, spirituality, and religious identity
EATING DISORDERS & BODY IMAGE
Ashley has experience treating eating disorders across every level of care. She views recovery as more than changing behaviors – it is an opportunity to develop a more peaceful relationship with food and the body, build self-trust, and create a life that is not organized around rules, fear, or perfectionism. With adolescents, she often works from a Family-Based Treatment model, which positions parents as active participants in restoring their child's health. She takes a collaborative approach and has experience coordinating with dietitians, physicians, and treatment teams. Ashley also provides support for parents or caregivers of a loved one with an eating disorder.
MATERNAL MENTAL HEALTH
Ashley is passionate about supporting women through pregnancy, postpartum, and matresence – the profound physical, emotional, and psychological transition a person goes through while becoming a mother. She works with women in every stage of motherhood who may be experiencing anxiety, depression, body image concerns, relationship changes, identity shifts, or difficulty adjusting to parenthood.
COLLEGE STUDENTS & EMERGING ADULTHOOD
Ashley works with college students and young adults on independence, changing friendships and relationships, family expectations, academic and career stress, anxiety and perfectionism, and building their own sense of self.
FAITH, SPIRITUALITY & RELIGIOUS IDENTITY
For clients who wish to bring faith into therapy, Ashley has specialized training in questions of faith, spirituality, and religious identity. She has particular interest in supporting people navigating doubt, deconstruction, spiritual transition, or religious hurt. Therapy can be a space to explore these experiences without judgment or pressure to arrive at any particular belief.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
- B.A. in Communication Studies, Clemson University
- M.A. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Richmont Graduate University
- Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Georgia
- National Certified Counselor (NCC)
- EMDR-Trained through EMDR Consulting (EMDRIA-approved)