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Carolyn "Ashley" Wanyonyi, LCSW

  • Experience11 years
  • LocationNevada
  • Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Relationship, and Depression
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Client-Centered Therapy
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About Carolyn

Carolyn "Ashley" Wanyonyi helps people who are navigating stress, relationship challenges, grief, and life transitions find practical support and clearer pathways forward.

Background and approach

She brings 11 years of clinical experience as an LCSW, licensed in Maine and Nevada, and works with concerns ranging from anxiety and depression to parenting struggles, compassion fatigue, bipolar mood issues, and family conflict.

Her practice also addresses aging and geriatric issues, attachment and blended family concerns, caregiver stress, hospice and end-of-life counseling, immigration challenges, and obsessive or compulsive patterns. Ashley frames each person as unique and collaborates to build a treatment plan that fits individual needs and goals.

Her style emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion while drawing on Internal Family Systems, cognitive-behavioral ideas, client-centered principles, and solution-focused strategies to support coping and change. Sessions are offered in English and available through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.

Costs vary by location and therapist availability and use a cancellable subscription model. To begin, prospective clients select the Start Therapy button, complete a brief matching questionnaire, and schedule according to Ashley's availability.

How Therapeutic Approaches Work Online

Internal Family Systems invites clients to notice and relate to different parts of themselves with curiosity and compassion, helping people understand internal conflicts and reduce self-criticism. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying patterns of thinking and behavior that contribute to distress and learning practical skills to change those patterns and improve mood and functioning.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to explore goals, preferences, and responses to different techniques, adapting methods over time to find what feels most useful and respectful of individual experience.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and accessibility. These formats allow people to connect from home or elsewhere, fit therapy into busy schedules, and continue work between sessions using written or real-time messaging as needed.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she work with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, depression, grief, parenting challenges, bipolar mood issues, and related family and life transition concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is collaborative and nonjudgmental, emphasizing respect and sensitivity while using client-centered methods alongside structured techniques to solve problems and build coping skills.
What is her professional background?
She has 11 years of clinical experience working with individuals, families, children, and couples in a range of settings including work with medically fragile children and foster care contexts.
Which credentials and location are listed?
She is an LCSW licensed in Maine and Nevada with license numbers ME LCSW LC21692 and NV LCSW 7369-C and practices from Nevada.
Does she work in languages other than English or accept international clients?
Services are offered in English, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and needs.
How are fees and payment handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesDepressionCoping with life changesCompassion fatigue

Also works with

Family conflictsGriefParenting issuesSelf esteemBipolar disorder

Additional focus areas

Aging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressCommunication problemsFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingImmigration issuesIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisMood disordersObsessions, compulsions, and OCDParanoiaPostpartum depressionSelf-harmWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Solution-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

11+ years

Licensed

Nevada, Maine

Languages

English