Where the Mind Meets the Body
Ashley Huston is completing her graduate clinical training in counseling at Northwestern while building her practice at Ascend's Lakeland office. What makes her approach distinct is the integration of mind-body techniques - including yoga-informed practices and meditation - into an otherwise evidence-based therapeutic framework.
This is not about replacing clinical therapy with wellness trends. Ashley uses somatic awareness and breathwork as tools within the therapeutic process, helping clients who are stuck in cognitive loops or disconnected from their own physical experience find a way back in. For clients with ADHD, this body-based approach can be especially grounding - literally providing a physical anchor when the mind is racing.
Ashley's eclectic therapeutic orientation means she draws from multiple modalities depending on what a particular client needs. For someone with borderline personality features (BPD), that might mean DBT-informed skills alongside mindfulness practices. For someone with chronic anxiety, it might mean combining cognitive restructuring with guided meditation. She adapts the approach to the person, not the other way around.
Ashley now also offers EMDR therapy - an evidence-based, 8-phase protocol that helps the nervous system reprocess traumatic memories so they stop driving present-day symptoms. Because EMDR does not require clients to narrate events in detail, it pairs naturally with her somatic, body-aware framework. It expands what she can offer to clients carrying PTSD, single-incident trauma, grief, and the emotional residue of painful experiences that talk therapy alone has not fully resolved.
Under the supervision of Ascend's licensed clinical team, Ashley offers sessions at a reduced fee of $75, making her mind-body approach - now including EMDR - accessible to clients who value this kind of integrative work but cannot afford the rates that holistic-branded private practices typically charge.
Education & Training
Education
- Graduate Student - Northwestern Counseling program (in progress)
Licensure
- Graduate Student Intern under licensed clinical supervision at Ascend Mind and Body
Clinical Experience
- EMDR therapy training (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
- Yoga and meditation practitioner training
- Mind-body integration approaches
What Ashley Treats
Services
- EMDR Therapy (new) - 8-phase evidence-based trauma reprocessing for PTSD, single-incident trauma, grief, and the emotional residue of painful life events
- Individual Therapy - eclectic, mind-body approach integrating evidence-based methods with somatic awareness
- ADHD Support - grounding techniques for managing attention, focus, and executive function
- BPD and Emotional Dysregulation - DBT-informed skills alongside mindfulness and body-based practices
- Anxiety and Depression Treatment - cognitive restructuring combined with breathwork and meditation
Conditions Commonly Treated
- PTSD and trauma-related symptoms (now treated with EMDR)
- ADHD and executive function challenges
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder and panic
- Depression and low motivation
- Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) features
- Emotional dysregulation and intense mood shifts
- Grief and loss
- Stress and burnout
- Disconnection from body or emotions
- Personal growth and self-discovery
Insurance & Payment
Reduced-Fee Sessions
Self-Pay Rates
- Reduced-fee session: $75
As a graduate intern working under licensed clinical supervision, Ashley offers therapy at a reduced rate to make quality mental health care more accessible.
