Ash Webster

Qualified Mental Health Professional

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ash@connectionsfirst.org

She/They

Expertise & Specialties:

• Anger and Impulse Control Issues

• Anxiety

• Depression

• Gender Identity & LGBTQIA+ Mental Health

• Grief and Loss

• Life Transitions

• Open Relationships and Non-Monogamy

• Oppositional Defiance

• Relationship and Family Conflicts

• Self-Esteem and Identity Issues

• Sex-Positive and Kink Allied

• Shame and Guilt

• Stress Management

• Trauma and PTSD

Therapy Approaches & Training:

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

• Attachment Theory-Based Care

• Culturally Sensitive and Anti-Oppressive Frameworks

• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

• Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)

• Health at Every Size (HAES)

• Internal Family Systems (IFS-Informed)

• Mindfulness-Based Therapy

• Motivational Interviewing

• Narrative Therapy

• Polyvagal Theory

• Queer Theory and Sex-Positive Affirming Care

• Somatic and Body-Based Practices

• Trauma-Focused Therapy

​​Meet Ash:

My approach to therapy combines unconditional acceptance, patience, and care with gentle and thoughtful challenging when it supports growth. I offer a genuine, collaborative therapeutic space where we explore what brings you to therapy while reconnecting with the strengths, creativity, and inner wisdom already within you. This creates space to explore even the harder parts of your story while helping you leave sessions feeling grounded and able to integrate what we uncover into your life. With over four years of experience working with adolescents through older adults, including facilitating therapy groups, I bring a steady and thoughtful presence to this work.

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Clinical Background:

I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Social Sciences from Portland State University and a Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Lewis & Clark College. I am currently licensed as a Registered Associate Counselor in the State of Oregon. My clinical experience spans adolescents through older adults across school and

community mental health settings, where I have worked as both an individual and group therapist.

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What to Expect in Therapy:

I aim to bring as much authenticity into the therapeutic space as possible and to create a warm and grounded space in which we can work together to build a plan of action that is tailored to your needs.