About Ashley

Ashley Boyd is a Nashville-based licensed professional counselor and supervisor who works primarily in private practice. Ashley works with individuals struggling with trauma, co-dependency, anxiety. She loves walking with others as they look at their story and connect the dots as to “why” they operate the way they do. Once the “why” has been identified, then comes the “what now.” She experiences great joy in cheering on her clients as they take steps to live life as fully as possible. 

Ashley’s warmth, empathy, and humor allows her to quickly connect with clients as they begin the incredible work of health and healing. In addition to working with individuals, she has lead numerous therapy groups, worked with couples in crisis, taught as an adjunct professor in the counseling department at Vanderbilt University, leads all day trauma intensives, and continues to supervise counseling students and post-graduate therapists working toward licensure. Much of the wisdom Ashley has to offer is derived from her life experiences as well as the time she has spent doing her own work on “the couch.” She has grown immensely because of her own individual and marriage therapy as well as periodic intensives.

Ashley spent her first 18 years in Southeast Texas before attending Baylor University. She majored in Speech Com/Tele Com and Journalism, but realized studying psychology, sociology, and religion was WAY more interesting. Ashley entered the non-profit sector after graduation and had the opportunity to work with several amazing organizations. She has worked in Central and South American prisons, helped to resettle refugees, assisted adults with mental and physical disabilities, and served as the volunteer coordinator of a large homeless provider. Early on, Ashley thought she wanted to be the head of a faith-based non-profit...so throw in a Master of Arts in Biblical Leadership around 2003. With every non-profit, she somehow found herself working on the front lines not knowing how to address the major emotional struggles and mental health issues that were in front of her. And this led her back to grad school- this time she would get her Masters in Counseling at Vanderbilt University. After graduation, Ashley did agency work for several years before entering private practice.

Ashley has been married to Blake for over 23 years, and she still thinks he is the funniest human on the planet. They have two incredible boys who started high school and college this year. Ashley could be described as pathologically adventurous, and she says that she has experienced enough love, adventure, and joy for two lifetimes. She believes deeply in the power of “play.” During her free time, you can find Ashley roller skating in the park, playing pickleball, paddle boarding, walking her golden retriever, or playing Scrabble.