Ashley Jaggi-Hansen

Ashley Jaggi-Hansen is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, and challenges around eating and body image. She focuses on practical steps that make daily life easier and clearer. Her style is warm and straightforward, and she treats each person as the expert on their own life.

Ashley works with clients to build an individualized plan that includes goals and a timeline. She often shares tools clients can use between sessions so progress continues outside the room. She also offers coaching-informed strategies to support behavior change and goal setting.

She earned a Master of Social Work from the University of Utah after undergraduate studies at Brigham Young University. Ashley has five years of experience as a mental health therapist and holds the credential LCSW, licensed in Arizona and Utah.

Ashley uses a mix of approaches in session, including acceptance and commitment techniques, cognitive behavioral tools, dialectical skills, and client-centered listening. She also incorporates EMDR when appropriate. Together with each client she chooses methods that match the person’s goals and preferences.

Typical concerns she addresses include grief, depression, parenting strain, relationship and communication problems, addiction and recovery support, coping with life changes, and family of origin issues. She aims to help people leave therapy with a clearer sense of direction and practical skills to manage future challenges.

Therapeutic approaches that translate well to online work

Ashley often draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in session. ACT helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose values-based actions, which can relieve stuck patterns. CBT focuses on spotting and changing thought and behavior patterns that keep problems going, and it often uses concrete tools and homework.

She also uses client-centered listening to create space for people to tell their story and for the therapist to reflect what matters most. That approach supports a collaborative process where goals and methods are chosen together. Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work; the therapist will help decide what fits your needs, goals, and preferences as you go.

Practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions into a busy week and keeping momentum between appointments. Because the therapist’s biography does not list specific session formats, confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to schedule shorter check-ins, avoid travel time, and continue therapy during life transitions, while the therapist and client shape a plan that fits everyday routines.