Ausha Whitehead

Ausha Whitehead is a licensed social worker who focuses on practical strategies and steady support. She holds a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) credential and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) credential and brings 13 years of experience to her work. She treats people with respect and centers care on each person's strengths and goals.

Her approach aims to build motivation, confidence, and clearer decision making. She helps people cope with grief and loss and manage symptoms of depression and anxiety. Her work also addresses trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, anger, and issues that affect intimacy.

Ausha draws from several evidence-informed approaches to create a plan that fits a person’s life. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and Mindfulness Therapy as tools to guide sessions. These are applied in straightforward ways, like learning new coping skills, practicing present-moment awareness, and identifying unhelpful thinking patterns.

She has experience helping people through life changes, parenting stress, career concerns, ADHD, bipolar-related challenges, and long-term medical or caregiving burdens. Additional focus areas include adoption and foster care, aging and geriatric issues, chronic illness, and substance-related problems.

Ausha works from North Carolina and conducts sessions in English. She aims to collaborate on goals and to adapt the plan as people progress.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts without getting stuck in them and clarify what matters most so they can take meaningful action. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and practicing different behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and mild depression. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's own experience and priorities, offering a respectful, listening-first space that supports self-directed change.

Figuring out which approach fits best is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped in the past. Together they choose methods and adjust the plan as progress is made, so the approach feels useful and realistic.

Confirm the available session formats before booking, as current options are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and remove the need for travel time. Licensed professionals can use the same therapeutic tools remotely as in person, adapting exercises and homework to a person’s daily routine so therapy stays practical and manageable.