Clinical Supervision & Practice Consultation
Build Stronger Clinicians. Develop Better Supervisors.
Create Training Systems That Actually Work.
Clinical supervision is more than reviewing cases and signing paperwork. Strong supervision requires the ability to develop clinical judgment, teach ethical decision-making, strengthen documentation, address performance concerns, and help emerging clinicians translate graduate education into competent, real-world practice.
Ashley provides consultation to counseling supervisors, clinical leaders, and practice owners who want to strengthen the quality and structure of their supervision and clinical training programs.
Her approach is grounded in more than a decade of direct supervision experience, clinical practice, program development, and behavioral health leadership.
Experience That Extends Beyond the Therapy Room
Ashley’s experience extends well beyond individual clinical practice. She began with a small private practice, later merged another established practice into the organization, and continued developing it into a multi-location behavioral health organization serving communities across multiple states.
That growth required building and refining systems for clinical supervision, documentation, compliance, training, staff development, internship programming, specialty services, and quality assurance, all while maintaining the clinical integrity of the organization.
Ashley is currently licensed as a professional clinical counselor in North Dakota, Minnesota, and Idaho and is a Board-Approved Clinical Supervisor in North Dakota and Minnesota.
She has provided supervision to counselors and social workers since 2015, working with clinicians across multiple stages of professional development.
Developing the Next Generation of Clinicians
A central focus of Ashley’s work is helping graduate students and early-career clinicians bridge the gap between what they learn in the classroom and what is required in day-to-day clinical practice.
Ashley developed an intensive clinical training program for master’s-level counseling students emphasizing:
- Clinical documentation and medical-necessity standards
- Ethics and professional decision-making
- Case conceptualization and treatment planning
- Therapeutic modalities and evidence-informed interventions
- Clinical boundaries and professional identity
- Risk assessment and clinical judgment
- Effective use of supervision and professional consultation
- Preparing for the transition from graduate clinician to independently practicing professional
Ashley has overseen the clinical development of more than 25 graduate students, with those progressing through the program successfully completing the examinations required to continue toward clinical licensure.
Her consultation approach draws heavily from the practical lessons gained through building, refining, and overseeing this training model.
Consultation for Clinical Supervisors
Counselors often receive extensive training in how to provide therapy, but considerably less preparation for how to develop another clinician.
Ashley helps supervisors build the skills, structure, and confidence needed to support clinicians throughout their professional development.
Consultation may include support with:
- Structuring individual and group supervision
- Developing supervision policies and expectations
- Evaluating supervisee competency
- Addressing difficult supervisee dynamics
- Navigating ethical and boundary concerns
- Improving documentation oversight
- Helping supervisees develop stronger clinical judgment
- Managing remediation and performance concerns
- Developing internship or practicum programs
- Creating training standards and competency benchmarks
- Supporting supervisors transitioning into leadership roles
Consultation can also support group-practice owners and clinical leaders seeking to build a more consistent clinical culture across supervisors, interns, and independently licensed providers.
Specialized Clinical Perspective
Ashley’s extensive clinical background also allows her to provide consultation to supervisors managing complex cases, specialty services, and unique clinical environments.
Animal-Assisted Interventions
Ashley is a Certified Animal Assisted Intervention Specialist (C-AAIS) and has practiced animal-assisted therapy for more than 15 years.
Her experience includes developing both a canine-assisted school-based mental health program and an equine-assisted mental health program.
Ashley can provide consultation on the thoughtful integration of animal-assisted interventions into clinical practice, supervision, programming, and organizational settings.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Ashley has been trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy since 2020 and utilizes EMDR with clients experiencing a wide range of concerns, including trauma, grief and loss, recovery from physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, attachment-related concerns, depression, anxiety, and persistent ruminating or intrusive thoughts.
Her passion for EMDR is also deeply personal. After experiencing EMDR as a client herself and seeing the profound impact it had on her own healing, Ashley was inspired to pursue professional training so she could offer this powerful therapeutic approach to others. Ashley is currently working toward EMDRIA Certification, reflecting her commitment to advanced training, consultation, continued professional development, and maintaining a high level of competency in EMDR practice. Pursuing certification is an important part of her commitment to continually deepening her skills and providing EMDR treatment that is thoughtful, ethical, and grounded in established standards of practice.
Perinatal and Postnatal Mental Health
Ashley has specialized training and experience supporting individuals and families throughout the perinatal and postnatal journey, including infertility, pregnancy and infant loss, birth trauma, and the emotional transition into parenthood. She completed specialized training through the Seleni Institute in 2020 and pursued additional advanced training through Postpartum Support International (PSI) in 2026. Ashley is currently working toward her Perinatal Mental Health Certification (PMH-C), further strengthening her ability to provide evidence-informed, specialized care for the unique mental health needs that can arise during pregnancy, postpartum, pregnancy loss, and early parenthood.
Ashley is especially passionate about supporting new parents experiencing birth trauma, postpartum depression and anxiety, attachment and bonding concerns, intrusive thoughts, emotional dysregulation and intense irritability or anger; sometimes described by parents as “postpartum rage.” She understands that becoming a parent can bring profound changes in identity, relationships, and sense of self. Her work focuses not only on helping parents’ bond with and care for their children, but also on helping them remain connected to who they are as individuals as they navigate their evolving identity as a parent.
Her passion for pregnancy, infant, and child loss is also deeply personal. Following the loss of her infant daughter, Addie, Ashley founded Addie’s Angels of North Dakota to help other families facing the unimaginable grief of losing a child. This lived experience, combined with her clinical training, has shaped her commitment to creating a compassionate space where grieving parents can honor their child, process their loss, and learn how to carry both their grief and their continuing connection to their child as they move forward in life.
Trauma-Informed & Integrative Clinical Care
Ashley’s clinical training and experience include:
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)
- Perinatal and postnatal mental health
- Extensive trauma-informed clinical training
- Animal-assisted therapeutic interventions
This multidisciplinary background allows Ashley to help supervisors think beyond a single therapeutic orientation and support clinicians in developing intentional, individualized approaches to treatment.
Complex, Court-Involved & High-Stakes Clinical Work
Ashley also has significant experience providing professional and expert testimony in court-related matters.
This work has given her a strong understanding of the additional documentation, ethical, communication, and professional-boundary considerations that arise when clinical treatment intersects with the legal system.
Earlier in her career, Ashley also provided Rule 25 chemical-use assessments, contributing to her broader experience with behavioral health assessment, substance-use concerns, and interdisciplinary clinical care.
Consultation Grounded in Real Clinical Leadership
Ashley’s approach is not based on the belief that there is only one correct way to supervise.
Instead, she helps supervisors develop systems and approaches that are ethical, clinically sound, sustainable, and consistent with who they are as professionals.
Sometimes that means strengthening the structure of supervision. Sometimes it means navigating a challenging supervisee relationship. In other situations, it may involve developing an entire internship program, improving documentation expectations, or helping a practice define what clinical quality should look like across the organization.
The goal remains the same:
Develop clinicians who can think critically, practice ethically, document effectively, and provide high-quality care even when their supervisor is no longer in the room.
Who Can Benefit From Clinical Supervision Consultation?
Ashley’s consultation services may be appropriate for:
Clinical Supervisors
Seeking support with supervision structure, challenging situations, ethics, competency development, or supervisee evaluation.
Group Practice Owners & Clinical Directors
Building supervision systems, internship programs, documentation standards, clinical policies, or quality-assurance processes.
Newly Approved Supervisors
Transitioning from experienced clinician to confident and effective clinical supervisor.
Graduate Training & Internship Programs
Developing stronger systems for preparing master’s-level clinicians for the expectations and responsibilities of professional practice.
Strengthen Your Approach to Clinical Supervision
Whether developing a supervision program, navigating a difficult supervisory situation, or looking for ways to strengthen clinical training across an organization, Ashley can help identify practical strategies and systems that support both supervisors and the clinicians they are developing.