Ashley Rankin, LCSW

Ashley Rankin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who provides individual and couples psychotherapy, drawing on five years of professional experience. Originally from Asheville, North Carolina, she relocated to Central Florida in 2018 to pursue graduate studies and has since established her practice in the region.

She holds a Bachelor of Science in Social Work from Appalachian State University and a Master of Clinical Social Work from the University of Central Florida. As an LCSW - a licensed clinical social worker qualified to deliver clinical social work services - she maintains licensure in multiple states, listed as FL LCSW SW21345, OR LCSW L14910, and AZ LCSW-22550.

Ashley’s clinical strengths include psychotherapy, crisis management, individualized treatment planning, self-advocacy, and career counseling. Her primary specialties are relationship and family work, grief, career concerns, and coping with life changes. She also focuses on a wide range of additional needs including autism and Asperger syndrome, disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD), hearing impairment, intellectual disability, panic disorder and panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, social anxiety and phobia, and traumatic brain injury.

Her therapeutic style incorporates client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), adapting these approaches to the specific goals and circumstances of each person. Ashley lives in St. Cloud, Florida, with her husband and their German Shepherd, and she spends her free time reading, running, and listening to podcasts.