What patients are saying
Overall rating
5.00
Average wait time
5.00
Bedside manner
5.00
About Ashley Temple
Focus areas
Disordered Eating
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Suicidal Tendencies
Mood Disorders
Self Esteem Issues
Young Adult Issues
Personality Disorder
Self-Harm / Injury
Clientele seen
Young adults (18-24)
Individuals
Adults (25-64)
Couples
Seniors (65+)
Treatment approaches
Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
Dialectical (DBT)
Psychodynamic
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Trauma Focused
Identity
Gender
FemaleLanguages spoken
English
Getting to know Ashley Temple
Together, we will create a warm, collaborative space where we can slow things down and make sense of experiences that may feel confusing, overwhelming, or difficult to put into words. Whether you are struggling with relationships, identity, trauma, anxiety, or life transitions, therapy offers an opportunity to become more curious about yourself and the patterns that shape the way you think, feel, and connect with others.
I specialize in working with adults and couples experiencing the effects of complex trauma, attachment injuries, personality disorders, and longstanding relational difficulties. My clinical work also includes supporting individuals navigating depression, anxiety, grief, self-esteem concerns, and major life transitions. Regardless of your presenting concerns, I strive to understand your unique experiences through a compassionate, nonjudgmental lens.
My work is grounded in psychodynamic therapy and informed by Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT), Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT), and Internal Family Systems (IFS), integrating these perspectives thoughtfully based on each client's unique needs. Together, we will explore how your early experiences have shaped your current ways of understanding yourself and others, while recognizing that under stress, it can become difficult to accurately interpret our own thoughts, emotions, and intentions—or those of the people around us. Rather than searching for immediate answers, therapy becomes a space to cultivate curiosity, strengthen reflective functioning, and develop greater flexibility in how you experience yourself and your relationships.
While insight is an important part of the therapeutic process, meaningful change also comes from feeling understood, emotionally supported, and safe enough to explore experiences that may have once felt unbearable. I integrate evidence-based interventions tailored to your individual needs so that therapy provides both immediate support and lasting psychological growth.
What should a new client know about working with you?
I enjoy working with clients who want to reflect on relationship patterns starting from early development to present day that have led to a less confident core sense of self. They often feel their emotions are overwhelming or get in the way of relationships. Relationships really matter to my clients, but they find they are extremely challenging to navigate. My clients often hold identities of unworthiness, expectations of failure, demands for perfect performance, and ongoing acute shame.
What is your typical process for working with clients?
I identify as a relational clinician who helps clients develop an emotional understanding of themselves within the whole context of their lives. Clients learn to tolerate, track and make use of a broad range of affects, emotions, and feelings by drawing from modalities such as psychodynamic theory, attachment theory, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). I search for what is distinctive and precious within every individual’s lived experience to help my clients feel empowered and whole by unearthing their own unique histories, perspectives, and capabilities. I am committed to creating a space where clients explore both devastating loss and joyful success by offering support, insight, empathy, and connectedness. My personal therapy experience has taught me healing means learning how to tolerate and accept the painful aspects along with the joyful and spectacular moments of life.
Ashley Temple received her Master of Social Work from Smith College School for Social Work with a concentration in psychodynamic and trauma informed therapy. Ashley Temple is a Licensed Master Social Worker, License #LMSW 122031 (NY), at Cerebral. Supervised by Hebah Khalifa, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW 084028.
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Practice names
Education and training
- Smith College, Master's in Social Work
NPI number
1568181469
Patient reviews
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Overall rating
5.00
Wait time
5.00
Bedside manner
5.00
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What practice does Ashley Temple work with?
Ashley Temple works with Cerebral.
What are common reasons for patients to see Ashley Temple?
Ashley Temple frequently sees patients for Depression, New Patient Visit, Psychotherapy, Psychotherapy Intake / Initial Visit, and Sleep Problems. You can see other visit reasons for Ashley Temple on their profile.
What languages does Ashley Temple speak?
Ashley Temple speaks English.
How do patients rate Ashley Temple in reviews?
3 patients have reviewed Ashley Temple. The overall rating for this doctor is 5/5. They have a 5/5 rating for bedside manner and a 5/5 rating for wait time. You can read individual reviews and ratings on their profile.