Ausha Whitehead, LICSW, LCSW

Ausha Whitehead is a licensed clinical social worker who uses practical, person-focused therapy to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and life changes. She brings 13 years of experience and works to boost motivation, self-esteem, and confidence in each person she sees.

She treats clients with respect and aims to create a calm, supportive space where people can talk through painful experiences. Sessions focus on clear goals and small steps that make day-to-day life feel more manageable. Ausha emphasizes compassion while helping clients find ways to move forward.

Her approach draws on methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy. These approaches help people notice unhelpful thoughts, try new behaviors, and clarify personal values. Mindfulness and emotionally-focused ideas are also used when helpful for processing feelings and improving relationships.

Ausha has worked with concerns across a wide range, including trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, chronic illness and pain, adoption and foster care, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and end-of-life issues. She adapts strategies to each person’s situation rather than using a one-size-fits-all plan.

Based in North Carolina, she holds DC LICSW and NC LCSW credentials. Her goal is to partner with clients to build practical coping skills and steady progress toward a more fulfilling life.

How Ausha’s approaches translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, then choose actions that match their values; it’s useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with health changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s experience, offering empathetic listening and support while clients set the pace and goals for their work.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist will collaborate with each person to figure out which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That might mean combining ACT ideas with CBT skills or using mindfulness practices alongside emotionally-focused techniques depending on what helps most.

Session formats are not specified here, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove the time spent traveling to an appointment. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, homework, and mindfulness practices for remote sessions so progress continues even when meeting outside a physical office.