Helping individuals and couples build trust, safety, and connection.
I help individuals and couples slow down, understand the patterns that keep them stuck, and rebuild a felt sense of connection with a partner or with themselves. We'll work to recognize the cycle you get caught in before it takes over and find the deeper feelings and unmet needs underneath.
Before We Begin
Counseling is a collaborative, confidential relationship focused on helping you move toward the life and relationships you actually want. It isn't about being told what to do. It's a process of self-discovery where you get clearer on your values and become more fully yourself. It also isn't reserved for crises or emergencies. Most people I work with are simply at a point where old patterns — recurring arguments, walls that go up during stress, tendencies to manage everything alone — have stopped working, and they want a clearer, more honest way forward.
The professional relationship between a counselor and a client is different from friendship by design. It's structured around your goals, bound by confidentiality (with a few important legal exceptions, explained below), and guided by ethical standards set by the counseling profession and the North Carolina licensure board. Because of that structure, we can be honest about hard things, sit with them instead of avoiding them, and move toward real change.
For couples, that means learning to see and address the cycle you both get stuck in, rather than just the fight in front of you. For individuals, it often means coming to understand when and where your patterns first made sense and building something more grounded and effective in their place.
How to Reach Me
Warren K Ashley
Dr. Beth Anderson Walker
Dr. Melissa Mecadon-Mann
If You're in Crisis
If you or someone you know is in immediate danger, call 911 or go to the nearest emergency room. The lines below are free, confidential, and available outside of our scheduled sessions.
| Line | Contact | Availability |
|---|---|---|
| 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline | Call or text 988 | 24/7 |
| Crisis Text Line | Text HOME to 741741 | 24/7 |
| Vaya Health Crisis & Behavioral Health Line | 1-800-849-6127 | 24/7 |
| RHA Mobile Crisis Team — Western Region | 1-888-573-1006 | 24/7 dispatch |
| Mission Hospital Behavioral Health | 828-213-4502 | Emergency intake |
| NAMI Western North Carolina Helpline | 828-253-4357 | Peer support, business hours |
After-hours pathway: call or text 988 first, or reach Vaya Health's line above — both can connect you to a live crisis counselor and, if needed, coordinate a mobile crisis response in Buncombe County.
How I Work
Couples Work
My primary lens for couples is Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), a structured, research-backed approach built on attachment science. It helps partners step out of the same painful argument on repeat and understand the softer emotions and unmet needs underneath it, so you can respond to each other differently. Alongside EFT, I draw on Gottman Method tools: concrete, practical skills for managing conflict, building friendship and shared meaning, and repairing after a hard moment.
Individual Work
For individual clients, I use an EFT-informed, attachment-based lens. We'll look at how early relational patterns show up in your life now, so you can respond from a steadier, more secure place.
Professional Disclosure Statement
Provided to every client before services begin, in accordance with North Carolina licensure requirements (21 NCAC 53 .0204).
Licensure & Supervision Status
I am a Master's Candidate in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Western Carolina University, working toward North Carolina LCMHC-Associate (LCMHCA) licensure. All clinical work is performed under the direct supervision of a Board-approved Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Supervisor (LCMHCS), whose contact information is listed in the Contact section above. My supervisor reviews my clinical work regularly and is available to clients with questions or concerns.
Education & Training
M.A., Clinical Mental Health Counseling (in progress), Western Carolina University — CACREP-accredited program. Training includes coursework and supervised clinical experience in individual and couples counseling, with focused study in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and the Gottman Method.
Scope of Services
- Individual counseling for adults navigating anxiety, life transitions, attachment and relational patterns, and general emotional wellbeing.
- Couples counseling for partners working on communication, conflict, trust repair, and emotional connection.
- Sessions are typically 50 minutes (individual) or 80 minutes (couples), offered weekly or biweekly by mutual agreement.
- My primary theoretical orientation is Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), an attachment-based approach. For couples, I also draw on Gottman Method techniques; individual work uses an EFT-informed, attachment-based lens. See “How I Work” above for more detail.
Fees & Cancellation Policy
Individual sessions (50 minutes): $40. Couples sessions (80 minutes): $55. A limited number of sliding-scale spots are available based on financial need — ask if this would help.
Payment is due at the time of service. Accepted payment options: cash, check, and all major credit/debit cards, as well as HSA/FSA cards. As a pre-licensed counselor-in-training, I am not currently able to bill insurance directly; a monthly superbill is available on request if you'd like to seek out-of-network reimbursement from your insurer.
Sessions canceled or rescheduled with at least 24 hours' notice carry no charge. Cancellations with less than 24 hours' notice, and missed sessions, are billed at the full session rate, except in cases of genuine emergency.
Diagnosis & Client Records
If appropriate to your care, I may assign a clinical diagnosis as part of treatment planning or to support insurance reimbursement. Once documented, a diagnosis becomes a permanent part of your clinical record and may be requested by other providers, insurers, or legal entities under applicable law. I'm glad to talk with you about what a diagnosis means, how it's used, and any concerns you have before one is added to your file.
Confidentiality
Everything you share in session is confidential and protected by law and professional ethics; I will not disclose it without your written consent except in the specific situations described below. Protecting your confidentiality is one of my primary responsibilities as your counselor, and I take it seriously.
By law, I am required to break confidentiality in the following situations: if you present a serious, imminent risk of harm to yourself or to an identifiable other person; if I have reasonable cause to suspect abuse or neglect of a child, elder, or disabled adult; if I am ordered to disclose information by a court order signed by a judge; or in the case of a medical emergency. A subpoena alone is not the same as a court order and does not automatically require disclosure — I will consult with my supervisor and, where appropriate, legal counsel before responding to a subpoena.
When couples are seen together, information shared individually (such as in an individual check-in call) may be discussed openly in joint sessions, per the couples confidentiality policy reviewed at intake. If you request a superbill for insurance reimbursement, it will include the minimum information necessary — typically diagnosis and dates of service.
Client Rights & Complaints
You have the right to ask questions about your treatment, to review your records, and to end services at any time. If you have concerns about my conduct that cannot be resolved directly, you may contact my supervisor, or file a complaint with the North Carolina Board of Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselors at ncblcmhc.org.
This statement is a working draft prepared as a training exercise and will be reviewed against the current NC Board Professional Disclosure Statement template (ncblcmhc.org) before use with an actual client.
Resources for Clients & the Community
Centered on Asheville and Buncombe County, NC. This list is a starting point — not exhaustive — and is reviewed periodically for accuracy.
High-Risk & Higher Level of Care
PHP · inpatient · residential · recovery- CooperRiis Healing CommunityPartial hospitalization & residential mental health treatment, Mill Spring / Asheville.
- Mission Hospital Behavioral HealthInpatient psychiatric admission & emergency evaluation.
- WNC Bridge FoundationSubstance use treatment & recovery housing referral network.
- RHA Health ServicesSubstance use & behavioral health services, non-urgent line.
Hotlines & Websites
For clients or counselor use- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
- Crisis Text Line
- Vaya Health Crisis Line
- Helpmate (Domestic Violence)
- The Trevor Project (LGBTQ+ Youth)
- NAMI Western NC
Local & State Resources
Asheville / Buncombe County- Vaya HealthRegional LME/MCO managing Medicaid & state-funded behavioral health for Western NC.
- MAHEC Behavioral HealthSliding-scale outpatient care, Medicaid & self-pay accepted.
- PathwaysCommunity mental health provider serving Medicaid, Medicare, and uninsured clients.
- Buncombe County Family Justice CenterCoordinated support for survivors of domestic violence.
- NC 211Statewide directory for housing, food, and financial assistance.