Soul Purpose Counseling
Ashley PREMO Hinton, LPC, NCC
My approach is trauma-informed and client-centered, honoring each person’s unique history and pace. Therapy with me is collaborative, relational, and deeply respectful of your lived experience. Rather than focusing solely on symptom management, I help clients work toward lasting change by addressing root causes and strengthening internal resources.
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Largely integrative in nature, my therapeutic approach primarily pulls from psychodynamic and psychoanalytic theories. Carl G. Jung believed that psychological distress is a result of an imbalance within the individual, often experienced as an alienation from the deeper personality, or the Self. Depth psychology seeks to restore the individual’s connection to the Self. This effort can be achieved through the therapeutic relationship, cognitive and behavioral activities, dream interpretation, active imagination, and work with other parts..
I have completed Basic and Advanced training in Somatic and Attachment-Focused EMDR through the Personal Transformation Institute. My approach integrates neurobiological understanding with mind-body awareness to support deep and lasting healing. I value authenticity, curiosity, and compassion in the therapeutic relationship and strive to create an environment where clients feel seen, respected, and supported.
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​Ashley's theoretical framework also includes an orientation to attachment theories, based on the works of John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth.
Watch "The Strange Situation" – Mary Ainsworth (YT)
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Although insight and understanding are important for change to occur, they are meaningless if not paired with constructive behavior change. Together Ashley will work with you to develop goals for therapy, and when appropriate, objectives will be modified to meet your evolving needs.
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Psychotherapy is not a linear process. Some parts of therapy can be difficult and uncomfortable but if it's safe enough to explore those parts, then that's usually where we find our potential for optimum health.
Your safety is always the priority.
You are invited to be here.
All parts of you are welcome.
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