Ashley Childs

Greetings! Are you done with just talking about your hard and or painful experiences? Do you feel like you are in need of integrating your Mind AND Body into your therapy sessions? My name is Ashley Childs and I am a Registered Mental Health Counselor Intern at Inner Serenity. I am trained in the standard protocol of EMDR as well as acute and ongoing stress advanced EMDR protocol(s). I am also a certified Vinyasa and Kemetic Yoga Teacher. I am extremely passionate about incorporating body center approaches in my practice and take a client centered approach. I believe clients are the experts of their experiences as well as their story. I take pride in looking at therapy through a Mind & Body lens, as they are both impacted due to our experiences. Originally from Silver Spring, Maryland, I am an experienced mental health therapist who believes strongly in a holistic approach–mind, body, and spirit–to therapy. I received my bachelor’s degree in psychology from Hampton University, then attended Temple University where I received my master’s degree in counseling psychology in 2022. I have worked at a nonprofit where my work was centered around helping individuals impacted by sexual assault, human trafficking, and domestic violence. I have also worked as a Certified Vinyasa and Kemetic Yoga Teacher since 2018 and bring that expertise into treating trauma. What’s more, I am passionate about improving the holistic health of the African American community as it relates to healing trauma, specifically in how transgenerational trauma impacts individuals and the use of somatic therapy in marginalized communities.