Dr. Ashley Lowe-Simmons, LCSW-C, FSW is a God-fearing wife, mother and servant leader. Dr. Ashley has accomplished a lot in her personal and professional life, but none of her accomplishments have been obtained with ease. She sees her life as a boxing match, round after round she has been presented with numerous challenges, but when the bell goes off, she takes a breather and gets back in the ring for the next round. You name it, she has probably endured and persevered through it! She is a testament of operating in faith and an example of God's favor. Dr. Ashley’s greatest challenge was being a Black, single mother; during this part of her life she became extremely passionate about single mothers, particularly those of Black and Hispanic descent. Being a single mother was not easy and it is even more challenging if the single mother belongs to a certain cultural demographic. Dr. Ashley's life mission is to assist Black and Hispanic families headed by single mothers with the right resources, support and education to accomplish the goals and aspirations for their families. 

Dr. Ashley has been able to birth multiple businesses, all focused on the things that she is most passionate about, she calls it her three M's (moms, money and mental health).

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Q. What was the inspiration behind starting Conversations with a Clinician? 

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Conversations With A Clinician was birthed from me allowing myself to just “BE”. It is not uncommon that we get so caught up in the hustle and flow of life that it is generally, DO….DO….DO and when you have a family like mine, it’s WANT, WANT, WANT or I NEED this or that and we hardly ever take moments to just BE. So about two months into the pandemic, I started practicing something called “Skin to Skin” where I would lay in silence and listen to worship music. My goal was to quite myself so that I could grow closer to God and hear his voice more clearly. God isn’t loud and obnoxious, God is gentle, loving and quite. After one of my intimate moments with God and this is what happened. I opened my eyes and heard..

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GOD: Conversations 

ME: What are you talking about, I’m a clinician and I talk for a living 

GOD: Clinician

ME: Okay, I know I’m a clinician

GOD: Exactly, have conversations with my people about mental health and life

ME: Oh okay, I can do that God

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So after that encounter which was at the end of April 2020, my interpretation was that God wanted me to talk to his people in May because it is Mental Health Awareness month. Perfect, right? Sike, God tricked me, I planned journaling events, exercise events and weekly, I interviewed two individuals on my facebook page about mental health and another topic pertaining to life. I thought that was it, my job was complete but then I received an abundance of interest in what I had done and there were requests for another show. I was in a doctoral program and wasn’t particularly interested in any more responsibility, as I was about to get married, relocate, gain bonus children and get dogs. That was enough! So I went on about life and then God kept nudging me, giving me idea after idea and so I rolled my eyes and went after my passion of educating people about mental health. In Dec 2021, Conversations With A Clinician became an actual private practice, so here we are.