Ashlee Groover, (LPC) MS, NCC

(she/her)

What is your therapeutic focus?

• My therapeutic focus is most heavily influenced by a strengths-based and person-centered approach. I love being able to help my clients challenge their negative thought patterns by utilizing the strengths they sometimes forget they have! Cognitive behavioral therapy is where it's at! ​

Who or what inspired you to pursue a career as a counselor?

• To make a long story short, my overall experience as a college-aged adult is what led me to this profession. Being a Division I student-athlete, moving across the country from my family, and enduring some pretty severe sports injuries really took a toll on my mental health. As I struggled with the challenges I faced throughout my college experience, I met Dr. Samantha Monda. At the time, she was my professor in the Psychology of Sport, where I got to learn more about the mental challenges that athletes face. It worked out that at the time, I was recovering from an injury that required surgery and kept me out of my sport (softball) for 10 months. I was able to learn more about the experiences I was currently living through, as well as learn more about the career opportunities I could see myself pursuing that involved my passion for softball and sports in general. I am lucky enough that here at Thrive, while I am passionate about helping everyone, I also get the chance to help athletes of all ages work through some of those same challenges. Talk about a full-circle moment! 

​In terms of successes, which accomplishments are you most proud of?

• I am most proud of being the first one in my family to graduate with a Master's degree and also be the only student in my graduate cohort to publish my Master's thesis in a research article. Check it out here!: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/19/9/5106 

​Tell me something about you that most people don’t know.

• Something that most people don't know about me is that I have a twin brother and that I was born and raised in sunny San Diego, California!