Meet Ashleigh

Trauma & Grief Counselor in Westminster, MD

Ashleigh Athen, LCSW-C

Founder & Clinical Supervisor

Licensed Certified Social Worker - Clinical, LCSW-C # 21256

I believe there's more to your story than what you’re struggling with.

Maybe you’ve spent years carrying experiences you don’t talk about, trying to understand why certain situations still affect you, or wondering why you keep falling into the same patterns in your relationships. Maybe you’re grieving someone or something important, and the rest of the world seems to have moved on while you’re still figuring out how to live with what’s changed.

Maybe you’re exhausted from holding everything together, and you can’t quite explain why life feels so difficult, when from the outside, everything seems fine.

I’m Ashleigh Athen, a Licensed Certified Social Worker - Clinical, advanced trauma specialist (CCTP-II, TF-CBT), and advanced grief specialist (CAGCS), and the founder of Dynamic Minds Counseling Service.

Throughout my clinical career, I’ve worked to understand what happens beneath the surface of the struggles people bring into therapy. I founded Dynamic Minds Counseling Service because I believe people deserve therapy that looks beyond a diagnosis or a list of symptoms. They deserve clinicians who take the time to understand their experiences, recognize their strengths, and help them make changes that actually matter in their lives.

Today, I focus on mentoring and supervising our therapists, bringing my experience in trauma, PTSD, and complex grief into the clinical leadership of our practice. Although I’m not currently accepting new clients, I’m committed to helping people seeking therapy in Westminster, MD, and throughout Maryland connect with compassionate clinicians who understand that meaningful change starts with feeling genuinely understood.