Anchoring Hope Counseling, LLC

Welcome, Ashley!

Ashley earned her Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Liberty University and is passionate about supporting clients navigating grief and loss, infertility, perinatal concerns, and major life transitions. Her counseling experience includes working with mood and psychotic disorders, trauma, grief, perinatal concerns, homelessness, court-ordered treatment, and a variety of life adjustments.
Her therapeutic approach is grounded in unconditional positive regard and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). She strives to create a compassionate, nonjudgmental environment where clients feel accepted, understood, and supported while developing practical tools to navigate difficult emotions and create meaningful change. When desired, she incorporates spirituality into counseling in a way that honors each client’s beliefs, values, and preferences.

She is continuing to expand her clinical expertise by pursuing Perinatal Mental Health Certification (PMH-C) and working toward grief certification through the American Academy of Grief Counseling. Outside of counseling, she enjoys spending time with her husband and children, who are truly her greatest joy.

Meet our new intern, Sammy! She joins us with experience in music therapy and works with all ages. She takes clients with any Medicaid insurance or st a reduced self pay.
Welcome, Sammy! 🎉

Samantha Engle, LPMT, CT

Sammy is a Licensed Professional Music Therapist with a Bachelor of Music in Music Therapy from the University of Dayton. She is currently pursuing her Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with a focus on trauma and provides counseling services as a Counselor Trainee under supervision.
Sammy’s professional background includes working with individuals across the lifespan in medical, hospice, mental health, developmental, and community settings. She has experience supporting children, adolescents, adults, and families navigating trauma, grief and loss, chronic illness, substance use recovery, neurodevelopmental differences, and significant life transitions. Her experience in pediatric hospice and palliative care has especially shaped her compassionate, creative, and relationship-centered approach.

Sammy believes healing begins through authentic connection and strives to meet each client with compassion, curiosity, and respect. She uses person-centered, trauma-informed, and evidence-based approaches to create a collaborative environment where clients feel safe exploring their experiences, recognizing their strengths, and working toward meaningful goals. When appropriate and desired by the client, Sammy may also incorporate music-based experiences to support emotional expression, regulation, resilience, connection, and growth.

Outside of mental health, Sammy enjoys exploring food, playing guitar, time on a lake, and quality time with friends and family.

Meet Ben Highley! Welcome to our team!

Ben is a Licensed Professional Counselor who earned his Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Xavier University. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in Biblical and Theological Studies and a master’s degree in Ministry from God’s Bible School and College. He brings years of experience working with teenagers and adults.

Ben works with clients from adolescence through older adulthood. He enjoys helping people who are dealing with anxiety, major life transitions, uncertainty about their direction, or questions of meaning and purpose.

Ben believes meaningful change begins with seeing ourselves and our circumstances clearly. His approach is direct, thoughtful, and collaborative. He helps clients distinguish what they can control from what they cannot, examine the choices available to them, and consider how their present patterns are affecting their lives and relationships. His goal is not to make decisions for clients, but to help them develop the clarity and confidence to take responsibility for what is theirs and move forward with greater purpose.

Ben’s Christian worldview informs his understanding of human dignity, responsibility, relationships, and meaning. He brings that foundation to his work while respecting each client’s beliefs and freedom to reach their own conclusions.

Ben and his wife have been married since 2002, and they have six children. Outside of counseling, he enjoys reading, writing, and spending time with his family.

Meet our new intern! Rebecca will be seeing all ages with any Medicaid insurance or reduced self pay. Welcome, Rebecca! 🎉

Rebecca Algeo is a Masters student, studying Clinical Mental Health Counseling, at Regent University in Virginia Beach, VA. Before her time at Regent, Rebecca pursued her undergraduate degree in psychology and theology from the Catholic University of America.

Outside of studies Rebecca is a mother of three children, an avid reader, an okay baker, and a want-to-be crocheter. Rebecca and her husband enjoy road trips, historical sites, and enjoying all that Ohio had to offer.

Rebecca is eager to help all those who walk through the door and accompany each in their healing journey. As a former Navy spouse and mother, she feels particularly called to serve military families and those in the perinatal period.

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Still time to join! Call us at 937-550-9129 ⚓️