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Ashlie West

Ashlie West

Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor (LPC-S) and trauma therapist; owner of NOOL Counseling Center specializing in play therapy, perinatal counseling, and trauma-focused interventions for children.

Jun 30, 2026

Law and Porter

Law and Porter

You Can't Love It Out of Them: Trauma Therapist Ashlie West's Honest Account of Foster Care and Adoption

Jun 30 · 1h 11m

Elizabeth PorterHOST
47:58
Do you just ask if they want to? Do you ask them to tell you when they want to? How do you open that conversation in a way that leads a path, but gives them a choice.
Ashlie West
Ashlie WestGUEST
48:09
So I think you have to have non-negotiables, right? There are things as a parent that you're like, I'm going to enforce these.
Ashlie West
Ashlie WestGUEST
48:15
And they need to be consistently presented to the kid.
Ashlie West
Ashlie WestGUEST
48:20
So it's back to that proactive versus reactive, right? So you set up a consistent expectation.
Ashlie West
Ashlie WestGUEST
48:27
You know, these are the rules in this house.
Ashlie West
Ashlie WestGUEST
48:29
This is how we do these things.
Ashlie West
Ashlie WestGUEST
48:30
And this is going to be non-negotiably how we do these.
Elizabeth PorterHOST
52:08
Okay.

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