About Ashley
Ashley Martin-Ibarra helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and relationship pain. She is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - with 15 years of experience in mental health care. Her tone is warm and direct, aimed at people who want practical help and clearer days ahead.
She uses straightforward talk and structured tools to address problems like depression, anger, bipolar concerns, ADHD, and trauma. She also supports people dealing with intimacy-related issues, parenting strain, and workplace or career challenges.
How Ashley works
LGBT concerns, substance use, and compassion fatigue are within her focus areas. Her approach mixes Client-Centered Therapy with cognitive and solution-oriented methods. That means sessions begin by listening closely to what matters most to the person.
From there she helps set clear goals and tries techniques that match each person's needs. Ashley has worked in independent practice, community mental health, behavioral health hospitals, and probation settings. That range gives her experience with drug and alcohol addiction, co-morbidity, family of origin issues, blended family concerns, and communication or commitment problems.
In sessions she lays out practical steps. Conversations may include coping skills, behavior-focused exercises, and motivation-building strategies. Her style aims to be nonjudgmental and respectful while helping people find what works for their lives.
Ashley lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Ashley works with
The areas below are the ones Ashley selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
Practical therapy approaches for online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's experience. The therapist follows the person's lead, reflects what they say, and helps them clarify goals and values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and actions affect mood and behavior. It offers clear exercises to change unhelpful thinking and build new skills for anxiety, depression, or anger.Deciding which approach feels right is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That may mean trying an approach for a few sessions and adjusting based on what helps.
Online therapy offers several practical formats: video calls for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions when bandwidth is limited, live chat for brief check-ins, and text-based messaging for ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into workdays, caregiving schedules, or busy routines and let people pick the format that feels most useful for each kind of session.
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