About Ashley
Ashley McGarity is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) who focuses on helping adults manage stress, anxiety, and relationship challenges. She aims to make therapy practical and relatable. Sessions emphasize small, workable steps that fit each person's life.
She uses a mix of approaches to match how each person prefers to work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, for example, helps people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior. Attachment-based ideas look at how early connections affect current relationship patterns.
How Ashley works
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people better identify and share what they feel with others. Ashley values a collaborative plan. She works with each person to build habits, coping strategies, and communication skills that reflect their values.
The goal is clearer self-understanding and stronger ways of relating to others. Her practice addresses many concerns including depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, grief, career stress, and parenting strain. Additional focuses include body image, codependency, attachment issues, blended family stress, and caregiver burnout.
With five years of clinical experience in Florida, Ashley keeps therapy straightforward and focused on daily life. She encourages people to explore purpose and values while learning skills to manage intense emotions. The work emphasizes practical change and personal growth, paced to each person's needs.
Ashley lists 12 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.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Ashley commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. CBT is practical and often focuses on short-term changes for anxiety, depression, and stress. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current communication and trust, which can help when improving closeness and setting boundaries.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Ashley will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and then suggest methods to try. She checks in often to see what helps and adjusts the plan based on feedback and progress.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and deeper emotional work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a focused check-in. Live chat and texting allow brief, on-the-go contact and can keep momentum between longer talks. These options make scheduling more flexible and help therapy fit into busy lives while keeping the focus on practical skill building and relational work.
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