About Ashley
Ashley McNealy welcomes people who are ready to face hard emotions and make practical changes. She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida with eight years of clinical experience. Ashley uses a straightforward, compassionate style and aims to create a respectful space where people can talk honestly about what’s going on in their lives.
Ashley helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar symptoms, and trauma-related concerns. She also works with issues like addiction, grief, sleep problems, self-esteem, and parenting strain.
How Ashley works
Sexual and physical abuse, gender identity concerns, and compassion fatigue are also within her focus areas. Her approach blends evidence-based techniques with a warm, client-centered way of relating. Ashley uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take committed steps toward change. Attachment-based ideas guide her work with relationship and intimacy struggles, and she includes Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotional regulation when needed. Sessions tend to be collaborative and direct, with clear steps people can try between meetings.
Ashley has a background that includes work intersecting criminal justice and community support systems. That experience informs practical problem solving and connecting people to local resources when appropriate. She works in English and accepts international clients for online formats.
Ashley lists 11 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches that work online
Ashley uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people notice and change patterns of thinking and behavior that cause distress. CBT sessions often include simple exercises and homework to practice new skills between meetings.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people get clearer about what matters to them and take steps toward those values even when feelings are difficult. ACT focuses on practical actions rather than fighting unwanted thoughts or emotions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Ashley treats the choice of methods as collaborative and adapts the plan based on the person’s goals, needs, and preferences. She discusses options and adjusts strategies as progress and challenges arise.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let people speak face to face when that helps, while phone sessions can fit into a short break or work better for low bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, homework support, or when typing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent and to use skills in everyday situations.
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