Ashley Longabaugh-Cantos , LMHC

Ashley Longabaugh-Cantos is a Florida licensed mental health counselor with six years of experience. She focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, relationship concerns, and major life changes. Ashley brings a warm, down-to-earth presence and a willingness to use humor when it helps ease tension.

Ashley offers straightforward support for everyday struggles and more complex situations. She helps people manage symptoms, build coping skills, and sort through decisions. Her background includes work with adoption and foster care issues, attachment concerns, and people navigating chronic illness and caregiving stress.

Her practice includes attention to body image, eating-related concerns, and the emotional impacts of separation, divorce, or domestic violence. Ashley also works with people who identify as autistic or who face codependency and control issues. She aims to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space for honest conversation.

Ashley often uses practical tools drawn from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral strategies, and mindfulness. She leans on client-centered principles to keep sessions focused on each person’s goals. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused ideas guide shorter-term planning when needed.

People who connect well with Ashley tend to want clear options and simple steps they can try between sessions. She values collaboration and checks in about what’s working. Her approach is flexible, and she adapts methods to fit what each person needs in the moment.

Therapeutic approaches that translate well to online care

Ashley often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which focuses on clarifying personal values and taking committed steps toward them while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. ACT can be helpful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions.

She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify and change unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors. CBT is practical and skill-based, which suits short-term goals like reducing worry or improving sleep.

Finding the right approach is a shared process. Ashley will work with each person to pick strategies that match their goals and preferences. She reviews progress and adjusts methods so sessions stay useful and focused.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone can be a lower-bandwidth option when video is difficult. Live chat or messaging supports brief check-ins, written reflections, and flexible scheduling. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and maintain continuity when life gets unpredictable.