Ashley McGarity , LMHC

Ashley McGarity is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) who focuses on helping adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and relationship or parenting strain. She centers care on each person's needs and helps them build clearer communication, stronger boundaries, and better emotional regulation. Ashley also addresses grief, identity concerns including LGBT issues, and life changes that leave people feeling stuck.

Ashley uses straightforward, practical techniques in sessions. She helps clients notice unhelpful thoughts, practice new ways of relating, and try small behavior changes that make daily life easier. She draws on attachment ideas to understand relationship patterns and on existential questions about meaning and values to guide longer term change.

Her approach starts with the person, not a fixed plan. Sessions look at how past experiences show up now and what skills can reduce intense emotions or impulsive reactions. Together with clients she builds simple routines and coping tools to manage anxiety, anger, and stress.

Ashley has five years of clinical experience and holds a Florida LMHC credential. She offers help for issues tied to abandonment, attachment struggles, body image, caregiver stress, blended family challenges, and other concerns that affect daily functioning and relationships.

She offers services in English and provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in how people relate to others. Online work can help identify those patterns and practice different ways of connecting and setting boundaries in relationships. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and building a respectful, accepting space so clients can find their own solutions; this approach helps people explore values, self-worth, and personal goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and teaches concrete skills to reduce anxiety, depressive thinking, and unhelpful habits.

Finding the right blend of methods is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about what feels most useful and try approaches that match current goals and preferences. Sessions often shift over time as needs change, and the plan adjusts based on progress and feedback.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow a face-to-face conversation when schedules are tight, phone sessions work well when internet bandwidth is limited, live chat and text-based messaging let clients check in between sessions or use shorter check-ins, and all formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or travel. Licensed professionals can use these options to tailor care to how a person lives and learns best.