Ashley McGarity, LMHC

Ashley McGarity is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) who focuses on helping adults who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, or relationship struggles. She works with people dealing with mood changes, grief, questions about identity, and difficulties with self-esteem. Ashley aims to help clients find clearer communication, firmer boundaries, and a stronger sense of self.

Ashley draws from several practical approaches to tailor therapy to each person. She uses cognitive behavioral ideas to spot and change unhelpful thinking. She blends attachment-focused work to look at how past connections shape current relationships. She also brings existential ideas into sessions to help people clarify values and purpose.

In sessions she emphasizes skills and habits that fit each person’s life. Conversations often include tools for emotional regulation, ways to challenge irrational beliefs, and practice in assertive communication. The goal is to make steady, usable changes rather than quick fixes.

Ashley describes therapy as collaborative. She helps people identify what matters most, then builds strategies around those goals. Many of her clients work on improving relationship patterns, managing anxiety, addressing addictive behaviors, or coping with major life changes.

She has five years of clinical experience and works as an LMHC in Florida. Prospective clients who want to start are invited to use the platform’s Start Therapy process to match and schedule a first appointment.

How Ashley’s approaches translate to online therapy

Attachment-based work looks at how early connections affect present relationships and communication. Online sessions can include conversations that map these patterns and practice new ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. In an online session this often means setting concrete homework, tracking thoughts between meetings, and reviewing practical experiments together. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people recognize and shift emotional responses in close relationships, which can be explored through guided conversations and role practice during sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist works collaboratively with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. She adjusts techniques over time as progress and preferences become clearer.

Confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, such as allowing a shorter check-in during a work break or removing travel time. It also lets people use time for focused skill practice between sessions and to bring real-life situations into conversation more quickly. Licensed professionals can guide clients in adapting exercises and homework to the online setting so work continues smoothly between meetings.