Therapist profile
Ashley McGarity, LMHC
Licensed mental health counselor - Family and parenting topics
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- CBT techniques
- Attachment focus
- Values and purpose
About Ashley
Ashley McGarity is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida with five years of clinical experience. She works with adults dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, depression, relationship concerns, parenting strain, grief, and related struggles. Ashley also addresses attachment issues and a range of family and caregiving challenges.
Ashley’s work is practical and direct. She helps people develop habits, strategies, and skills that fit who they are. That means focusing on clearer communication, setting boundaries, and building emotional regulation tools that can be used day to day. Sessions look at how past experiences show up now and what can be done differently.
She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify and shift unhelpful thought patterns. Attachment-based approaches help people understand how early relationships affect current connections. Ashley adds existential ideas when clients want to examine values and purpose. These methods are used to help with anxiety, relationship problems, and questions about meaning.
Ashley often works with adults who have attention and focus difficulties, including struggles that feel like inattentiveness or trouble regulating emotions. She offers concrete coping strategies for managing those symptoms alongside anxiety.
Her style is client-centered; she works with each person to form goals and tools that match daily life and responsibilities. If someone is ready to sort through difficult feelings about family, parenting, or identity, she encourages them to start by completing the matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session.
How sessions work
How Ashley’s approaches shape online sessions
Ashley uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT is practical and often focuses on specific worries, habits, and steps people can try between sessions to reduce anxiety or low mood.She also draws on attachment-based therapy to examine how early relationship patterns influence current connections. This approach helps people who want to understand why they react a certain way in close relationships and learn different ways to relate.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Ashley will discuss goals, preferences, and daily routines to choose methods that fit. She treats approach selection as a collaborative process and adjusts plans based on what proves helpful.
Confirm the current session formats before booking so you know how meetings are held. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, shorten check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. It also allows sessions to continue when life events make in-person meetings difficult. Licensed professionals can use these options to keep momentum while adapting homework and skills practice to each person’s circumstances.
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Experience
5+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
Questions
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What kinds of family or parenting concerns does she address?
She helps adults with parenting strain, blended family issues, communication problems, and caregiving stress. These concerns appear alongside anxiety, grief, or relationship conflict.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is client-centered and practical. She helps people build habits and skills that fit their daily routines and goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has five years of experience working with adults on anxiety, ADHD-related symptoms, attachment issues, and related challenges.
Is she licensed and where does she practice?
She is a Florida LMHC and practices based in Florida.
Can she work with someone who speaks another language?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she accept clients from other countries?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions scheduled and what formats are offered?
Please confirm current session options before booking by using the platform's matching flow. The site matching questionnaire and scheduling tools will outline formats available for you.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Specific pricing is provided through the platform during sign-up.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
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