Ashley McGarity, LMHC
Florida · 5 years in practice
Ashley McGarity is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) who focuses on helping adults manage anxiety, stress, and relationship challenges.
License and registration
- LMHC, Florida
- MH20539 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1437899325 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Ashley
Ashley McGarity is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) who focuses on helping adults manage anxiety, stress, and relationship challenges. She writes and speaks plainly in sessions and aims to help people build practical skills they can use day to day. Ashley uses a mix of approaches to match each person's needs.
She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thinking and behavior. She also uses existential ideas to help people clarify their values and find meaning.
Background and approach
Attachment-based and emotionally-focused ideas guide conversations about how people relate to others. In sessions she emphasizes clear communication, boundary setting, and skill building. She helps people work on attention and focus difficulties, emotional regulation, and the everyday problems that get in the way of feeling capable.
She also supports people dealing with grief, addiction concerns, body image, and career stress. Ashley prefers to tailor strategies rather than use a one-size-fits-all plan. Together with each person she develops habits and tools that fit their life and goals.
She explains things simply and practices skills in ways that can be repeated outside sessions. With five years of clinical experience in Florida, Ashley aims to help people become more confident in who they are. She invites people to consider what matters most to them and to take practical steps toward living in alignment with those values.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Ashley lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Ashley names
- Existential Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approach-driven care through online sessions
Ashley often combines existential therapy, attachment-based therapy, and client-centered work. Existential therapy helps people talk about purpose, values, and what matters in life to reduce confusion and make clearer choices. Attachment-based therapy looks at how past relationship patterns shape current interactions and helps people find new ways to connect. Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and meeting each person where they are, so sessions focus on the individual's experience and priorities.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, try methods that suit those goals, and adjust the plan if something does not fit. That collaboration makes it easier to test skills, practice communication, and decide which strategies feel most helpful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be helpful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in fits the schedule. Live chat or text messaging can work for brief updates, skill practice, or when written reflection feels easier. These options make it possible to fit therapy into a busy life and keep work moving between sessions.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does this therapist address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, relationship and family challenges, grief, parenting concerns, anger, career stress, and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include attachment issues, adoption and foster care concerns, body image, and caregiver stress.
How would you describe the therapeutic style?
The approach blends client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral methods and existential exploration. Sessions combine practical skills work with conversations about values and relationship patterns.
What is the therapist's background and experience?
She has five years of clinical experience working with adults on attention and focus issues, emotional regulation, anxiety, and relationship concerns.
Where is the therapist licensed and located?
She holds the credential LMHC and is licensed in Florida.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with this therapist?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does billing and getting started work?
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