Ashley McGarity, LMHC

Ashley McGarity is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) who focuses on helping adults navigate stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and major life transitions. She listens for what feels most urgent to each person and helps them build clearer communication, firmer boundaries, and steadier mood management. Her approach aims to make small changes that add up to more confidence and better day-to-day functioning.

She draws on attachment-informed work to look at how early relationships affect current patterns. Ashley uses client-centered methods to tailor each session to the person in front of her. She also incorporates cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and develop more effective coping strategies.

Ashley pays attention to how values and meaning shape choices, including work on existential questions about purpose and direction. She often pairs that exploration with practical skills for anxiety, emotional regulation, and communication. This helps people move from insight into action.

Sessions commonly focus on improving relationships, addressing symptoms of depression or anxiety, and managing life changes like career shifts or caregiving stress. She works with people dealing with attachment concerns, abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, body image, and codependency among other areas. Her goal is to help clients feel more grounded and able to make choices that match their goals.

Ashley aims to empower people to advocate for themselves and develop routines that fit their lives. She invites clients to test new behaviors between sessions and reflect on what works. If someone is ready to explore values, boundaries, or coping skills, she offers collaboration and steady guidance.

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Ashley often uses attachment-based work to help people see how early relationship patterns shape current reactions. That approach looks at how connection and trust affect communication and emotional responses, which can be useful when addressing relationship stress or attachment concerns.

She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes. CBT is practical for anxiety, depression, and patterns that keep people stuck, because it pairs thought work with experiments and skills to try between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to choose or blend methods based on a person's needs, goals, and preferences. Clients and the therapist check in on what’s working and adjust the plan as progress unfolds.

For practical matters, confirm current session options before booking since formats are not listed in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when time is tight, and reduce travel time. Some people prefer starting from home for convenience while others opt for scheduled blocks that align with work or caregiving responsibilities. Licensed professionals can adapt sessions so therapy fits into everyday life without requiring major schedule changes.