About Ashley
Ashley Martin-Ibarra is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 15 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, anger, and ADHD. She often works with concerns around relationships, intimacy, parenting, career strain, and LGBT issues.
Her style is warm and direct, geared toward practical steps people can use right away. She has worked in independent practice, community mental health, a behavioral health hospital, and probation settings.
Background and approach
That range means she is familiar with different life circumstances and the kinds of hurdles they create. Sessions focus on clear goals and real-life strategies rather than vague talk. Ashley draws from client-centered methods to make space for each person's values and choices.
She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and DBT tools to manage strong emotions. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused work help people move from thinking about change to taking small, doable steps. People can expect straightforward conversations that target what they want to change.
She emphasizes empathy, respect, and a nonjudgmental attitude while encouraging practical action. The therapist does not promise quick fixes, but she partners with clients toward steady progress. Her background includes work with trauma and abuse survivors and those with co-occurring substance use concerns.
That experience informs how she balances emotional care with behavioral strategies. She provides services in English and practices throughout Texas as an LPC.
Therapeutic approaches and flexible online care
Ashley commonly uses client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and dialectical behavior therapy in her work. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so people feel heard and can make their own choices. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps identify unhelpful thinking patterns and replace them with actions that lead to better results. Dialectical behavior therapy teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills to manage intense feelings and improve relationships.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they adjust methods as needed, combining strategies that fit the person's life and priorities.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make counseling easier to fit into busy schedules. Video calls are good for full conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is low or for a simple check-in. Live chat and messaging let people send shorter updates or touch base between sessions. These options give flexibility for different routines while keeping focus on progress and practical steps.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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