- Years in practice
- 24
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Grief
About Ashley
Ashley McCormick North is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida with 24 years of experience. She uses a straightforward, cognitive behavioral approach to help people figure out how thoughts affect feelings and behavior. Her style is warm and down-to-earth, aimed at practical change rather than jargon.
She often works with concerns that come up around parenting, relationships, stress, anxiety, and grief. Clients can expect concise, action-oriented sessions that connect thinking patterns to everyday struggles.
Background and approach
Ashley helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and replace them with more balanced, realistic ones. This often reduces emotional intensity and helps people make clearer choices in difficult moments. She has a long background helping people through life transitions, end-of-life adjustment, and challenges tied to chronic illness and caregiving stress.
She also supports people facing addiction, bipolar disorder, and intense emotions such as anger, guilt, or shame. Work together may include setting realistic goals, practicing new behavior, and tracking small improvements. Ashley believes collaboration matters: she listens, offers feedback, and teaches tools people can use between sessions.
She aims to create a space where a person can name painful feelings, test out new thoughts, and try different ways of responding. Her goal is to help people build more satisfying daily routines and healthier relationships. She provides services in English and accepts clients both inside and outside the United States.
Practical session options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
What Ashley works with
Everything Ashley lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Ashley helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Ashley lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How CBT and online care can support parenting and life changes
Ashley primarily uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which looks at how thoughts influence emotions and actions. In plain terms CBT helps people spot unhelpful thoughts, test whether they are true, and try different ways of thinking that lead to calmer responses. This approach often helps with anxiety, depression, stress, and relationship strains.The right approach is worked out together. Ashley will ask about your goals, daily routines, and what feels most pressing, then suggest techniques that match those needs. Sessions are collaborative - she listens, offers feedback, and teaches skills you can practice between meetings.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit your schedule. Video calls let you talk face-to-face when a longer conversation is needed. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging can work for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it easier to keep momentum, balance appointments with parenting tasks, and maintain regular support without long commutes.
Questions people ask about Ashley
What concerns does she help with?
Ashley works with stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, grief, self-esteem, depression, addictions, parenting concerns, and trauma-related issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is cognitive behavioral therapy, focused on how thoughts shape feelings and actions. Sessions tend to be practical and skills-based.
What is her clinical background?
She has 24 years of experience providing mental health counseling and has supported people through life changes, end-of-life issues, and caregiving stress.
Where is she licensed and located?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) licensed in Florida and offers services from that location.
In which languages can sessions be conducted?
Sessions are offered in English, and she is able to work with clients internationally.
What session formats does she offer?
Appointments can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.
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