Ashley Longabaugh-Cantos, LMHC

Ashley Longabaugh-Cantos is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) in Florida with six years of clinical experience. She greets clients with warmth and plain talk, and aims to make starting therapy feel less overwhelming. Ashley focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, low self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes. In sessions she uses practical, emotion-focused methods to help people manage difficult feelings and make choices that fit their values. She often blends acceptance and commitment ideas with cognitive strategies and mindfulness exercises. Motivational interviewing and a client-centered stance shape how she listens and sets goals together with each person. Ashley has worked with people who’ve faced adoption and foster care challenges, attachment issues, and autism-related concerns. She also supports those dealing with blended family tensions, caregiver stress, chronic illness or pain, codependency, communication and commitment struggles, and separation or divorce concerns. Her background includes time living overseas and life as a military spouse, which informs her understanding of major life transitions and cultural change. She likes to use humor when it fits, and sometimes her pets briefly join a session to lighten the mood. Ashley aims to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space where people can talk honestly about what’s going wrong and what they want instead. She asks questions, suggests small experiments, and helps clients build skills they can use between sessions.

Approaches that translate to online work

Ashley commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to actions that match their values. ACT can be useful for anxiety, low mood, and decisions about life changes. She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy, which centers on listening, empathy, and building a trusting relationship so people feel heard. This approach supports anyone who needs a calm, nonjudgmental space to talk through personal struggles. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is another tool she uses to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and practice different responses. CBT tends to help with anxiety, depression, and problem-solving for day-to-day stressors. Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Ashley will talk with each person about goals, try techniques that fit, and adjust the plan based on what helps. That collaborative process makes it easier to know whether to emphasize values work, skill practice, or reflective listening. Online therapy can make it simpler to fit sessions into a busy life by reducing travel time and allowing appointments around work or caregiving. It can also make shorter check-ins easier when needed. Confirm current session options before booking so you know how she is offering care and which formats will suit your schedule.