About Ashley
Ashley Martin-Ibarra is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 15 years of clinical experience. She helps people manage anxiety, stress, depression, addiction concerns, and relationship struggles. Her approach centers on listening, building trust, and helping people find clear steps forward.
She has worked in many settings including independent practice, community mental health, a behavioral health hospital, and probation departments. That variety has shaped a practical style focused on real-life tools people can use between sessions.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to be down-to-earth and solution oriented rather than full of jargon. Ashley blends Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Solution-Focused Therapy to match each person’s needs. She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills and Motivational Interviewing when those fit the goals.
Treatment plans are shaped around the individual's concerns and daily life challenges. She has experience with trauma and abuse, substance use and addiction, mood disorders such as bipolar disorder, and attention-deficit concerns. Ashley also addresses intimacy-related issues, parenting stress, blended family dynamics, communication problems, and grief.
Her style is respectful and straightforward, aimed at helping people notice progress and make manageable changes. People can expect collaborative work that focuses on skills, behavior changes, and short-term goals when appropriate. Ashley balances practical strategies with empathy so clients can build resilience and cope with life transitions.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Ashley commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and improve mood. CBT is practical and goal-oriented, useful for stress, panic, and depression.She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy, which prioritizes listening and building trust so clients can explore their own solutions. This approach helps when people need a supportive place to talk through feelings such as grief, relationship strain, or identity concerns.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively to pick methods that match a person’s goals and daily life. That may mean trying skill-building from DBT or motivational techniques for substance use, then adjusting based on what helps.
Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and skill work. Phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging can fit brief check-ins or when someone needs support between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, parenting, or travel.
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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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