Ashley Longabaugh-Cantos, LMHC

Ashley Longabaugh-Cantos is a Florida licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with six years of practice. She greets clients warmly and encourages the first step toward help. Her approach is down-to-earth and practical, with room for humor when it helps people feel less alone.

She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, and hard life transitions. Relationship and communication problems are also a focus, along with coping after adoption or foster care challenges and attachment concerns. She supports those dealing with chronic health issues, caregiving strain, body image and eating-related concerns, and feelings of emptiness.

Ashley draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness practices, client-centered methods, and Motivational Interviewing. Sessions tend to focus on skills people can use day to day, learning to notice difficult thoughts, and choosing actions that match personal values. She uses straightforward language so people can try tools between appointments.

Her background includes work with people from challenging situations and lived experience as a military spouse who has lived overseas. That perspective informs her sense of resilience and the kinds of life changes she addresses. She aims to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space where people feel heard.

Ashley often brings warmth and lightness into sessions to ease heavy moments. She also notes that animals sometimes appear on calls or in the office, which can be comforting for some people. The process begins with a short questionnaire and scheduling based on her availability.

How Ashley’s Approaches Work Online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match what matters most. It can be useful for stress, anxiety, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns. It often helps with anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem. Client-Centered Therapy puts the person’s experience at the center, with the therapist offering empathy and listening so the client can find their own path forward.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Ashley will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences, and will help decide which methods to try first. That choice is collaborative and can change over time as progress is made.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not listed here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. They also let someone continue care when routines or locations change. A therapist will discuss practical details and help arrange sessions that fit everyday life.