Ashton Maguire
M.Ed., NCC, LPC (temp)
Meet Ashton
Ashton enjoys working with teens and adults using person-centered, trauma-informed, somatic, and values-based modalities to promote growth, healing, and reconnection with self. Operating from a holistic lens, Ashton has received specialty training in Brainspotting and trauma-informed yoga to support clients in somatic work and healing core wounds.
Ashton was born and raised in Atlanta, GA where she witnessed the debilitating effects of diet culture on mental health and development. Ashton’s continued research interests include the intersection of trauma, eating disorders, and other mental health issues. Ashton is passionate about creating safe spaces for clients to be, and reconnect with, their authentic self.
More About Ashton
Ashton has a Masters of Education in Human Development Counseling, with a concentration in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, from Vanderbilt University, and is working toward licensure in the state of Tennessee. Ashton graduated from Furman University in 2021, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology. Her passion for mental health and eating disorders blossomed in her undergraduate career during which she interned at a variety of mental health facilities in the Greenville, SC area.
Entering into the therapeutic process allows a person to examine often dark or traumatic origins of maladaptive coping strategies and develop new patterns that will connect one to light and better quality of life.
Meal Support Services
Ashton will work in conjunction with the client’s dietitian to ensure meal plan compliance and discontinue problematic food behaviors and rituals.
Train with Mary
Working directly with Mary while also completing master’s level coursework in counseling, candidates will build the clinical skills necessary to work with a variety of clients.
Individual Therapy
Entering into the therapeutic process allows a person to examine often dark or traumatic origins of maladaptive coping strategies and develop new patterns that will connect one to light and better quality of life.
