Ashley McGirt Counseling Services LLC

Ashley McGirt Counseling Services LLC Individualized therapeutic services aimed at transforming lives through counsel and education. Areas of focus include depression, anxiety,& grief services.

02/06/2026

Yesterday on KATU 2, we talked about something that doesnโ€™t get named enough: how racial bias shows up inside the counseling room.

I shared the story of Louise Little, (Malcolm Xโ€™s mother) who was institutionalized for 25 years after speaking out about racial discrimination, only to be labeled โ€œhallucinatingโ€ by her provider.

This is how bias works:
๐Ÿง  Lived experiences get minimized
๐Ÿง  Truth gets misinterpreted
๐Ÿง  Normal reactions get pathologized

What looks like โ€œsymptomsโ€ is often a response to racism, grief, and survival.
Black History Month isnโ€™t just about the past, itโ€™s about recognizing how history still shapes care today. ๐Ÿ’œ

02/04/2026

Black History Month reminder:
Our stories donโ€™t just deserve to be told they deserve to be shelved.

My book just went to print !!! and hereโ€™s the part most people donโ€™t know: preorders are power.

Preorders tell the market, publishers, and bookstores:
๐Ÿ“š This story matters.
๐Ÿ“š This audience shows up.
๐Ÿ“š Put this book on shelves everywhere.

Black History Month has always been about collective action. About deciding together what gets remembered, preserved, and passed down.

If my work has ever helped you name a feeling, heal a wound, or feel less aloneโ€ฆ this is one way to push that impact forward.

โœจ Preordering isnโ€™t just support.
โœจ Itโ€™s strategy.
โœจ Itโ€™s legacy.

Thank you for helping carry this story into rooms I may never walk into.

๐Ÿ”— Preorder โ€œThe Cost of Healing in Silenceโ€ now ๐Ÿ’œ

๐“๐ก๐ž โ€œ๐ƒ๐จ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ?โ€ ๐’๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ: ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ฉ...
02/04/2026

๐“๐ก๐ž โ€œ๐ƒ๐จ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐Š๐ง๐จ๐ฐ?โ€ ๐’๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ: ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ.

Knowing our family history can help us feel more grounded, especially during hard times. Not because our stories were easy, but because they remind us what our people endured.
Reclaiming our family stories is an act of remembrance and sometimes, repair.

โญ• Reflection: Whatโ€™s one family story you wish you knew more about?

This Black History Month, Iโ€™m honoring the lessons Black people have passed down through joy, truth-telling, rest, commu...
02/02/2026

This Black History Month, Iโ€™m honoring the lessons Black people have passed down through joy, truth-telling, rest, community, and courage. These are teachings no textbook could hold.

How I secured $1,000,000 in grant funding ๐Ÿ’ฐ
01/29/2026

How I secured $1,000,000 in grant funding ๐Ÿ’ฐ

The myth of cultural competence assumes thereโ€™s a finish line.That if you learn enough, youโ€™ve arrived.What healing actu...
01/28/2026

The myth of cultural competence assumes thereโ€™s a finish line.
That if you learn enough, youโ€™ve arrived.

What healing actually requires is cultural responsiveness and cultural humility: ongoing listening, self-reflection, and accountability.

This is at the heart of my book "The Cost of Healing in Silence".
Because real care starts with examining ourselves.

๐Ÿ’œ https://www.thecostofhealing.com/

๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’š to be back 12 years later โ€ฆ.if you werenโ€™t in Seattle and a fan in 2014 you will NEVER understandโ€ฆ.๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’š Special s...
01/26/2026

๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’š to be back 12 years later โ€ฆ.if you werenโ€™t in Seattle and a fan in 2014 you will NEVER understandโ€ฆ.๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’š

Special s/o to ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿพ

Healing a broken mental health system requires more than therapy rooms, it requires equity, history, and community care....
01/23/2026

Healing a broken mental health system requires more than therapy rooms, it requires equity, history, and community care.

In this interview, I outline 5 essential changes that can create a system that truly serves people not just symptoms:
โœจ Historical accountability
โœจ Diversifying the workforce with equity & support
โœจ Trauma + context-based care
โœจ Funding community healing models
โœจ Equity-driven policy & reimbursement reform

๐Ÿ“– Read the full interview โ†’ Link in bio

โœจ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž. โœจThis spring, Iโ€™m bringing The Cost of Healing in Silence...
01/22/2026

โœจ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž. โœจ

This spring, Iโ€™m bringing The Cost of Healing in Silence into rooms, bookstores, libraries, and virtual spaces across the country for live dialogue, connection, and collective care.

From intimate author talks to embodied conversations with brilliant guests, this tour is an invitation to pause, reflect, and name what has too often gone unheard, especially when it comes to racial trauma and culturally responsive healing.

๐Ÿ“ Chicago
๐Ÿ“ Seattle
๐Ÿ“ Washington, DC
๐Ÿ“ San Diego
๐Ÿ“ Tacoma
๐Ÿ“ Atlanta
๐Ÿ“ NYC
๐Ÿ’ป + virtual gatherings & more โ€ฆ
Comment ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿพ where you would like to see me and with who as I add more stops!

Come for the conversation. Stay for the connection.
I would love to see you there ๐ŸคŽ

More details + reminders at thecostofhealing.com click the link in my bio and sign up for my newsletter so you donโ€™t miss an announcement. You can also comment ๐Ÿ“• book below ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿพ

โ€œShut up or Iโ€™ll give you something to cry aboutโ€ didnโ€™t start in our homesโ€ฆit started in slavery, where sadness was pun...
01/21/2026

โ€œShut up or Iโ€™ll give you something to cry aboutโ€ didnโ€™t start in our homesโ€ฆit started in slavery, where sadness was punished and silence meant survival.
What once protected us is now harming us.
Healing begins when we tell the truth out loud. ๐Ÿ’œ

Comment book below and Iโ€™ll send you a link ๐Ÿ”— to learn more.

Books to Read to Honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.โ€™s Dream ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ’œDr. Martin Luther King Jr. envisioned a world grounded in ju...
01/19/2026

Books to Read to Honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.โ€™s Dream ๐Ÿ“š๐Ÿ’œ

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. envisioned a world grounded in justice, dignity, and collective care. Honoring that dream means telling the truth about our history, naming the cost of silence, and committing to healing thatโ€™s both personal and structural.

Hereโ€™s a reading list for reflection, fortitude, and action:

โœจ The Cost of Healing in Silence: Navigating Racial Trauma and the Call for Culturally Responsive Care โ€”
An urgent exploration of racial trauma, intergenerational harm, and what healing requires when systems werenโ€™t built for us, calling readers from awareness to responsibility and repair.

โœจ Why We Canโ€™t Wait โ€” Martin Luther King Jr.
A timeless reminder that justice delayed is justice denied and that moral courage must outpace comfort.

โœจ The New Jim Crow โ€” Michelle Alexander
A foundational examination of mass incarceration and the persistence of racial caste in America.

โœจ Between the World and Me โ€” Ta-Nehisi Coates
A lyrical, piercing reflection on Black life, vulnerability, and survival.

โœจ My Grandmotherโ€™s Hands โ€”
A somatic pathway to understanding and healing racialized trauma in our bodies.

โœจ Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome โ€” .joydegruy
A landmark work naming the multigenerational trauma born of slavery and systemic oppression, and how it continues to shape behaviors, beliefs, and health outcomes today.

๐Ÿ“– Dr. Kingโ€™s dream wasnโ€™t only about changing laws; it was about transforming systems, narratives, and futures. Let your reading be part of that work.

๐Ÿ’œSave. Share. Read with intention.

The Trump administration abruptly cut nearly $2 billion in federal mental health and addiction funding, ending SAMHSA gr...
01/15/2026

The Trump administration abruptly cut nearly $2 billion in federal mental health and addiction funding, ending SAMHSA grants that support prevention, youth su***de programs, and recovery services across the nation many with little to no warning.

๐‚๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ฌ๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ. ๐ˆ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ.

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