Ashley Brest

Ashley Brest is a behavioral health consultant at the Tampa clinic. Ashley's own experiences with adversity inspired her to pursue a career in therapy. Through those experiences, she learned that healing is possible and can lead to meaningful personal growth. This realization inspired Ashley to help others navigate their own challenges while building hope, resilience, and confidence in their ability to heal and thrive.

What Ashley enjoys most about patient care is helping individuals find hope during difficult circumstances and recognize their own ability to overcome adversity. She finds it especially rewarding to see clients gain new insights about themselves and experience meaningful "lightbulb moments." Ashley's approach to therapy is centered on making sure patients feel seen, heard, and accepted. She uses a person-centered, strengths-based, and trauma-informed approach to help clients recognize their resilience and develop practical tools for navigating life's challenges. As a DBT-trained therapist, Ashley also incorporates evidence-based skills to help clients find emotional balance, strengthen relationships, and work toward the life they want to create.

Ashley understands that every person’s journey is unique, so she strives to build a collaborative and compassionate relationship with each client. Her goal is to create an environment where patients feel empowered to grow, heal, and achieve their goals.

Giving back to her community is also important to Ashley. Outside of her work as a therapist, she volunteers with Scouting America and her church youth group, where she has the opportunity to encourage, mentor, and support youth and families beyond the therapy setting.