ABOUT — Unbridled Grace

Sometimes we don’t like the way our story is going.

I often have clients who don’t want to be there the first session. Time and time again I will hear teen girls say to me, “There is nothing wrong with me so I don’t know why I need counseling?” or women say “I can’t believe I’ve let it get to this point”.

I always appreciate their honesty. Counseling can have a negative stigma that comes with it and it can be a little scary - at first. Sitting down and talking about the real stuff life is throwing at us can feel intimidating. Not what is posted on our Instagram stories or masked with a filter, but the realities that we may be too uncomfortable talking about with others.

What I tell my clients is that counseling doesn’t mean there is something wrong with you; if we’re honest, there is something wrong with all of us. Life isn’t perfect and neither are people. So in fact, coming to counseling means quite the opposite about her.

It means she realizes her life isn’t perfect - and that’s okay.

It means she cares enough about herself to take time for her own well-being.

It means she is brave enough to discover, reflect, and own her unique story.

It means she finally has the chance to tame the defeating patterns in her life and live freely from the unbridled grace within her.

MEET ASHLEY

Ashley is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who offers mental health counseling and coaching to women and teen girls. She graduated with her Bachelor’s Degree from Florida State University and then earned her Master’s Degree in counseling from Southeastern University.

During her counseling career, Ashley has worked in multiple private practices and gained experience counseling adolescents, women, men, couples and families. She has led group therapy programs and workshops for young women and couples in crisis.

After her variety of professional experiences, Ashley followed her passion for counseling females and created her own therapy practice, Unbridled Grace. Her therapy services are specifically designed with females in mind. She exclusively offers virtual counseling which allows her clients to receive help wherever they are in the state of Florida and in the coziness of their homes.

She specializes in helping women who are struggling with anxiety, panic attacks, OCD, pregnancy-related issues, relationship distress, and one of life’s most wonderful and taxing adjustments- motherhood.

Ashley also provides Christian counseling to clients who request it. She loves helping women grow deeper in their faith, finding God’s goodness in the darkest of times, and using their faith as an incredible tool to better their mental health.

In her daily life, Ashley enjoys spending time with her husband and two children, reading (most self-improvement books, who would’ve guessed!), and horseback riding. She is a 2 on the Enneagram and Dunkin’ iced coffee frequenter.

“As someone who has walked through my own counseling journey, I know it takes bravery to begin the process. Some of my favorite moments are when I have clients end sessions saying ‘Wow! I feel like I just went to the gym!’ or ‘I can’t believe I waited so long to do this.’ I love being able to give my clients a place to explore their own stories, learn tools they can use to help them live well, and to discover what it means to truly give themselves the grace and care they deserve.”

— Ashley Hebert, LMFT

THE MEANING BEHIND THE NAME

The name “Unbridled Grace” speaks to the mission of the therapy practice.

Too often, we (as females) are living and reacting to life out of fear, self-judgment, and insecurity. Our responses come naturally and frequently without us realizing how untrue and unhelpful they are to our own wellbeing.

Like putting on a tinted pair of glasses, the script we recite to ourselves affects the way we view ourselves and the world.

But what if our natural response to ourselves and others was filled with grace and care, instead of harshness and criticism? What if we became mindful of our thoughts and the experiences that created them in the first place?

At Unbridled Grace, our mission is to help clients flip this switch by learning how to tame the defeating patterns in their lives and lead a life filled with abounding grace- beginning with grace for themselves.

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