Ashley Douthart, LCMHC, MLADC

Ashley Douthart, LCMHC, MLADC,is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and the Behavioral Health Director at HealthFirst. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Colby-Sawyer College. She then received her Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Walden University. Ashley joined the Behavioral Health staff at HealthFirst as an intern in 2013 and then became a full-time employee after completing her master’s program in 2014. While she is credentialed and licensed to work with clients of all ages, she enjoys supporting children and adolescents, and helping those clients with substance abuse disorders find treatment and enter recovery. Ashley is also nationally rostered in Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP), a therapeutic model designed to work with children and families who have been exposed to trauma. She is a Clinical Supervisor with the CPP Network and a Board-approved Clinical Supervisor with the State of NH. Ashley has developed and launched a successful school-based counseling program in five local school districts and is passionate about helping those in the most need. Her dream for behavioral health would be to create future programming for a school-based health center.