I tried to travel it away: Mental Health Tips for Travelers (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781979346429)

Ashley McGirt is a licensed mental health therapist and owner of A.M.C.S. LLC (Ashley McGirt Counseling and Services) based in Seattle, Washington. Not only does McGirt serve the Pacific Northwest, but she also offers remote services to those who are out of the country. McGirt has received a Masters of Social Work from the University of Washington. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology with a minor in African American studies. Ashley is also actively pursuing a Doctoral degree. McGirt has an extensive amount of experience working with vulnerable populations, including work in prisons, medical and psychiatric hospitals, homeless shelters, and long term care settings. Despite her extensive work history McGirt is no stranger to traveling. In fact, to her peers she is mostly known as a world traveler. McGirt documents her travels and promotes the importance of healthy travel. As McGirt believes vacations are necessary, but no one should want a vacation from their life. McGirt is also a social justice advocate who is working toward destigmatizing mental illness, and reducing high rates of recidivism in American prisons. Her mission is to ensure all people are healed and live an abundant life. To find out more you can visit her website: www.AshleyMcGirt.com