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Hello! My name is Ash! I am a licensed marriage and family therapist from the Bay Area. I have practiced therapy for 4 years, developing a trauma-informed approach that acknowledges and engages with the impact our identities have on our mental health. Concepts and issues my work and research address include, but are not limited to, Queer relationships and dynamics, gender and sexuality, and relational attachment styles.
If I don’t know you as a person it will be hard to under the best route to take on your healing journey. The first session allows me to gage what you are looking to get out of therapy in order to develop a path unique to your experiences. It will be a conversations about expectations, goals and what makes you, you.
I pull from a variety of approaches to make therapy a tailored experience. I am passionate about the work I do around reducing symptoms in order to improve daily living. In addition, I hold each session with compassion and understanding to make space for any struggles that may occur.
I am best positioned to serve clients 12 or older seeking assistance in processing and exploring their developing gender and sexual identities. My clients know that there is a life outside their symptoms and are looking for a space to work on achieving their goals. Also clients who are interested in developing a better under Of their self and their traumas.
Other specialties
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Cash - $100 per session
Aetna
Aetna - Allied Benefits
Aetna - ASR Health Benefits
Aetna - Luminare
Aetna - Medicare
Aetna - Moda
Aetna - WebTPA
Aetna – HealthEZ
All Savers
Amerihealth Administrators
Amerihealth NJ Medicare Advantage
Anthem
Arlo
AvMed
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Blue Shield of California - Medicare
Carelon Behavioral Health (Commercial)
Centivo
Cigna
Cigna - HealthEZ
EAP:Cigna
EAP:Evernorth
EAP:UnitedHealthcare/Optum
Evernorth
Golden Rule
GTEB
Harvard Pilgrim/UnitedHealthcare
Health Net (Commercial)
Humana - Medicare
Humana Dual (Medicare & Medicaid)
IHSS Healthy Workers
Independence Administrators
Independence Blue Cross
Independence Keystone 65 HMO
Independence Personal Choice 65 PPO
L.A. Care Covered
L.A. Care Covered Direct
L.A. Care PASC-SEIU
Optum
OptumHealth Complex Medical Conditions
Oscar
Oxford
Scripps Health Plan
Sharp Health Plan
Surest (formerly Bind)
Sutter Health Plan
Tufts Health/Cigna
United Medical Resources
UnitedHealthcare Complete Care (C-SNP)
UnitedHealthcare Dual (Medicare & Medicaid)
UnitedHealthcare Life Insurance
UnitedHealthcare Shared Services
UnitedHealthcare StudentResources
UnitedHealthcare/Optum
UnitedHealthcare/Optum - Medicare
Compassion Focused
Showing compassion for oneself creates a space for change. I utilize compassion focused therapy to reduce feelings of shame in order to promote long lasting changes.
Gender-affirming therapy
As a therapist who identifies as agender I understand the space needed for different types of gender exploration and the role gender plays in self-discover. I use gender-affirming care to create a container for all types of exploration needed to develop an understanding of true self.
Trauma Informed Care
Trauma has a significant impact on all aspects of life and therefore an individual's experience of their trauma is needed to structure the care of the individual.
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
This focus will be around recognizing harmful patterns of behavior caused by emotions. Emotion focused therapy will work on noticing emotional triggers and changing the behavior that occurs with the emotion.
3 ratings with written reviews
November 13, 2025
I've really appreciated working with Ash as I'm going through a lot of difficult life transitions. Looking forward to working with them more!
September 8, 2025
Ash has been great so far in my first ever therapy session. They were extremely funny and very informative. Eye opening perspective on topics I had trouble with. Great so far.
September 5, 2025
Ash was very warm and open minded, asking a lot of questions offering positive suggestions. I only had one session so far and I was provided something very simple and easy to accomplish to work on until our next weekly meeting.